FGCU vs FIU (Women)
- January 20, 2024
- Miami, Florida
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: FIU Sports
MIAMI – The FIU swimming and diving program wrapped up the home portion of the meet season, taking down the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles 194-106 on senior day Saturday morning from the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center.
Prior to the meet, the Panthers recognized seniors Madeleine Anderson, Delaney Biro, Paige Burrell, Christie Chue, Ryan Flynn, Delaine Goll, Alexa Lemus Hernandez, Ellie Maradyn, Mikaela Starr, and Mia Zahab.
On the day, FIU racked up 10 first-place finishes out of the 14 events Saturday morning. A total of seven different Panthers claimed first place in individual events.
Highlighting the meet was senior Christie Chue, who notched four first places finishes including two victories on the relays. Chue anchored on the 200-yard medley relay and helped FIU win first-place with a time of 28.65. In the 200-freestyle relay, Chue posted a time of 23.54 to lead FIU to victory.
The standout swimmer from Singapore also won individual events in the 100-breaststroke posting a time of 1:02.89. She capped off her home career securing a FIU Aquatic Center Pool Record in the 200-breaststroke for a time of 2:14.65 respectively.
Sophomore Harliai Curthoys-Davies notched a first-place finish in the 200-freestyle for a finals time of 1:53.74 while also netting a second-place finish in the 500-freestyle (5:11.04)
Jordan Browning and Mia Zahab earned top finishes on the morning as Browning took first in the 100-backstroke (59.12) while Zahab scored first in the 200-butterfly for a time of 2:07.01. Nicole Frank tallied a first-place finish in the 400-IM, leading the way with a time of 4:32.15
Freshmans Sophie Kiryk and Linnea Gipperth secured wins in the individual events as Kiryk earned a first-place finish in the 1000-freestyle (10:34.05) as Gipperth took first in the 200-backstroke (2:07.00).
The Panthers dominated the relay events, sweeping the pair of events. The team of Diana Santamaria, Chue, Oumy Diop, and Jessica Shpilko placed first in the 200-medley relay for a time of 1:45.88. FIU logged their second relay win as the team of Santamaria, Shpilko, Curthoys-Davies, and Chue scored a time of 1:35.35 in the 200-freestyle relay.
On the boards, FIU swept on both the 1-meter and 3-meter over FGCU as Burrell took home first in both events. The reigning AAC diver of the week scored a 290.10 on the 1M, while logging a score of 300.83 on the 3-meter. Sophomore Ruska Lehtonen earned second-place finishes on both events, scoring 266.18 on the 1M and 289.05 in the 3M which earned the Helsinki, Finland her NCAA zone cut on both events. In addition, freshman Kristina Keenan took third on the 3M, a season-high and NCAA zone cut qualifier.
UP NEXT
The Panthers head north to Boca Raton to take on the Florida Atlantic Owls on Saturday, Jan. 27. Competition is set to begin at 10 a.m.
Courtesy: FGCU Athletics
Florida Gulf Coast University swimming and diving dropped a meet against FIU, 194-106, on Saturday in Miami.
Emma Bjoernholdt touched first in the 500 free (5:09.85) and Cam Kuriger placed first in the 100 fly (58.46) with Libby Russum touching just after Kuriger at 58.47.
Jasmin Kroll took home an individual win in the 50 free (23.77). The 50 free was a show of strength for the Eagles on the day with Alexis Mishler (24.41) and Russum (24.86) coming in third and fourth, respectively.
Sprint free continued to show out with the 100 free being won by Kroll (52.03), Mishler (53.31) taking fourth, Mia Burke (53.53) taking fifth, and Nadia Helm (54.99) taking sixth.
Up next for the Green and Blue is senior weekend for swimming and diving. UNF will be in Fort Myers on Feb 2 and 3 while FIU diving will make the cross-state trip to compete with Eagles diving on Feb 3.
