Anastasia Sotiropoulos Breast/IM • 5-7 • Junior Buena Park, Calif. • Sunny Hills
2008-09 (SOPHOMORE) - Sits eighth all-time in the 200 fly (2:03.76), the third-best time in 2008-09 … also recorded the fifth-best time in the 400 IM (4:33.68) last season had a fifth place finish in the 400 IM at the Mizzou Invite and a fourth place finish against Iowa State in the 200 fly. 2007-08 (FRESHMAN) - Came in fifth in her first collegiate race, the 200 IM (2:13.84), against Southern Illinois … took fourth in the 200 breast (2:28.69) against Missouri State and the 500 free (5:16.87) against Drury … closed out the year with another fourth-place finish, this time in the 1000 free (10:40.73) in the conference dual versus Nebraska. HIGH SCHOOL - A versatile swimmer who boasts lifetime bests of 4:57.63 in the 500 free, 2:21.56 in the 200 breast, 2:05.39 in the 200 fly, 2:07.99 in the 200 IM and 4:27.62 in the 400 IM … her 200 breast time is of Mizzou top-10 all-time caliber … coached by Jeri Marshburn on the Irvine Nova club squad … a Junior Olympic qualifier in 2000-06 … a Junior Nationals qualifier in each of ther four years … owns individual records in the 100 breast and 200 IM and relay records in the 200 free and 200 medley at Sunny Hills … also holds the league’s 400 free relay record … served as team captain her senior year … led the Lancers to the league championship in 2004 and 2006 … league champion all four years in the 100 breast, 200 IM, 500 free and 200 medley and 400 free relays … chosen league Swimmer of the Year as a senior … selected her team’s Rookie of the Year as a freshman … honored as a scholar-athlete at Sunny Hills in 2004. PERSONAL - Anastasia Sotiropoulos is the daughter of Anastasios and Kathleen Sotiropoulos ... has three older siblings, Akiaterini (27), Athena (25) and Artemis (22) ... majoring in communication ... professional ambition is to own a restaurant and work in real estate. CAREER BEST TIMES 200 Breast_ ____________________________________ 2:21.56 200 IM_________________________________________ 2:07.99 400 IM_________________________________________ 4:27.62 200 Fly_ ____________________________________________ 2:
Francie Szostak
Sprint/Free • 6-2 • Junior Northbrook, Ill. • Glenbrook North
2008-09 (SOPHOMORE) - NCAA QUALIFIER - Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 second team … NCAA qualifier for 500 free … made the third best mark in Mizzou history during prelims of Big 12 Championships, touching in at (4:48.74) … finished seventh overall at Big 12 Championships in the 500 free … swam the 200 free relay at Mizzou Invite, the third fastest time at Mizzou (1:33.35) … took second in 500 free (4:49.94) at Mizzou Invite, with third best ever time at Mizzou … had seven first place finishes during the year ... currently second all-time at Mizzou in 100 free (50.13) and 200 free (1:46.19) … third all-time at Mizzou in 500 free (4:48.74) … holds top-10 times at Mizzou in the 200,400 and 800 free relays. 2007-08 (FRESHMAN) - Named the Missouri Women’s Newcomer of the Year … sat third all-time in the 200 (1:49.10) and 500 free (4:51.19) after the season … currently holds the fourth-fastest time in the 100 free (51.10) in school history … member of the third-fastest 200 free relay (1:33.42) team at MU … anchor for the third-best 200 medley relay (1:43.62) in program history … part of the record-breaking 800 free relay team (7:11.18) who finished in second at the Big 12 Championships … finished in the top-15 in the 100 free (51.1), 200 free (1:49.10), and 500 free (4:53.92) at the Big 12 Championships … swam to a second-place finish against Kansas in the 500 free (5:00.41) … finished in the runner-up slot again in the 200 free (1:52.75) against Virginia Tech … won her first career event against Missouri State in the 500 free (4:57.73) … earned a victory against Iowa in the 200 free (1:49.98) … beat her Drury opponents in the 100 free (53.02) for another win … finished lower than fourth just twice in 23 races during the regular season. HIGH SCHOOL - Has posted career best times of 23.93 in the 50 free, 52.65 in the 100 free, 1:51.12 in the 200 free and 4:57.62 in the 500 free … her 200 free mark stands just outside of the MU all-time top-five … swam for coach Karl Milkereit on the Patriot Aquatics club team … distinguished as an 11-time AllAmerican … captained her Glenbrook North squad as a senior … captured the state title in the 200 free in 2006 … also swam to runner-up honors in the 500 free at state in 2006 … voted 2006 Illinois Swimmer of the Year. PERSONAL - Francie Szostak is the daughter of Marty and Mary Szostak … father played football at Northwestern ... mother ran cross country for the Wildcats ... has a younger sister, Donna (18) and brother, Peter (16) … planning to major in journalism. CAREER BEST TIMES 100 Free_________________________________________ 50.13 200 Free_______________________________________ 1:46.19 500 Free_______________________________________ 4:48.74
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