FORT PIERCE, Fla. (Nov. 2, 2018)- It was a day of victories for Panthers swim and dive who dominated from the pool and the springboard this afternoon.
Freshman
Maha Gouda opened up the day with a score of 310.20 from the 1-meter springboard. She then went on to break the school record from the 3-meter where she picked up a score of 347.63. Junior Brittany Haskll made NCAA zone cuts from the 3-meter, while sophomore
Rachel Foord continued to impress, garnering two second-place finishes in the 1-meter (285.75) and 3-meter (304.63).
Of the 14 swim events of the afternoon, the Panthers picked up ten first-place finishes besting Nova (161-101) and host Indian River (192-106).
"Today was what we've been waiting to see. We were a spirited and focused team today. The team responded and showed what we can be if we come together," said head coach
Randy Horner.
The divers, who have shown consistency early in the season, have collectively picked up 18 top-five finishes since September, 29
th.
"The divers were lights out as usual. Maha keeps getting better and better. Her score today on 3 meter which was a school record was legit. The entire group has been so consistent, the've been fun to watch," said Horner.
Freshman
Michaela Trnkova, Junior
Carita Luukkanen, sophomore
Stephanie Hussey and junior
Alexa Bryant opened the afternoon with a first-place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:45.58).
After, junior
Megan Bowen took first in the 200 freestyle (1:54.86), freshman
Helga Fodor secured another victory in the 100 backstroke (56.98). Followed by a duo of victories from Lukkanen in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.03) and 200 breaststroke (2:19.36). Point-getter Hussey dominated the 200 butterfly (2:04.28) and 400 IM (4:26.99).
The Panthers ended the day with a time of 1:35.29 in the 200 freestyle relay, led by Bryant and the freshman-trio of Fodor,
Ryenne Hathaway and
Paloma Sanchez.
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The Panthers will travel to Columbia, MO for the Mizzou Invitational on Nov. 15-17.
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