Eagles set to host Winter Invite towards Siena and Stonehill

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Florida Gulf Coast girls’s swim and dive staff returns to motion on Saturday, internet hosting Siena and Stonehill within the Eagle Winter Invitational on the FGCU Aquatics Complex. The meet is about to start at 2 p.m.

FGCU closed out the 2025 calendar yr with a aggressive twin meet towards Delaware on Thursday, Dec. 31, falling by a slim 135–127 margin. The Eagles opened the meet on a powerful observe as Izzy Ackley, Cassie Bauer, Libby Russum, and Mia Burke captured first place within the 200 medley relay to set the tone for the afternoon.

Ackley led the Eagles with a number of particular person victories, successful each the 150 again and 50 again. Russum added wins within the 50 free and contributed further podium finishes, whereas Bauer claimed first within the 50 breast and positioned second within the 100 IM and 150 breast. Aislyn Barnett delivered robust runner-up finishes within the 300 free and 150 breast, and the Eagles additionally discovered success on the boards as Alexandra Andueza secured first place within the 1-meter dive.

Saturday’s invitational will comply with a conventional meet format, that includes the 100 medley relay, 500 freestyle, 100s and 200s of every stroke, the five hundred crescendo relay, the 100 IM, and concluding with the 100 freestyle relay. FGCU final competed towards Siena through the 2024–25 season and earned a decisive 303–82 victory, successful 14 occasions, together with a number of freestyle, butterfly, backstroke, and diving occasions.

Following the invitational, the Eagles will journey to Miami to face FIU at 11 a.m. on Jan. 24 on the Doral Aquatic Center.

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