By Sarah Lloyd, Swimming World College Intern
The Kansas Jayhawks celebrated their senior women in spectacular fashion with a 187-88 win over Nebraska-Omaha. The victory included several event sweeps and not a single dropped event.
The Senior Day celebrations kicked off with the Jayhawks claiming the top two spots in the 200 medley relay. The A team of Yulduz Kuchkarova, Bryce Hinde, Pia Pavlic, and Haley Bishop got to the wall with a final time of 1:44.70 and were followed by the B team of Hannah Angell, Lydia Pocisk, Leah Pfitzer, and Breonna Barker (1:48.01). The Kansas women followed this up with a sweep of the 200 free, led by senior Haley Molden (1:53.42) who was followed by junior Sammie Schurig (1:55.84) and senior Laura Bilsborrow (1:58.60). A trio of the junior Kuchkarova (25.76), the junior Pavlic (26.67), and the sophomore Hutchinson (27.33) then grabbed the top three spots in the 50 backstroke for a second straight sweep.
It was the same story for the 50 breast, of which the sweep was led by senior Hinde (30.32) and completed by the Pocisk sisters; sophomore Lydia Pocisk (31.11) and junior Gretchen Pocisk (31.22). A fourth straight sweep was led by the freshman Bishop when she won the 100 fly (56.73). She was followed by senior Chelsea Miller (58.14) and freshman Cassaundra Pino (58.76). The freshman Brionna Barker then nabbed first in the 50 free by just one tenth of a second (24.37). Barker then doubled up with a win in the 100 free (52.35) and was followed by Molden (53.53) and freshman Taylor Sieperda (54.40).
Pia Pavlic then grabbed first in the 100 back (56.27) and 100 IM (58.90), Hinde was first in the 100 breast (1:06.40), and freshman Libby Walker won the 500 free (5:04.09). Bishop grabbed another individual win with a first place in the 50 fly (25.81). A team of Bishop, Barker, Pfitzer, and Kuchkarova then closed the meet with a victory in the 200 free relay (1:37.06).
The Jayhawks won every event contested and swept 6.
Full results: 2016 Kansas vs. Nebraska-Omaha – Results