FIU vs Liberty (W)
- October 28-29, 2022
- Miami, Fla.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Score: FIU 234, Liberty 214
Courtesy: FIU Athletics
MIAMI (Oct. 29, 2022) – Swimming and Diving closed out its dual meet with Liberty, Saturday morning, coming away with a hard-fought win, 234-214.
The Panthers came into day two against the Flames with an eight-point lead.
After the first break FIU was still leading with a 146-133 advantage.
FIU’s Lamija Medosevic, Christie Chue, Mia Zahab and Harliai Curhtoys-Davies (3:46.15) won the 400-Medley Relay and Liberty took the 1000-Free.
On the diving board, the Panthers took the top three spots in the 1-Meter with Maha Gouda placing first with a score of 325.65.
After two more Chue victories, in the 100-Medley (57.80) and in the 100-Breast (1:02.95), and Curthoys-Davies’ win in the 100-Free (51.61), FIU’s advantage moved to 192-176.
The Panthers closed out the swim events with a win in the 200-Free Realy with a 1:34.61, logged by Medosevic, Jessica Shpilko, Curthoys-Davies and Kelsie Campbell. The win would put FIU ahead, 218-211.
The divers closed the day out with another clean sweep, this time on the 3-Meter, to secure the Panthers win. Gouda placed first again with 300.30.
At the end of the two day meet, the Panthers were victorious, 234-214, moving to 2-1 on the season.
UP NEXT
Swim and Dive back in action next week November 4 and 5 when they host Illinois in a dual meet. Day one of competition will start at 5 p.m. ET and day two will start at 10 a.m. ET, all at the FIU Aquatic Center.
Courtesy: Liberty Athletics
In a two-day meet that featured last year’s Conference USA and CCSA champion teams, FIU earned a 234-214 win over Liberty, finishing Saturday at Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center.
Liberty Event Winners – Day Two
• Fr. Grace Shaw – 1000 freestyle (10:28.47)
• Jr. Chloe Harris – 100 butterfly (56.63)
• Jr. Abbie Shaw – 50 backstroke (26.13); 200 backstroke (2:02.98)
• So. Grace Isaacs – 400 IM (4:22.91)
Notable
• FIU led the meet 116-108 after day one and outscored the Lady Flams 118-106 today to provide the 234-214 final score. The Panthers won five individual events and both relays this morning, giving them 12 individual-event wins and three relay victories for the meet. Liberty claimed five event wins today, earning eight individual-event victories and one relay win on the weekend.
• 2022 C-USA Swimmer of the Year Christie Chue earned four wins for the Painthers, while four-time C-USA Diver of the Year Maha Gouda won all three diving events (platform, one-meter and three-meter).
• Liberty countered with three wins each from 2022 CCSA event champions Chloe Harris (50 fly, 100 fly, 200 fly) and Abbie Shaw (50 back, 100 back, 200 back).
• The Lady Flames earned the only 1-2-3 swimming finish of the meet, as Grace Shaw won the 1000 freestyle in 10:28.47, followed by teammates Eden Troxell (10:38.87) and Isabelle Gomez (10:45.00).
• The closest finish of today was the 100 IM, which Chue won by 0.16 second over Harris (57.80 to 57.96).
Historically Speaking
• The Lady Flames are now 14-12 all-time in dual meets held in the state of Florida. The last time Liberty competed in Florida was Jan. 4, 2020, sweeping FGCU, Tulane and Illinois State in a quad meet hosted by FGCU.
• Chloe Harris is now ranked third on Liberty’s all-time top 10 performers list in the 100 IM at 57.96, while Sydney Stricklin (59.07) is eighth.
• Meagan Tuohy moved into sixth place in program history in one-meter diving with her 240.68 score today, while Mary Herndon (233.55) is now eighth in the event.
• Herndon scored 241.73 in three-meter diving today, placing her seventh on the program’s all-time top 10 list in the event.
• Yesterday, Maddie Freece (8th – 157.80), Herndon (9th – 154.88) and Grace Gooding (10th – 154.80) all entered Liberty’s top 10 in platform diving.
Up Next
Liberty will compete in the state of Arkansas for the first time, taking on the Arkansas Razorbacks, Nov. 4 in Fayetteville, Ark.
