Drury head coach Brian Reynolds talks about NCAA D2 champion Katya Rudenko, and what he’s been working on specifically with her as she continues to improve.
Reynolds says that Rudenko is a really good swimmer, but still needs to continue to work on her underwaters.
Reynolds gets detailed about some of the specifics he does for underwaters.
Original Report on 100 back
It took her until the final touch, but Drury’s Katya Rudenko got the job done against defending champion Mary Hanson of Cal Baptist. Rudenko managed to down Hanson, 52.75 to 52.88.
Both were a bit shy of Hanson’s NCAA D2 mark of 52.45 from last year.
Carson-Newman’s Natalie Burnett hit the wall third in 54.27, while Queens’ Hannah Peiffer snagged fourth overall in 54.55.
Queens remained in the lead, 345.5-320.5, against Drury.
1 Rudenko, Katya SO Drury 53.92 52.75 20
r:+0.66 25.58 52.75 (27.17)
2 Hanson, Mary SR Cal Baptist 54.24 52.88 17
r:+0.57 25.25 52.88 (27.63)
3 Burnett, Natalie SO Carson-Newman 54.87 54.27 16
r:+0.54 25.93 54.27 (28.34)
4 Peiffer, Hannah SO Queens (NC) 55.38 54.55 15
r:+0.49 26.41 54.55 (28.14)