Gretchen Pocisk
2016-17 (Senior)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Placed ninth after recording a time of 2:16.76 in the 200-yard breaststroke at the Big 12 Championship (2/22-25) … Set a lifetime best in an exhibition swim of the 100-meter short course breaststroke (1:15.45) at William Jewell (1/19).
2015-16 (Junior)
Named to the Fall Athletic Director’s & Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Rolls… Academic All-Big 12 First Team… Recorded career-best marks at the Big 12 Championships in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.13) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:17.24), placing eighth in both events… Placed 13th in the 200-yard individual medley at the conference meet swimming a lifetime-best mark (2:05.05)… Won the 200 breast in a quad dual against William Jewell, Tabor and Morningside… Placed second in the 200 breast against William Jewell and Nebraska… Recorded the second-fastest times on the team in both breaststroke events this season.
2014-15 (Sophomore)
Noted on the AD and Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Fall 2014 and Spring 2015)… Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team (Fall 2014)… Set career-best times in all three individual events at the 2015 Big 12 Championships… At the conference meet, finished 14th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.10), eighth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:19.92) and 20th in the 200-yard individual medley (2:06.41)… Earned three career-best times at the 2014 Jayhawk Open (12/6) in the 50-yard freestyle (25.63), 100-yard freestyle (54.46), and 100-yard butterfly (1:00.21)… Held the third-fastest 2014-15 team times in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events.
2013-14 (Freshman)
Picked up a fourth-place finish at the first meet of the season against Air Force (10/12) in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:09.15)… Placed third in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:25.03) against Illinois (11/9)… Earned eighth place in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.63) at the 2013 Kansas Classic (11/22-24)… Also at the Kansas Classic, placed eighth in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:28.34)… Took home top honors in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.96) against William Jewell (12/7)… Also against the Cardinals, placed first in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:27.30)… Finished third in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:08.87) in a double-dual against Rollins and Tampa (1/11)… Earned career-best times in all three of her events at the 2014 Big 12 Championships… Placed 16th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.15), 11th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:18.34) and 28th in the 200-yard individual medley (2:12.24)… Her 200-yard breaststroke time of 2:18.34 ranked third among 2013-14 team times.
High School
Four-time letterwinner at Oakwood High School for coach Jennifer Jervis… Team won conference championship four years… Team won sectional/district championships and was 2013 state runner-up… Posick won Sportsmanship Award and Coaches Award 2013… Competed for Dayton Raiders swim club.
Personal
Born Gretchen Pocisk in Toledo, Ohio… Parents are Jeff and Margot Pocisk… Grandfather, Riley Donald Woodson, played basketball for KU… Younger sister, Lydia, also swims for KU… Undecided on major.