Season Review
2010-11 Season in Review After dropping their first home meet of 2011 to No. 18 Arkansas (170-130), Kansas would bounce back with a victory over exiting Big 12 Conference foe Nebraska. The Jayhawks would leave Lincoln with a 180.5-114.5 win and a 7-5 dual meet record. Kuzhil and Lusk again won two events apiece, while another seven Jayhawks would claim one at least one first place finish. KU returned to Robinson Natatorium for their next dual meet, where they again showed their command of their home pool, with victories against Northern Iowa (161-91) and South Dakota (165.5-89.5). The Jayhawks won 14-of-16 events in the double-dual as three Crimson and Blue swimmers finished first in at least two events. “We have trained and raced very well over the last three weeks, so now we just have to keep it going and get ready for Conference,” Coach Campbell said after his team’s eighth and ninth victory of the dual-meet season. Senior weekend in Lawrence would be special this year as Campbell’s squad would welcome in the visiting Cyclones of Iowa State for the final dual meet of the season. The program would say so long to five seniors (Joy Bunting, Iuliia Kuzhil, Amanda Maez, Alyssa Potter and Brittany Potter), as it looked to notch its tenth victory in dual competition of the 2010-11 season. The seniors would not disappoint as Bunting and Kuzhil both won events in their final home meet. Collectively, KU took seven out of eight events from the Cyclones and finished the regular season with a 10-5 dual meet mark, with a 2-1 record against Big 12 opponents.
Out of the pool and inside of the classroom, the swimming and diving team performed equally as well as they compiled a combined 3.21 GPA for the fall 2010 semester, which was the fourth highest of any team in the Kansas athletic program. They were also given the 2011 Scholar All-America Team award for their 3.15 GPA during the spring 2011 semester by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). Twin sister swimmers, Alyssa and Brittany Potter were inducted into Rho Chi, a national academic honor society for pharmacy following the 2010-11 season and senior Joy Bunting was named the 2011 Outstanding Woman Student in Athletics. While four of the five seniors from KU’s 2010-11 class will be leaving the program, Joy Bunting will be staying on with the team as a student assistant coach for the 2011-12 season. Bunting will graduate in May 2012, with a bachelor’s in communication studies. “Joy brings a lot of enthusiasm, heart and energy to this program,” assistant coach Jen Fox said. “I can’t wait to start working with her on deck.”
After the meet, Coach Campbell was complimentary of his senior class. “I have been coaching for 18 years and this is one of the best senior classes I ever had the pleasure of working with,” he said. “All five of them brought something unique to the program to make it a lot better.” At the 2011 NCAA Championships, also in Austin, senior Iuliia Kuzhil competed in two different events, the 100 yard backstroke, where she finished 34th (53.89) as well as the 200 back where she placed 41st with a time of 1:57.93. Not to be outdone by her swimming counterparts, sophomore diver Christy Cash represented KU at the Zone ‘D’ Diving Championships in the Lone Star State. Cash finished in 22nd place in the platform dive (182.20), 30th in the one-meter (225.40) and 33rd from three meters with her 224.40 score.
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Senior Day, 2011