Swimming & Diving Finishes Fourth Overall at American Conference Championship

GREENSBORO, N.C.  –The FIU swimming & diving program added two medals on the ultimate day of competitors on the 2026 American Conference Swimming & Diving Championship on the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
 
FIU concluded the four-day championship with 990 whole factors to safe a fourth-place workforce end.
 
The Panthers earned a pair of bronze medals to shut out the meet. Sophomore Claudia Frasca captured her first particular person convention medal within the 200 backstroke, putting third with a time of 1:55.92. FIU additionally secured bronze within the 400 free relay, because the quartet of Oumy Diop, Ana Luiza Daisson, Diana Santamaria, and Pauline Zeller posted a mixed time of three:19.53.
 
Individually, Diop added an A-final look within the 100 free, ending seventh in 49.88. In the 200 breast, Nicole Frank positioned sixth with a time of two:14.87.
 
On the boards, FIU had two A-finalists, with Ruska Lehtonen (211.10) ending seventh and Brooke Megdall (201.00) putting eighth.
 
Overall, the Panthers totaled eight medals throughout the championship, highlighted by a gold medal within the 200 medley relay, the place FIU set each a program and American Championship report with a time of 1:36.24.
 
Zeller led the way in which with 4 whole medals throughout the meet, together with a bronze within the 100 butterfly.

AFTER DAY FOUR

Rice – 1,404.50

Liberty – 1,250

East Carolina – 1,009.50

FIU – 990

Tulane – 905.50

James Madison – 814

Marshall – 787

Florida Atlantic – 707.50

North Texas – 608

 

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FIU seems to be forward to NCAA Diving Zones, that are set from March 8 – March 11 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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