2010-11 Senior Profiles
Iuliia Kuzhil Backstroke (2008 - 2011) Cherkasy, Ukraine • First City Gymnasium 2010-11 (Senior): Finished her swimming career as the only Jayhawk to represent Kansas at the 2011 NCAA Championships, where she placed 34th in the 100 backstroke and 41st in the 200 backstroke... Scored 49 points for KU at the 2011 Big 12 Championships as she led off the 200 medley relay which finished third and the 400 medley relay that placed fourth... Individually, Kuzhil placed ninth in the 100 and 200-yard backstroke (53.64/1:55.44) at Big 12’s... She swept firstplace honors in the 100 and 200 backstroke for the fourth-straight meet with 58.19 and 2:00.40 times versus South Dakota/Northern Iowa... Finished first in 100 back (56.91) and 200 back (2:03.87) against Nebraska... Continued her streak against Arkansas with firstplace finishes in the 100 back (55.78) and the 200 back (2:00.50)... Started her four meet streak against Vanderbilt (56.97), 100 back and (2:02.57), 200 back... At the Career Best Times Georgia Fall Invitational, swam to a first-place finish and earned an invite to the 50 Back..................................... 24.77 NCAA Championships in the 200 backstroke 100 Back................................... 52.02 with a time of 1:54.43... Broke her own Robinson 200 Back................................ 1:53.44 Natatorium record in the 200 backstroke with 50 Free...................................... 22.86 1:58.44 time versus Drury/ North Dakota... Finished first in that event as well as 200 back (56.69) during double-dual... Took second in the 100 back (56.01) vs. Missouri... Kuzhil owned the top times on her team in the 100 and 200-yard backstrokes during the 2010-11 season by a combined 3.26 advantage over second place finishers... Named Big 12 Swimmer of the Week (January 12, 2011) and 2010-11 All-American by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America.
(1:59.59) at the UCLA/Fresno State double dual… Was crowned champion in the 200 backstroke (2:02.86) at the LMU/UCSD double dual… Took first in the 100 backstroke (56.36) vs. Drury… Placed first in the 100 backstroke (55.61) vs. Missouri… Won the 100 backstroke (55.10) and 200 backstroke (2:01.37) at the Arkansas/ Florida double dual… Helped KU score 19 of its 43 points at the Big 12 Relays, participating in six relays… Nominee for 2009-10 College Swimming Break-Out Swimmer… An Academic All-Big 12 Second Team selection… Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010. 2008-09 (Sophomore): Earned a berth at the 2009 NCAA Championships where she placed 21st in the 100-yard backstroke with a school-record breaking time of 53.06… Swam the backstroke leg of the third-place finishing KU 200 and 400-yard medley relay teams at the 2009 Big 12 Championships, which broke the school records with times of 1:38.45 and 3:38.45… Also a member of the school-record-breaking 200 freestyle relay team (1:31.39) at the Big 12 Championships… Placed third in the 100 backstroke (53.63), eighth in the 200 backstroke (1:58.42) and 13th in the freestyle (23.38) at the 2009 Big 12 Championships… She is the current school record holder in both the 100 and 200 backstroke events… Individually earned Kansas 31 points at the 2009 Big 12 Championships, but was also a part of 94 more points in the three relays she participated in for a total of 125 points at the conference championships. High School (First City Gymnasium): Graduated High School in June 2006... Attended Bohdan Khmelnitskyy National University in The Ukraine for 2008. Personal: Born in The Ukraine… A communications major.
2009-10 (Junior): One of two Jayhawks that represented KU at the NCAA Championships… Broke two school records with her ninth-place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke (52.02) and the 200-yard backstroke (1:53.44) at the meet… Earned All-America Honorable Mention accolades for her two ninth-place finishes… Qualified for NCAAs with her second-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke (53.05) and her fourth-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (1:54.76) at the Big 12 Championships… Recorded a career-best time in the 50-yard freestyle, placing fifth (22.86)… Also led the 400-yard IM relay team to a fourth-place finish (3:39.97) and the 200-yard medley relay team to a third-place finish (1:39.35) at the Big 12 meet… Broke the Robinson Natatorium pool records for the 100 backstroke (55.20) and the 200 backstroke (1:59.42) vs. Nebraska… Won the 150-yard backstroke (1:27.00) at Iowa State… Placed first in the 100-yard backstroke (55.58) and the 200 backstroke
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