Swimming Splits Tri-Meet; Diving Dominates South Florida Invitational

DAVIE, Fla. – The FIU swimming and diving program wrapped up a profitable weekend of competitors, because the swimming workforce cut up ends in its tri-meet in opposition to Nova Southeastern and Lynn, whereas the diving squad dominated on the South Florida Diving Invitational.
 
The Panthers fell to NSU in a detailed 202-189 choice however cruised previous Lynn with a 252-139 victory of their closing meet earlier than heading to the midseason Mizzou Invite. Across the 2 days, FIU recorded 21 top-three finishes, together with 11 occasion wins.
 
Freshman Pauline Zeller continued her stellar rookie marketing campaign, accumulating 5 first-place finishes. She captured wins within the 50 backstroke (25.83), 100 backstroke (55.56), and 100 butterfly (54.27), whereas additionally serving to lead FIU to victories in each the 200 medley relay (1:40.47) alongside Frida Stretre Løbersli, Tawannah McLemore, and Diana Santamaria, and the 200 freestyle relay (1:33.13) with Olivia Matson, McLemore, and Santamaria.
 
Her 400 freestyle relay squad — that includes Ana Luiza Daisson, Matson, and Santamaria — additionally clocked a profitable time of three:27.88.
 
Senior Nicole Frank earned a pair of particular person victories, taking first within the 200 IM (2:05.75) and 400 IM (4:24.21), whereas Santamaria added second-place finishes within the 50 freestyle (23.85) and 100 freestyle (51.51).
 
The 400 medley relay workforce of Ingrid Huszar, Luiza Daisson, McLemore, and Santamaria additionally completed first (3:46.77). McLemore added two particular person wins within the 50 butterfly (25.14) and 100 IM (57.49).
 
Stretre Løbersli grabbed a first-place end within the 50 breaststroke (28.78) and took second within the 100 breaststroke (1:04.99), whereas Sally Olsson (2:20.41) and Huszar (2:21.92) completed second and third, respectively, within the 200 breaststroke.
 
Freshman Faustine Mercier positioned third within the 50 butterfly (26.03), whereas Claudia Frasca completed second within the 100 backstroke (57.68) and fourth within the 200 backstroke (2:06.48). Carla Mailharrou earned third in the identical occasion (2:06.15).
 
On the diving aspect, FIU swept the platform occasion, led by Kristina Keenan, who received with a rating of 257.75 — incomes an NCAA Zone reduce. Brooke Megdall positioned second (235.60), additionally with a zone reduce, whereas Ruska Lehtonen completed third (218.70) and Sydney Soto took fifth (203.95).
 
Lehtonen additionally set a private finest within the 1-meter with a zone reduce mark of 281.55, adopted by Keenan in second (276.60) and freshman Sofia Torstensson in sixth (236.10).
 
In the 3-meter, Megdall claimed the win with a rating of 275.90, whereas Soto earned a personal-best third-place end (266.35) and Torstensson positioned fifth (258.10).

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