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Jane Fauntz Manske, who graduated around 1932 with a degree in Art Education from Illinois, was a national champion swimmer and diver. She competed for the USA Olympic team in 1928 and 1932, winning bronze in springboard diving in 1932. Despite a high school ban on female athletics in Illinois, she excelled in college swimming and diving and was a Kappa Alpha Theta member. Manske was also among the first female athletes featured on a Wheaties cereal box.