Meet Results
FGCU 154, FIU 146
Dual Meet Records: FIU 7-4. FGCU 7-2.
Saturday, January 27, 2018 | 12 noon | Fort Myers, Fla. | FGCU Aquatics Complex

The Basics

·       FIU and Florida Gulf Coast evenly split the first-and second-place finishes in 16 events in their Saturday dual meet, but the host Eagles edged out the Panthers 154-146 at the FGCU Aquatics Complex. FIU is now 7-4 in dual meets, while the Eagles are 7-2.  The two teams also evenly split second-place finishes, putting the meets margin on the third-place finishers in each event, which FGCU won 12-4.

·       The teams split the two relays, with FIU winning the 200 Medley relay to start the event. Junior Naomi Ruele (Gaborone, Botswana), freshman Sara Gyertyanffy (Desenzano, Italy), senior Letizia Bertelli (Cremona, Italy) and senior Ally Mayhew (Dayton, Ohio) posted a time of 1:42.53 to take 11 points in the dual.

·       Senior Kyna Pereira (Umkomaas, South Africa) won the first individual event of the meet, touching at 10:07.64 in the 1000 Free, nearly two seconds better than the second-place swimmer.

·       Freshman Stephanie Hussey (Beaconsfield, Quebec, Canada) won three individual events, first taking the 200 Fly by nearly two seconds, at 2:01.21. She later won the 500 Free, at 4:56.33, more than 2.5 seconds ahead of the nearest finisher She completed her dominating performance with a career-best 2:03.49 in the 200 IM.

·       Senior Skye Carey (Satellite Beach, Florida / Satellite HS) won the 200 Back by a full second, coming in a 2:01.20.

·       Nicole Hunnewell (Miami, Florida / Coral Reef HS) won next, taking the 200 Breast at 2:18.25.

·       The 1-meter springboard program was won by senior Rebecca Quesnel (Burlington, Ontario, Canada), who posted an NCAA Zone-qualifying score of 282.35. The Panthers took four of the top-five slots at this height for a 16-3 margin in the event.

Next Up
FIU finishes the regular season in Boca Raton, at noon versus Florida Atlantic. It is the second matchup against a Conference USA team this season for the Panthers, who faced Rice in New Orleans earlier this season. 
                                                                                                                  
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