Meet Results
FIU 251.5, Illinois 166.5
Records: FIU 4-3, Illinois 1-6
Saturday, November 4 | 11 a.m. | North Miami, Fla. | Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center

-        FIU took the top spot in six of the 10 events in day two of its meet with Illinois and finished off the Fighting Illini 251.5-166.5 Saturday afternoon at the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center in North Miami, Florida. The Panthers won 15 of the 23 events overall at the two-day meet.

-        The Panthers won the first four events Friday, surging out to a 63-11 lead and cruised to the victory on Saturday.

-        Junior Naomi Ruele (Gaborone, Botswana), won the first event for the Panthers on Saturday, with a time of 26.91 in the event.

-        That was followed by sophomore Carlita Luukkanen (Lambere, Finland) and her 100 Breast time of 1:04.43, the second-fastest time by a Conference USA swimmer in that event this season.

-        In the 200 Back, senior Skye Carey (Satellite Beach, Florida / Satellite HS) was nearly two seconds faster than the next swimmer in the 200 Back, with a touch time of 2:03.80.

-        Freshman Stephanie Hussey finished first in the next event, the 100 Fly, at 55.85.

-        To finish the swimming portion of the meet, the Panthers won the 200 Free Relay, at 1:35.83. The team of Sara Gyertyanffy (Desenzano, Italy), Ruele, Ally Mayhew (Dayton, Ohio) and Letizia Bertelli (Cremona, Italy) took that last 11 points for FIU.

-        During the swimming, reigning Conference USA Diver of the Week Rachel Foord (Melbourne, Australia) finished first in the 3-meter springboard, with an NCAA Zone-qualifying score of 283.12. The freshman also posted a Zone-qualifying score yesterday in the 1-meter event.

From the Pool Deck
"I'm happy with the team this weekend," said FIU Head Coach Randy Horner. "We weren't as sharp as yesterday, but this was a big step forward from a disappointing weekend last week. We realized some things as a team and are better moving into our mid-season test at Purdue."

Next Up
FIU will compete in the seven-team Purdue Invitational, November 16-18. Action begins with preliminary heats at 11 a.m., with finals to swim at 7 p.m. in West Lafayette, Indiana.  

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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/.