Kentucky sophomore diver Taryn Ignacio earned national recognition last week after winning two Southeastern Conference diving titles last month in Gainesville, Fla.
Ignacio, a Richmond, Ky., native, appeared on the ?Faces in the Crowd? page of the Feb. 28, 2005 edition of Sports Illustrated, which is currently on newsstands. The magazine cited Ignacio?s effort in becoming the first UK diver to win multiple conference titles in a single meet. Ignacio?s two titles, coupled with junior Jessica Thompson?s conference title in the three-meter event, gave Kentucky its first sweep of the women?s diving events at the SEC Championships.
12 Cats Slated for NCAA Competition
Kentucky will send at least 12 men?s and women?s swimmers to the NCAA Championships later this month as a result of NCAA automatic-qualifying times recorded during the season and at the SEC Championships. In addition, junior Shantel Commander likely will earn an invitation to compete in the breaststroke events after recording NCAA provisional-qualifying times. The women?s NCAA championships are slated for Mar. 17-19 at Purdue, and the men?s NCAA championships will be held Mar. 24-26 at Minnesota.
NCAA Automatic Bids
50 Freestyle ? Tim Patrick
100 Freestyle ? Daniel Farnham
200 Butterfly ? Daniel Cruz, Jerram Chudleigh
400 Freestyle Relay ? Farnham, Tim Patrick, Cruz, Steven Manley
200 Freestyle Relay ? Patrick, Clay Gasparovich, Farnham, Manley
400 Medley Relay ? Alejandro Bravo, Kristian Outinen, Cruz, Farnham
200 Medley Relay ? Jessica Siegele, Laura Graham, Heather Bradford, Jennifer Bradford
100 Breaststroke ? Laura Graham
200 Breaststroke ? Laura Graham
Broken Records
Regardless of the outcome of the 2005 NCAA Championships, the 2004-05 season will be remembered as a record-shattering year for the UK swim teams. The UK men rewrote school records in 11 of 19 events this season, and the UK women recorded four new school marks.
Conelly to Make Radio Appearance
UK Swimming Coach Gary Conelly is scheduled to appear on the State Farm Women?s Sports Update on the UK radio network prior to Wednesday?s Kentucky-Tennessee men?s basketball game. Conelly will discuss the UK women?s swimming team with host Dick Gabriel beginning at approximately 7:15 p.m. EST.
Divers Await Zone Meet
The Kentucky men?s and women?s divers will attempt to qualify for the NCAA championships next week when they participate in the NCAA Zone Diving Meet at Georgia Tech. UK will compete from Mar. 10-12 in Atlanta.
