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LAWRENCE, Kan. – The NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Committee announced the qualifiers for the 2021 NCAA Division I women’s swimming and diving championships on Wednesday, which will take place from March 17-20 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Kansas senior Manon Manning qualified in the 100-yard backstroke for the first time in her career.
Manning becomes the latest Jayhawk to qualify for the swim portion of the championships since Dewi Blose qualified in 2020 in the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke. The 2020 Championships were later canceled due to COVID.
Manning was recently crowned the Big 12 Champion in the women’s 200-yard backstroke, finishing in 1:55.57 to earn her first-career Big 12 title and become the first Jayhawk to win the Big 12 Championship in the event.
AUSTIN, Texas The Kansas women’s swimming and diving team concluded its competition at the Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championships in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, placing second as a team with 654 points.
The Jayhawks finished second behind Texas (1,055 pts.), while TCU placed third with 528 points, followed by West Virginia in fourth with 526 points and Iowa State in sixth with 522 points.
The championships were headlined by senior Manon Manning’s first career Big 12 title in the women’s 200-yard backstroke, finishing in 1:55.57 to become the first Jayhawk to win the Big 12 Championship in the event. Manning later qualified for the NCAA Championships on Wednesday in the 100-yard backstroke.