WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (Nov. 21,2019) - The first day of competition at the Purdue Invitational is in the rearview mirror as the FIU swim and dive team sits in fourth place with 155.5 points. 

Day one consisted of a six-event program in which Maha Gouda was the winner from the 3-meter springboard and set a FIU school record in the process. 

"The ladies stepped up today and competed hard," said head coach Randy Horner. "The divers were dominant again versus top competition and there were a lot of great swims today. We still have a lot of built on for the rest of the weekend." 

The evening finals session opened up with a fourth-place finish in the 200 medley relay, when the team of Lamija Medosevic, Julia Miranda, Paloma Sanchez and Helga Fodor completed the race with a time of 1:32.36. 

Stephanie Hussey swam a time of 4:22.82 in the preliminary session of the 500 free which is a new personal best for the junior and a top time in the conference. Hussey went on to secure a top-10 finish during the evening A final event, after she touched with a time of 4:52.87. Rachel Whitaker represented in the B final and took fourth with her swim of 5:00.23.

Taylor Grabenhorst swam the 200 IM and finished sixth in the B final (2:03.17) and Sara Gyertyanffy followed in eighth place in the same heat with her time of 2:02.93. 

Medosevic posted a time of 22.80 during the preliminary rounds of the 50 free race, which marks a personal-best time and the top time in conference USA. During the A final competition in the evening, she tied for fifth place with her time of 22.96 and Fodor took the second-place spot in the C final (23.52).

Gouda won the 3-meter diving event with a score of 356.10, marking a new FIU school record and Rachel Foord took second place (327.20). Brittany Haskell and Brooke Bouchard landed in seventh and eighth place with scores of 286.40 and 284.40, respectively. Both Haskell and Bouchard's scores mark as NCAA zone qualifying scores. 

Day one concluded with the 400 medley relay event, where the Panthers took third place. Miranda, Grabenhorst, Gyerytanffy and Medosevic ended the race with a time of 3:39.42. 

The Panthers are back in the pool tomorrow for day two of the Purdue Invitational. 

SCHEDULE
FRIDAY 
• 200 Medley Relay
• 400 IM
• 100 Fly
• 200 Free
• 100 Breast
• 100 Back
• 800 Free Relay
• Women's 1-Meter Diving
• Men's 3-Meter Diving

SATURDAY 
• 1650 Free
• 200 Back
• 100 Free
• 200 Breast
• 200 Fly
• 400 Free Relay
• Platform Diving

SUNDAY
LONG COURSE TIME TRIALS – SUNDAY AT 10 A.M.
Non-Scoring Events held for potential Olympic Trials Cuts
• 500 Free
• 200 IM
• 50 Free
• *BREAK*
• 400 IM
• 100 Fly
• 200 Free
• 100 Breast
• 100 Back
• *BREAK*
• 200 Back
• 100 Free
• 200 Breast
• 200 Fly
• 1500 Free

COVERAGE 

Live Results (Also on Meet Mobile App)

Live Diving Scores 

Meet Central 

Facebook Event Page

SOCIAL MEDIA 
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