Kayla Bowcutt

Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Clive, Iowa
High School:
West Des Moines Valley HS

2007-08 (JUNIOR) - Member of the conference's All-Academic first team ... holds the sixth-best time in the 100 breast (1:04.03) in program history ... ninth on Mizzou's all-time 200 breast list (2:21.71) ... took third in the 100 breast (1:07.13) against rival Kansas ... set a new career best and finished second in the 50 breast (30.60) against Illinois ... runner-up in the 100 breast (1:04.03) at the Purdue Invitational, finishing just .05 out of first ... fought back from a knee injury suffered in December to compete in the 2008 Big 12 Championships.

2006-07 (SOPHOMORE) - Took second in the 100 (1:05.74), helping Mizzou spin the Iowa State Cyclones back north ... nabbed third in the 100 breast (1:07.48) at Indiana.

2005-06 (FRESHMAN) - Produced a runner-up performance in the 100 breast (1:06.25) at the Show-Me Showdown ... captured second in the 100 breast (1:05.31) in the dual with Texas A&M ... earned seventh in the 100 breast (1:05.48) at Purdue's Boiler Invite ... chipped in a second-place effort in the 100 breast (1:07.52) against Missouri State.

HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four letters for coaches Mark Wagner and Josh Mathias at West Des Moines Valley ... two-time National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) All-American ... USA Swimming Scholastic All-American as a junior ... named 2005 District Swimmer of the Year ... member of the 2004 state champion 200 medley relay team ... three-time state runner-up in the 100 breast ... won the district in the 200 medley relay three times ... two-time district champion in the 100 breast ... owns high school's pool and school records in the 100 breast ... team captain her senior year.

PERSONAL - Kayla Bowcutt is the daughter of Steven and Maryann Sinkler, and Stephen Bowcutt ... majoring in photojournalism ... professional ambition is to work for National Geographic.