2022-23 Swimming & Diving Roster
Jeanri Buys
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Major:
- Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
- High School:
- Herschel Girls School
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
Illini Swim & Dive I Molly Yetter Senior Video
Wednesday, May 21
Illini Swim & Dive I Jane Umhofer Senior Video
Tuesday, May 20
Illini Swim & Dive I Sydney Stoll Senior Video
Saturday, May 17
Illini Swim & Dive I Logan Kuehne Senior Video
Saturday, May 17
