Seventh Annual Sunflower Showdown Set to Kick Off Kansas Swim Season

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Kansas swimming crew will open its season by internet hosting the seventh-annual Sunflower Showdown on Friday, October third, with the competitors starting at 2 p.m. CT inside Capital Federal Natatorium in Topeka, Kansas.

Along with the Jayhawks, the Sunflower Showdown will function swimmers from Barton Community College, Sterling College, and the University of Saint Mary.

“We’re looking forward kicking off the 25-26 season with our annual sunflower showdown in Topeka. It’s a fantastic opportunity bringing together all the Kansas colleges who sponsor the sport prepping us for the year ahead,” says coach Clark Campbell, who enters his twenty fourth 12 months because the Jayhawks head swimming coach.

With longtime assistant coach Jen Betz’s retirement final season, the crew additionally welcomes new assistant coach Mary Woods-Lopez who had beforehand been with the University of St. Louis’s swim program for the final 5 years.

The Jayhawks wrapped up the 2024-25 season with an eighth place standing on the Big 12 Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, scoring 542 factors. KU additionally punched a ticket to the NCAA Championships, the place the crew total claimed twenty fifth place, this system’s strongest nationwide consequence since putting twenty second on the 1996 NCAA Championships.

The Kansas roster options 5 seniors this season, together with captains Caroline Blake, Lydia Lafferty, Hailey Farrell, and Grace Zifack (diving), whereas additionally including 9 new members to the crew. Other returners embrace Academic All-Big 12 Rookie crew members, Taylor Cloutman, Gabi Dyer, Anna Gearheart, Tait Haag, Alayna Henge, Lucia Kriggs, Maya Lambert, Izzy Porter, Izzy Satterlee and Sophie Wallace.

Friday’s meet will encompass 10 swimming occasions, starting with the 200-yard medley relay at 2 p.m. CT. Admission can be free for any fan who needs to attend.

HOW TO FOLLOW

Live updates can be obtainable on the official swim and dive X (Twitter) @KUSwimDive, with dwell outcomes accessible by means of the Meet Mobile app. Fans may also watch the meet dwell on Facebook here.

 

ORDER OF EVENTS

Friday, October 3 (2:00)

200 Medley Relay

200 Freestyle

200 IM

50 Freestyle

100 Butterfly

100 Freestyle

500 Freestyle

100 Backstroke

100 Breaststroke

200 Free Relay

 


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