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Sara Snow
Sara Snow

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Springfield, Mo.

High School:
Glendale High

Event:
Back, IM

Experience:
2L

02/27/2013

Jayhawks Land 16 on Academic All-Big 12 Teams

KU leads the Big 12 in academic performance

10/04/2012

Kansas Swimming & Diving 2012-13 Season Preview

Experience and Youth Balance Out the 2012-13 Jayhawks

02/24/2012

Kansas Starts Fast, Finishes Strong in Day #3 Prelims

Eight swimmers earn top times as a total of 16 will be competing in finals tonight

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

Top Times
100-yard backstroke - 58.49 (2012 Big 12 Championships)
200-yard backstroke - 2:08.45 (Georgia Fall Invitational, 12/3/10)
200-yard IM - 2:08.55 (2012 Big 12 Championships)

2012-13 (Junior)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team...Athletic Director's and Big 12 Commisioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2012)... Closed out the season at the Big 12 Championships (2/27-3/2), where she finished 22nd in the 100-yard backstroke (59.99), 23rd in the 200-yard backstroke (2:11.91) and 31st in the 200-yard IM (2:12.16).

2011-12 (Sophomore)
A backstroke specialist... Finished fifth in the 50-meter long course backstroke with a time of 33.81, at the Mayaguez Invite (1/7)... Finished the season strong, setting new career-best times in the 100-meter backstroke (58.49), the 200-meter backstroke (2:08.15) and the 200-meter IM (2:08.55), at the Big 12 Championships (2/22-25).

2010-11 (Freshman)
Wrapped up her first season in Lawrence with a strong showing at the 2011 Big 12 Championships, where she swam two season best times in the 100 backstroke (58.94) and the 200 IM (2:12.39)... Took sixth in 100 backstroke (1:02.97) against South Dakota/Northern Iowa... Finished eighth in 100 meter backstroke with time of 1:10.48 at Orange Bowl Swim Classic... At the Georgia Fall Invitational, she swam a season best in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:08.45... Placed fifth in 200 backstroke with 2:10.74 time in double-dual versus Drury/North Dakota.

High School (Glendale High)
A four-year letterwinner in swimming... Holds school records in the 100-yard backstroke, 200-yard medley and freestyle relays and the 400-yard freestyle relay... A state meet champion in the 200 medley relay in 2009... President of National Honors Society and Service Commissioner on the Student Council Cabinet... Graduated in the top five percent of her class.

Personal
Born in Springfield, Mo... Parents are Kerry and Laura Snow... Is pre-med... Plans to go to medical school after graduation.

Getting to Know Sara
Reason you chose KU: The amazing people on the team

Favorite KU tradition: Rock Chalk chant and Alma Mater (It brings all the fans together)

Favorite sport to compete in other than swimming: Too uncoordinated to compete in anything else!

Favorite Big 12 city to visit other than Lawrence: Columbia, MO

Songs at the top of my I-Pod playlist: Are all from "Glee"

Website you visit the most (how often?): Stumbleupon (too ashamed to admit how often!)

Favorite TV show: Psych

Favorite food: Pizza

Farthest you have ever traveled: Florida Keys

Describe yourself in one word: Genuine

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