FORT MYERS (Jan. 25, 2020) - The FIU swim and dive team traveled up the coast to take on Florida Gulf Coast, as the Panthers earned a lopsided 201-95 victory over the Eagles on Saturday.
With the win, the Panthers improve to 6-3 on the season in dual-meets, while the Eagles drop to 8-8.
"The ladies stepped up and took control of the meet from start to finish today," Randy Horner said. "The energy was good and I saw a team with a focus on their goals."
The afternoon kicked off with the 200 medley relay. The Panther team of Julia Miranda, Sara Gyertyanffy, Kelsie Campbell and Lamija Medosevic took first with a time of 1:43.20, while the team of Michaela Trnkova, Taylor Grabenhorst, Kasia Kolodziej and Jasmine Nocentini took second with their time of 1:44.42.
Rachel Whitaker followed with a victorious performance in the 1000 free when she swam a time of 10:43.26. Medosevic secured the third victory in the 200 free event with Nocentini in third-place (1:52.97).
The Panthers captured the top three spots in the 200 Back, Miranda took first (56.59), Helga Fodor placed second (56.82) and Trnkova touched third (57.75). The 100 breast was won by Gyertyanffy after she swam a time of 1:03.27, Grabenhorst followed in close second with her time of 1:03.58.m
Kolodziej went on to win the 200 Fly (2:04.28)and Emily Cordovi chased second with a time of 2:07.90. In the 50 Free, Paloma Sanchez touched second (24.31) and Alexa Bryant followed in fifth (25.23).
In the 100 free, Jasmine Nocentine swam a time of 51.69, taking the number one spot followed by Helga Fodor in second-place (52.06) and Medosevic in third-place (52.69).
Trnkova was the winner in the 200 back event swimming a time of 2:07.10. Melannie Vargas tapped shortly after at 2:13.74 taking fourth-place. Grabenhorst landed second in the 200 Breast and a time of 2:17.83. In the 12th event of the day, the 500 free, Eriana Temperino placed second clocking in at 5:14.27.
Miranda, Campbelland Kolodziej landed in the top three spots on the 100 fly race with times of 22.92, 56.87 and 57.33, respectively.
The 200 IM race ended with a Gyertyanffy win with a time of 2:06.42, followed by Grabenhorst in the number two spot (2:07.29).
The afternoon in the lanes concluded with a win in the 200 free relay. The team of Nocentini, Fodor, Sanchez and Medosevic finished first with a time of 1:34.90.
In her first dual meet of the season, Mandy Song impressed from both the 1 and 3-meter boards and took the number one spot in both events with scored of 322.65 and 360.70, respectively. From the 3-meter, Rachel Foord followed in second place with her score of 281.30 and Kaitlyn Fredericks placed fifth (249.95).
Maha Gouda took second from the 1-meter with her score of 321.30 and Foord took fourth (261.35).
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The Panthers return to Biscayne Bay on Saturday, Feb. 1 to host FAU and honor the 2020 graduating class with ceremonies set to begin at 10:00 a.m.
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