Sophiia Filatova

	Hometown: St. Petersburg, Russia
	High School: Gymnasium #74
	Last College: National State University

	Position: Fly, Free
	Experience: 0L

02/26/2012

KU Swimmers & Divers Leave Columbia with Plenty of Top Times, Confidence

A grand total 22 KU swimmers and divers help put up 423 points on the board for the Jayhawks

02/25/2012

Jayhawks `Go the Distance' on Big 12 Championships Final Day

Milers and 200 flyers provide plenty of points as Jayhawks comfortably claim fourth place

02/25/2012

Kansas Swimmers in Good Position Following Day #4 Prelims

Fifteen swimmers qualify for night swims including six in the 200 fly

02/24/2012

Payne & Filatova Give Kansas Boost in Day #3 of Big 12 Championships

Pair combines for 24 points, while a total of 13 KU swimmers score give their team 115 points on the night

02/23/2012

Jayhawks Have Breakout Day in the Water, Earn 68 Points in Columbia

A total of 14 swimmers compile lifetime best performances as KU sits in fourth, with 128 points

High School (Gymnasium #74):Participated inFINA Swimming World Cup each year sice2008 ... Finalis at Russian Nationals in 100 fly.

Last College (National State University of Physical Culture, Sport & Health): 2011 Russian National Championin 100 Free Relay and 100 Medley Relay...Russian National Cup Winner in 100 Free Relay

Coach Campbell on Filatova: "Event wise she is really good at butterfly and sprint free. Whenever you have somebody who can do the shorter events, you just never can have enough of them. I think she is really going to help us at Big 12's and beyond. She is good enough where she can go to NCAA's, so she brings a lot talent wise."

Top Times
50 Free: 23.50 (2012 Big 12 Championships)
50 Fly: 25.52 (2-3-12 @ Iowa State)
100 Fly: 54.17 (2012 Big 12 Championships)
200 Fly: 2:02.99 (2012 Big 12 Championships)

Getting to Know Sophiia:
Reasonyou chose KU:I liked right away!The first personI learned about Kansas from wasthe coach (Clark Campbell) andhe was the right one.

Favorite Sport to watch other than swimming: Biathlon and gymnastics

Songs on my I-pod: I listen to everything

Website I visit the most often:vkontakte.ru (Russian Facebook)

Favorite food: Russian food and chocolate

What is the farthest you have ever traveled by car or plane?: USA by plane

The person on yourteam to most likely make me laugh: Coach Campbell

Time you alarm clock is set for during the season: 5:15 a.m.

Describe yourself in one word: Funny