Swim & Dive Set to Host FGCU Saturday on Senior Day

MIAMI – The FIU swimming and diving program is about to host its closing dwelling meet of the season Saturday, welcoming the FGCU Eagles for Senior Day.

Saturday, Jan. 24 vs FGCU

• Time / Site: 11 a.m. at Doral Aquatic Center
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• Presented by Baptist Health, The Official Sports Medicine Provider of FIU Athletics

Prior to the meet, FIU will honor seniors Lutnya Bogdanova, Oumy Diop, Var Erlingsdottir Eidesgaard, Nicole Frank, Ruska Lehtonen, Ana Luiza Daisson and Maria Goncalves for his or her contributions to this system.

The Panthers look to bounce again following a tri-meet loss to the Miami Hurricanes and Harvard Crimson on Jan. 10 on the Doral Aquatic Center.

Saturday’s twin meet marks FIU’s closing dwelling contest of the 2026 season. The Panthers will shut out the common season with a highway twin at Florida Atlantic on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 10 a.m., earlier than competing within the First Chance Meet on Friday, Feb. 13 in Coral Gables, Fla., in preparation for the 2026 American Athletic Conference Swimming & Diving Championships.

The assembly would be the fifteenth all-time twin meet between FIU and FGCU, and the second time the groups have confronted one another this season after competing on the TYR Fall Classic earlier this yr. The Panthers and Eagles meet in a twin format for the primary time since 2024, after their scheduled 2025 matchup in Fort Myers, Fla., was canceled.

LAST TIME OUT

Junior Diana Santamaria led the Panthers with 4 top-three finishes, highlighted by a victory within the 50-yard freestyle (23.59) and a second-place end within the 100-yard backstroke (56.68). Santamaria was additionally a part of the 200-yard medley relay workforce alongside Oumy Diop, Tawannah McLemore and Frida Stretre Løbersli, which positioned second with a time of 1:43.82.

FIU’s 400-yard medley relay workforce of Diop, Ana Luiza Daisson, Santamaria and Pauline Zeller completed with a time of three:29.10. Individually, Zeller added a third-place end within the 100-yard butterfly (55.37), whereas sophomore Tawannah McLemore positioned third within the 50-yard freestyle (23.85).

On the diving boards, Kristina Keenan led the Panthers with a fifth-place end within the 1-meter occasion, scoring 271.50 to earn a zone qualifying reduce. Ruska Lehtonen (256.75) and Sofia Torstensson (245.25) adopted in eighth and ninth, respectively.

In the 3-meter competitors, Lehtonen completed sixth with a rating of 263.65, whereas freshman Adyson Downey positioned eighth (260.85) and Keenan rounded out the sector in ninth (237.95).

SCOUTING THE EAGLES

FGCU enters Saturday’s meet for its third twin of the season after incomes a win over Siena College on Jan. 10, totaling 249 factors.

In their season-opening meet on Dec. 31, the Eagles fell to Delaware, 135–127.

UP NEXT

FIU ventures to Boca Raton, Fla. to face the Florida Atlantic Owls on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 10 a.m.. Live outcomes can be obtainable on MeetMobile.

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