MIAMI (Jan. 10, 2015) – The FIU swimming and diving team completed its training camp season with a successful relay event on Saturday afternoon at the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center. In total, three pool records were set on Saturday.

"We really swam well today," said Head Coach Randy Horner. "I'm very happy with the season best times as well as posting a few pool records. We are ready to start classes again Monday and close our training camp season."

FIU's 400 freestyle relay squad of freshman Skye Carey, freshman Letizia Bertelli, freshman Paulina Zelazna and sophomore Jennifer Deist earned a time of 3:29.49, a pool record, to take first place in that event. 

The Panthers also won the 800 freestyle relay. Bertelli, freshman Silvia Scalia, senior Courtney VanderSchaaf and Carey posted a time of 7:35.70, which is also a pool record. 
In the 400 medley relay, Scalia set an FIU pool record for the 100 backstroke, as she posted a leadoff time of 54.78 seconds.

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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 FIU Arena and Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium.

About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes $9.8 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.