MIAMI (Dec. 14, 2015) – The FIU swimming and diving team travels to Fort Pierce, Fla., to take part in the Indian River Tri-Meet on Tuesday, Dec. 15. The tri-meet is set to begin at 10:30 a.m. ET.
The meet will feature FIU, Indian River State College and Florida State. The Seminoles come into the mid-week meet ranked No. 34 by CollegeSwimming.com.
The Panthers, No. 19 in the current CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major poll, come into the tri-meet with a 5-1 mark this season, with wins over Conference USA foes Rice (133-90) and Florida Atlantic (138-62) and then-No. 24 Miami (Fla.) (122-83).
On the year, FIU has claimed five C-USA weekly honors (Swimmer of the Week and Diver of the Week), including two-time winners
Kyna Pereira and
Rebecca Quesnel.
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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/.
