Liberty Edges Out FIU In Two-Day Dual

Liberty vs FIU

• November 1, 2025
• Doral, Fla.
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results

Courtesy: Liberty Athletics

DORAL, Fla. – Liberty posted a 219-209 win over FIU in a tightly-contested two-day meet which wrapped up on Saturday at Doral Aquatic Center.

The Lady Flames wrap up the fall dual-meet season with a 4-0 record, including 3-0 against American Conference opponents. Meanwhile, today was FIU’s first dual meet of the season.

Liberty Event Winners 

• 400 medley relay – 3:44.52 (Gwyneth Frick – 55.62; Aly Bozzuto – 1:03.21; Kamryn Cannings – 54.33; Natalie Colarossi – 51.36)
• Sr. Eden Troxell – 1000 freestyle (10:28.52)
• So. Aly Bozzuto – 100 breaststroke (1:03.17)
• So. Natalie Colarossi – 100 freestyle (51.30)
• Fr. Gwyneth Frick – 200 backstroke (1:58.37)
• Fr. Riley Leach – 400 IM (4:21.95)
• 400 freestyle relay – 3:28.23 (Natalie Colarossi – 51.24; Sadie Huenefeld – 51.82; Faith Forsberg – 52.53; Kaycee Cannings – 52.64)

Notable

• For the meet, the Lady Flames won 14 out of the 23 events contested, including 11 individual swimming races, three-meter diving and two relays. The Panthers claimed victory in six individual races, one-meter diving and two relays.
• Aly Bozzuto earned three individual-event victories for the Lady Flames (50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke). Liberty got two wins from Natalie Colarossi (100 free, 200 free), Riley Leach (200 fly, 400 IM) and Gwyneth Frick (100 back, 200 back).
• Saturday’s longest race was also the closest of the meet, as Liberty’s Eden Troxell won the 1000 freestyle in 10:28.52 followed by teammate Emma Herrera in 10:28.57.
• FIU’s Pauline Zeller edged Liberty’s Kamryn Cannings in the 100 fly, 53.97 to 54.37.
• The Lady Flames went 1-2 in the 1000 freestyle (Troxell, Herrera) and 200 backstroke (Gwyneth Frick, Malia Francis), while the Panthers took each of the top three spots in the 50 backstroke and posted 1-2 finishes in the 100 individual medley.

Historically Speaking

• The Lady Flames evened the all-time series. FIU won the only previous meeting between these two teams, a 234-214 decision over the Lady Flames, Oct. 28-29, 2022 in Miami.
• Leach’s 4:21.95 ranks eighth on Liberty’s all-time Top 10 performers list in the 400 IM.
• Frick’s 1:58.37 in the 200 backstroke today puts her ninth on the team’s all-time Top 10 performers list in the event.

Up Next
The Lady Flames will host the seventh annual TYR ’85 Invite, Nov. 21-23 at Liberty Natatorium.

Courtesy: FIU Athletics

MIAMI – The FIU swimming & diving program fell to the Liberty Flames on Saturday afternoon in a 219-209 decision from the Doral Aquatic Center.

The Panthers posted eight event victories and 31 top-three finishes across the meet, highlighted by standout performances from freshman Pauline Zeller, senior Nicole Frank, and sophomore Tawannah McLemore.

Zeller led the way with three individual wins and one runner-up finish, clocking first in the 50 butterfly (24.34), 100 IM (56.97), and 100 butterfly (53.97) before placing second in the 200 butterfly (2:02.72).

Frank added a first-place finish in the 200 IM (2:03.51) and finished second in both the 200 breaststroke (2:18.29) and 400 IM (4:23.16).

McLemore impressed in the sprints, capturing first in the 50 freestyle (23.18), while also taking second in the 100 IM (57.63) and earning two third-place finishes in the 50 butterfly (24.80) and 100 freestyle (52.76).

Junior Diana Santamaria added a win in the 50 backstroke (25.79) and placed fourth in the 100 backstroke (56.65), while senior Oumy Diop picked up a pair of top-three finishes, taking second in the 50 backstroke (26.42) and third in the 100 butterfly (55.85).

Sophomore Frida Stretre Løbersli continued her strong season in the breaststroke, finishing second in both the 50 (28.61) and 100 breaststroke (1:03.81).

In freestyle events, senior Ana Luiza Daisson collected three top-five results, including second in the 100 freestyle (52.19), third in the 200 freestyle (1:56.18), and fourth in the 50 freestyle (24.33).

The Panthers also shined in relays, taking first in both the 200 medley relay (1:41.14) and 200 freestyle relay (1:33.12), while finishing second in the 400 freestyle (3:30.58) and 400 medley relay (3:45.94).On the diving side, FIU finished with a top score in the 1-meter event as senior Ruska Lehtonen posted a score of 251.55, while junior Kristina Keenan took fourth for 235.20.

In the 3-meter event, three Panthers placed in the top-five with Lehtonen (262.88) taking second, Keenan (254.48) scored third. Freshman Sofia Torstensson placed fourth on 3-meter (250.28) and Brooke Megdall rounded out the top six with a 228.53 on the board.

UP NEXT
FIU prepares takes on NSU/Lynn in a tri-meet on Friday, Nov. 7 – Saturday, Nov. 8 at the NSU Aquatic Center. Diving will partcipate in the South Florida Diving Invitational.