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2022-23 Swimming & Diving Roster

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Jeanri Buys

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cape Town, South Africa
  • Major Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
  • High School Herschel Girls School
  • Instagram jeanri_buys
  • Twitter jeanribuys2

Biography

NIL Opportunities

2022-23

  • Set a persona-best 1000 freestyle (10:29.63) in the Southern Illinois and Illinois State tri-meet
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2021-22

  • Set three personal-best at the Big Ten Championships; 100 (52.54), 200 (1:52.37) adn 500 freestyle (4:56.65)
  • Set personal-best 1000 freestyle (10:41.87) against Purdue

2020-21

  • Swam her personal best in the 100 breast with a time of 1:05.82 at the Big Ten Championships
  • Clocked a personal best in the 200 breast at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 2:21.93

2019-20

  • Placed sixth in the 200 butterfly with a personal-best time of 2:11.31 at Nebraska
  • Recorded lifetime-best time of 2:20.12 in the prelims of the 200 breaststroke at the Big Ten Championships

High School

  • Attended Herschel Girls School
  • South African Swimming Junior National Qualifier

Personal

  • Born June 5, 2000
  • Hometown: Capetown, South Africa
  • Parents are Michiel Buys and Rilette Avenant
  • Has one sibling, MJ
  • Biggest thrill in sports is "achieving what I work hard for"
  • Lists her parents as her biggest role model

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Fly/Breast/IM
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Fly/Breast/IM
  • 2021-22Junior

    Fly/Breast/IM
  • 2022-23Senior

    Fly/Breast/IM