Svetlana Golovchun

Class: Senior Hometown: Surgut, Russia Last College: Surgut State

Event: Sprint Free, Fly Experience: 1L

Top Times
50-yard freestyle - 23.03 (2013 Big 12 Championships, 2/27-3/2)
100-yard freestyle - 50.21 (2013 Big 12 Championships, 2/27-3/2)
50-yard backstroke - 27.86 (vs Minnesota, 2011)
100-yard backstroke - 56.47 (2011 Mizzou Invite)

2012-13 (Senior)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team...Athletic Director's and Big 12 Commisioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2012)... Placed second in the 50-yard freestyle, in a dual meet at Rice (10/6), with a time of 24.17... Finished third in the 50-yard freestyle (24.27) in a dual against No. 15 Minnesota (10/20)... Picked up a third-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 53.20 in a dual at Nebraska-Omaha (10/25)... Finished second in the 50-yard freestyle (24.52) in a double-dual against TCU and North Dakota (11/2-3)... Placed second in the 50-yard freestyle (24.17) in a dual at Hawaii (1/18)... Finished second in the 50-yard freestyle, with a time of 24.23, in a dual against No. 18 Arkansas (2/2)... Placed second in the 100-yard backstroke (58.03) in a dual against Iowa State (2/8-9)... Closed out the season with two top-10 finishes at the Big 12 Championships (2/27-3-2), setting career-best times in the 100-yard freestyle (50.37, sixth) and the 50-yard freestyle (23.10, eighth).

2011-12 (Junior)
Used primarily as a sprinter... Placed first in the 100-yard backstroke in a double-dual meet with host Northern Iowa and North Dakota (10/22) with a time of 59.52... Swam the first leg of the 200-yard medley relay that took first (1:46.77) and placed second in the 50-yard freestyle (24.29) in a dual meet with Illinois (10/29)... Placed second in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.13, during a dual meet with Missouri (11/11)... Finished first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.13 in a dual against Nebraska-Omaha (11/19)... Set three career-best times in the 50-yard freestyle (23.06), the 100-yard freestyle (50.38) and the 100-yard backstroke (56.47), at the Mizzou Invitational (12/1-3)... Placed first in the 50-meter long course freestyle (27.77) and second in the 50-meter long course Backstroke (32.68) at the Mayaguez Inivite (1/7)... Finished third in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.30, in a dual against Nebraska (1/14)... Recorded two top-three finishes in a dual meet with Arkansas (1/21), including third in the 100-yard backstroke (59.84) and second in the 100-yard freestyle (53.17)... Finished second in the 50-yard freestyle, with a time of 24.46, in a dual against Iowa State (2/3-4)... Swam the first leg of the 200-yard medley (1:41.68) and the 400-yard freestyle (3:26.24) relay teams that set season best times at the Big 12 Championships (2/22-25)... Also placed 13th in the 50-yard freestyle, with a time of 23.35, at the conference meet.

Previous College (Surgut State)

Personal
Mother is Lelya Golovchun.

Getting to Know Svetlana
Reason you chose KU: The coaches

Favorite sport to compete in other than swimming: Only swimming!

Songs at the top of my iPod: "Not to love you", "Say Goodbye" (Ryan Tedder)

Web-site you visit the most often: vkontakte.ru (Russian Facebook)

Favorite movie: "Cruel Intentions", "The Notebook"

Favorite food: chocolate

Favorite place on campus to study: Computer lab at Wagnon Student Athlete Center

Farthest you have ever traveled by plane or car: USA

The teammate most likely to make me laugh: Shannon Garlie

Time your alarm clock is set: 5:10 a.m.

Describe yourself in one word: kind