MIAMI (Feb. 1, 2020) - In the final FIU swim and dive home meet of the season, eight seniors were honored as the Panthers picked up a win over conference foe FAU to improve to 7-3 in dual meet action. 

"Today was a special day for our eight seniors. It's great to have them go out big to end their home season like today," said Head Coach Randy Horner. 

First up on the deck was the 200 medley relay squad. The Panther team of Julia Miranda, Sara Gyertyanffy, Kelsie Campbell and Lamija Medosevic took first with a time of 1:43.97, setting the tone for the rest of the meet. 

Stepahnie Hussey and Taylor Grabenhorst followed with the top two spots in the event. Hussey swam a time of 1:51.95 and Grabenhorst chased with her time of 1:55.25. Medosevic touched second in the 100 back event (57.10) while Miranda followed in third with a time of 57.82. 

The 100 breast was captured by Sara Gyertyanffy who touched with a time of 1:02.76, while Delaine Goll was in the number two spot at 1:05.54. Emily Cordovi secured second in the 200 fly swimming a time of 2:05.72. 

Paloma Sanchez touched .08 shy of the top spot in the 50 free event with her time of 24.35. Helga Fodor and Kasia Kolodziej followed in third and fourth place with times of 24.63 and 24.65, respectively.

Nocentini dominated the 100 free, tapping first at 51.31 and teammate Medosevic trailed in second with her time of 52.00. Miranda battled from wire to wire in the 200 back, finishing second with a time of 2:08.36. Grabenhorst  went on to seal the deal in the 200 breaststroke when she touched at 2:19.82, with Goll right behind her at 2:24.30. 

Rachel Whitaker raced hard in the 500 free to tally another first-place finish (5:16.50). Stephanie Hussey tacked on two more wins in the lanes, first in the 100 fly with a time of 56.31 and later in the 400 IM with a swim time of 4:28.83. 

The Panthers took the 200 free relay with the team of Nocentini, Fodor, Sanches and Medosevic (1:35.32).

For the second weekend in a row, Mandy Song swept both springboard events. She posted a score of 321.68 from the 1-meter and a score of 332.10 from the 3-meter. Maha Gouda followed in the from the 1-meter with her score of 287.85 with Rachel Foord and Brittany Haskell in fourth and fifth-place with score of 278.55 and 261.98, respectively. Foord also took the number two spot from the 3-meter with her score of 324.60. 

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The divers will hit the road to compete at the South Florida Diving Invitational at the Coral Springs Aquatic Center on Friday, Feb. 7. 

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