Jeff Bentz
Waldo Broodryk
Junior Overland Park, Kan. Sprint Freestyle
Junior Andover, Kan. Breaststroke/IM
At Missouri State: Bentz will begin his junior campaign as one
At Missouri State: Broodryk will enter his junior season as
2009-10: Bentz continued to improve in his sophomore cam-
2009-10: Broodryk swam a new personal-best in the 200-yard
2008-09: Set personal bests in the 100-yard freestyle (45.95)
2008-09: Was a top swimmer for the Bears in the breaststroke
of Missouri State’s top sprint freestylers.
paign, setting personal bests in the 50-yard (20.96) and 100-yard (45.82) freestyle events during Missouri State’s first run in the Mid-American Conference Championships. Finished 2009-10 season with the second-best 50-yard time and third-best 100yard time. and the 100-yard fly (51.76) in the 2009 Sun Belt Conference Championship.
Background: Jeffrey Bentz came to Missouri State after four
years of swimming with Shawnee Mission South High School in Overland Park, Kan. Bentz was selected as an All-American Swimmer in the 50 freestyle by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association of America his final year with the Raiders. His senior year, he was an all-state, all-conference, all-metro, all-Johnson County and all-Sun County honoree. He placed second in state competition in the 50 free with a time of 21.46. Bentz was a junior national qualifier and was named team captain as a senior.
Personal: Full name is Jeffrey Michael Bentz. Born June 4,
1990, in Overland Park, Kan. Son of Gregory and Nancy Bentz.
Career Bests: Event 50 Free 100 Free 100 Fly
Time 20.96 45.92 51.76
Date 3/4/10 3/5/10 2/20/09
Opponent/Meet MAC Championship MAC Championship SBC Championship
one of the top breaststrokers for the Bears.
breaststroke at the Mid-American Conference Championship in Ypsilanti, Mich. His time of 2:07.51 was the third-best time in the event for the Bears all season. Also cracked the season top five in the 100-yard breaststroke (59.25) and the 400-yard individual medley (4:08.23), both at the MAC Championship. vents, earning a top five spot in both the 100-yard and 200-yard event. Set personal bests in 100-yard (57.61) and 200-yard (2:08.56) breastroke in the Sun Belt Championship.
Background: Waldo Broodryk comes to Missouri State after
spending four years with the Wichita Swim Club where he participated in four consecutive regional championship meets. In 2005, he recorded a third-place finish in the 100 breast at the Missouri Valley All-Star meet. In 2006, he was a member of the 400 medley relay squad that qualified for the junior national meet as well as earning six various top-eight finishes at the Missouri Valley Zone Championships. In his final prep year, Broodryk recorded a top-16 finish at the 2007 Pro-Am and participated in the 2008 Grand Prix meet.
Personal: Full name is Waldo Broodryk. Born August 8, 1990
in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of Herman and Anne-Marie Broodryk.
Career Bests: Event 200 Free 200 Back 100 Breast 200 Breast 200 IM 400 IM
Missouri State Swimming and Diving 2010 Guide
Time Date 1:47.17 1/23/10 1:58.96 1/23/10 57.56 2/20/09 2:07.51 3/6/10 1:57.98* 11/22/09 4:05.45 2/20/09
Opponent/Meet Lindenwood Quad Lindenwood Quad SBC Championship MAC Championship Purdue Invitational SBC Championship
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