Swimming & Diving Falls to Liberty in Convention Conflict

MIAMI – The FIU swimming & diving program fell to the Liberty Flames on Saturday afternoon in a 219-209 choice from the Doral Aquatic Center.

The Panthers posted eight occasion victories and 31 top-three finishes throughout the meet, highlighted by standout performances from freshman Pauline Zeller, senior Nicole Frank, and sophomore Tawannah McLemore.

 

Zeller led the best way with three particular person wins and one runner-up end, clocking first within the 50 butterfly (24.34), 100 IM (56.97), and 100 butterfly (53.97) earlier than inserting second within the 200 butterfly (2:02.72).

 

Frank added a first-place end within the 200 IM (2:03.51) and completed second in each the 200 breaststroke (2:18.29) and 400 IM (4:23.16).

 

McLemore impressed within the sprints, capturing first within the 50 freestyle (23.18), whereas additionally taking second within the 100 IM (57.63) and incomes two third-place finishes within the 50 butterfly (24.80) and 100 freestyle (52.76).

 

Junior Diana Santamaria added a win within the 50 backstroke (25.79) and positioned fourth within the 100 backstroke (56.65), whereas senior Oumy Diop picked up a pair of top-three finishes, taking second within the 50 backstroke (26.42) and third within the 100 butterfly (55.85).

 

Sophomore Frida Stretre Løbersli continued her sturdy season within the breaststroke, ending second in each the 50 (28.61) and 100 breaststroke (1:03.81).

 

In freestyle occasions, senior Ana Luiza Daisson collected three top-five outcomes, together with second within the 100 freestyle (52.19), third within the 200 freestyle (1:56.18), and fourth within the 50 freestyle (24.33).

 

The Panthers additionally shined in relays, taking first in each the 200 medley relay (1:41.14) and 200 freestyle relay (1:33.12), whereas ending second within the 400 freestyle (3:30.58) and 400 medley relay (3:45.94).On the diving aspect, FIU completed with a high rating within the 1-meter occasion as senior Ruska Lehtonen posted a rating of 251.55, whereas junior Kristina Keenan took fourth for 235.20.

In the 3-meter occasion, three Panthers positioned within the top-five with Lehtonen (262.88) taking second, Keenan (254.48) scored third. Freshman Sofia Torstensson positioned fourth on 3-meter (250.28) and Brooke Megdall rounded out the highest six with a 228.53 on the board.

UP NEXT

FIU prepares takes on NSU/Lynn in a tri-meet on Friday, Nov. 7 – Saturday, Nov. 8 on the NSU Aquatic Center. Diving will partcipate within the South Florida Diving Invitational.

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