Austin, Texas ? Joy Bunting placed ninth in the 200-yard individual medley as Kansas University’s swimming and diving team earned 60 points to move within six points of fourth-place Nebraska on Day Two Thursday of the Big 12 Championships.

Bunting’s 2:00.70 matched a season-best and bettered her time at last year’s league meet (2:01.88) by over a second.

Finishing just a few places behind her teammate was sophomore Brooke Brull, 14th in 2:02.58.

KU’s 200-yard freestyle relay team of senior Amanda Maez, junior Abigail Anderson and sophomores Brooke Brull and Monica Johannessen gave the Jayhawks a season-best 1:32.50, good for fourth place.

Team scores (through Day Two):

Texas A&M 336, Texas 301.5, Missouri 212.5, Nebraska 128, Kansas 122, Iowa State 89.

200-yard freestyle relay — 1. Texas 1:28.15. 2. Texas A&M 1:29.48. 3. Missouri 1:30.80. 4. Kansas (Maez, Anderson, Brull, Johannessen), 1:32.50. 5. Nebraska 1:32.62. 6. Iowa State 1:34:60

500 freestyle — 1. Cammile Adams (Texas A&M) 4:39.14. 2. Sarah Henry (Texas A&M) 4:41.05. 3. Natalie Sacco (Texas) 4:46.03. 4. Hannah Kinder (Texas) 4:47.57. 5. Mauree McLaine (Texas A&M) 4:47.67. 6. Alyssa Conner (Texas A&M) 4:48.23. 7. Leah Gingrich (Texas) 4:50.58. 8. Stephanie Rovig (Missouri) 4:51.26. 12. Morgan Sharp (Kansas) 4:49.63. 13. Rebecca Swank (Kansas) 4:49.99. 14. Malia Johnson (Kansas) 4:53.18. 16. Shannon Garlie (Kansas) 4:57.50.

200 individual medley — 1. Karlee Bispo (Texas) 1:55.15. 2. Lindsey King (Texas A&M) 1:57.98. 3. Laura Sogar (Texas) 1:58.23. 4. Erica Dittmer (Texas A&M) 1:58.43. 5. Melanie Dodds (Texas A&M) 1:59.50. 6. Dominique Bouchard (Missouri) 2:00.58. 7. Rita Medrano (Texas A&M) 2:00.78. 8. Anna Heller (Texas A&M) 2:00.98. 9. Joy Bunting (Kansas) 2:00.70. 14. Brooke Brull (Kansas) 2:02.58.

50 free — 1. Kelsey Amundsen (Texas) 22.50. 2. Maria Sommer (Texas A&M) 22.52. 2. Liliana Ibanez (Texas A&M) 22.52. 4. Bethany Adams (Texas) 22.54. 5. Ellen Lobb (Texas) 22.62. 6. Brie Powers (Texas) 22.77. 7. Cassie Cunningham (Missouri) 22.92. 8. Lisa Nathanson (Missouri) 23.29. 12. Monica Johannessen (Kansas) 23.40. 22. Amanda Maez (Kansas) 23.79.