Meet Update (Day One of Three)
FIU Scores 88 Points
Thursday, November 16 | All Day | West Lafayette, Ind. | Burke Aquatic Center

-        FIU posted its fastest times of the season in the 200 Free Relay Aquatic Center, while senior Letizia Bertelli (Cremona, Italy) and junior Naomi Ruele (Gaborone, Botswana) posted NCAA B-Standard qualifying times in the 50 Free as part of day one of the 2017 Purdue Invitational at the Burke Aquatic Center Thursday.

-        The Panthers were second-fastest in the evening's first event, the 200 Free Relay, posting a season-best time of 1:30.45, which is less than a second from last season's best time, which was a provisional qualifier. Freshman Sara Gyertyanffy (Desenzano, Italy) swam first, with Ruele and Bertelli to follow. The relay was anchored by senior Ally Mayhew (Dayton, Ohio).

-        The 50 Free came in event seven, with the Panthers posting the second- (Bertelli – 22.47) and third-best (Ruele – 22.52) times in the event. Both came in below the 22.99 B-Standard threshold set by the NCAA. The two swimmers set B Standard times in the preliminaries in the morning session, at 22.75 and 22.78, respectively.

-         In the 3-meter diving program, freshman Rachel Foord (Melbourne, Australia) and sophomore Brooke Bouchard (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) both landed in the finals of the event. Foord finished fifth, with a 281.85, while Bouchard was 10^th, at 257.65. Both divers posted season-best scores in the preliminary program. Bouchard was at 290.60 and Foord scored a 287.

Next Up
Action begins at 10 a.m. with preliminaries for day two Finals begin at 6 p.m. Eastern

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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 eight different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including Lime Court at FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a "R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity" and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine's "America's Best Employers" list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. 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 with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, FIU's Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute.  FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.