Victory Waves: Swim & Dive Triumphs at FIU Sprint Invite!

MIAMI – The FIU swimming and diving team kicked off the new calendar year, securing first position in the FIU Sprint Invite with an impressive total of 482 points on Saturday morning at Biscayne Bay Campus.
 
The Panthers showed remarkable performance in the 50-yard sprint events, attaining leading placements in the 50-breaststroke, 50-backstroke, and 50-butterfly.

This marks the seventh consecutive instance FIU has triumphed in this home competition, going back to 2016-17.

 

FIU also excelled in the traditional race formats, adding two additional first-place accolades to their score. The event commenced with the 50-yard sprint races, designed in a knockout format whereby the best six swimmers from the preliminary round progressed to the subsequent round.

 

Freshman Tawannah McLemore distinguished herself with wins in the 100-IM (58.46) and the 50-fly, where she established a meet record with a finals time of 25.05. She also achieved fourth place in the 100-fly, finishing at 59.30.

 

Sophomore Diana Santamaria recorded three top-two placements, including a meet-record time in the 50-back with a mark of 26.20. Additionally, she earned second in the 50-free (24.16) and the 100-free (53.18), while placing fourth in the 100-IM (59.54).

 

Freshman Frida Stretre Løbersli triumphed in the 50-breaststroke finals with a time of 29.34 and took second place in the 100-IM with a time of 58.49. Junior Ingrid Huszar clinched first in the 100-breaststroke with a time of 1:05.22 and earned second in the 50-breaststroke (29.73).

 

Junior Sally Olsson secured second in the 100-breaststroke with a time of 1:05.52 and third in the 50-breaststroke (30.40). Another junior, Oumy Diop, finished in third place in the 100-fly (58.26), 100-breaststroke (58.26), and 50-fly (25.36).

 

Freshman Claudia Frasca took second in the 100-backstroke with a time of 59.83. Ana Luiza Daisson had two third-place finishes in the 100-free (53.45) and 200-free (1:55.95).

 

Senior Jordan Browning placed third in the 50-backstroke with a time of 26.97 and fourth in the 100-backstroke at 59.93.

 

FIU’s divers also showcased their talents during the three-day FIU Diving Invitational.

 

Sophomore Kristina Keenan set a personal record in the 1-meter event preliminaries, scoring 267.75 to achieve a zone cut. She subsequently placed second in the finals with a score of 257.85 and secured first in the platform finals with a score of 238.65, obtaining another zone cut.

 

Freshman Brooke Megdall finished second in the platform event with a score of 207.30. Graduate student Av Osero excelled in the 1-meter finals, emerging victorious with a score of 290.10 and gaining a zone cut.

FINAL SCORES

1) FIU – 482

2) Tulane – 389

3) Lewis University -148.50

4) Concordia University St Paul – 66.50

5) Assumption University- 56

UP NEXT

Competition resumes on Saturday, Jan. 25, as the Panthers travel to Fort Myers to compete against Florida Gulf Coast.  Events are scheduled to commence at 11 a.m.

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