FISU America Games: Panther alum Larsen wins 4 medals in Peru

LIMA, Peru — Former UNI swimmer Faith Larsen closed out the opening weekend of the 2026 FISU America Games with a powerful four-medal efficiency, capturing gold medals in two relays, in addition to one silver and one bronze in two particular person occasions in her worldwide competitors debut.

The FISU America Games matches present and up to date faculty graduates in opposition to each other in an Olympic-style occasion that includes athletes from nations within the Americas. Larsen was amongst 44 swimmers from 17 totally different schools and universities to characterize Team USA in Peru.

Larsen, a 2025 UNI graduate who’s presently serving as an assistant coach for Northern Iowa, received 4 Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) particular person titles throughout her Panther profession, together with three consecutive convention championships within the 50-yard freestyle. She presently holds program data within the 50-yard freestyle, in addition to the 200 and 400-yard freestyle relays.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Larsen kicked off her first worldwide meet by profitable gold on Friday within the combined 400-meter freestyle relay with a profitable time of three:33.52 and a second leg break up of 57.03 seconds. On Saturday, the Eden Prairie, Minnesota native earned silver within the ladies’s 50-meter freestyle, clocking a time of 26.02 seconds, enhancing by 0.01 of a second from her preliminary warmth time.

In Sunday’s motion, Larsen captured her second gold medal of the weekend, swimming the second leg of the ladies’s 400-meter freestyle relay with a break up of 30.12 seconds and a ultimate time of three:47.26. Closing out the weekend, Larsen would earn her fourth medal of the meet within the 50-meter butterfly, swimming a ultimate time of 27.64 to complete third.

UP NEXT

UNI monitor and subject’s Colin Lillie (10,000 meters) and former Panther Amelia Hill (3,000-meter steeplechase) will compete on the FISU America Games on Saturday, Aug. 1 at Villa Deportiva Nacional in Lima.

UNI swimming and diving motion will be adopted all season lengthy on social media on Facebook (UNI Swimming and Diving), X (@uniswimdive) and on Instagram (@uniswimdive). Schedules and rosters, together with the newest Panther information and data will be discovered on-line at UNIpanthers.com.