MIAMI (Oct. 5, 2013) – The FIU women's swimming and diving team earned a 175-102 victory to open the 2013-14 season on Saturday afternoon at the FIU Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center. The win for the Panthers over the Owls is the largest over FAU in the rivalry.
"I'm very pleased with the meet today," said head coach
Randy Horner. "For our first meet of the season we competed very well. We had a good mix of freshmen and upperclassmen step up. Both of our winning relays today had three freshmen on them, that's nice! We have many things we can do better, next we will be tested on our first road trip when we swim at UNF. "
In Saturday's meet, senior
Sabrina Beaupre and freshman Lily Kaufmann each qualified for NCAA Zone diving. In one-meter diving, Beaupre was the top scorer in the meet with a mark of 295.2 while Kaufmann earned a score of 265.2. In the three-meter dives, Beaupre also led the way with 294.45 while Kaufmann checked in at 258.67.
In the swimming events, senior Sonia Perez led the way for FIU, winning three individual events on the day. Perez started things off by earning nine points for the Panthers, scoring a time of 10:29.78 in the 1000 Freestyle. Perez also took home an event title in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 5:00.89. Her third victory came in the 200 IM, clocking a mark of 2:04.91.
Also having a strong day for the Panthers was junior
Klara Andersson, who earned two individual event titles in addition to two relay victories. Individually, Andersson earned a victory in the 50 freestyle, putting up a time of 24.25 to earn nine points for the Panthers. She additionally won the 100 Freestyle with a mark of 53.21.
In the relays, Anderson joined
Jennifer Alfani,
Therese Nord and
Jennifer Deist in the 200 yard medley relay, where the group posted a time of 1:47.45 to earn the points for FIU. Additionally, the same group earned a time of 3:32.95 in the 400 Freestyle to earn the victory. In that event, Alfani's lead off time was the fastest 100 Freestyle time of the day at 52.69 seconds. Alfani additionally won the 100 back, posting a time of 57.84 seconds.
Freshman
Hannah Vandersluis won 2 events on the day as well, the 100 Breastroke (1:07.52) and the 200 Breaststroke (2:24.42).
Johanna Gustafsdottir also won a title in the 200 Freestyle, posting a mark of 1:54.59 seconds.
FIU next hosts its Alumni Meet next Saturday, followed by a matchup at North Florida on Oct. 19.
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including U.S. Century Bank Arena and Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium.
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180bachelor¹s, master¹s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida¹s anchor institutions, FIU is Worlds Ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded 200,000 degrees and enrolls 50,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU is a member ofConference USA and has 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
