MIAMI (Oct. 29, 2022) – Swimming and Diving closed out its dual meet with Liberty, Saturday morning, coming away with a hard-fought win, 234-214.
 
The Panthers came into day two against the Flames with an eight-point lead.
 
After the first break FIU was still leading with a 146-133 advantage.
 
FIU's Lamija Medosevic, Christie Chue, Mia Zahab and Harliai Curhtoys-Davies (3:46.15) won the 400-Medley Relay and Liberty took the 1000-Free.
 
On the diving board, the Panthers took the top three spots in the 1-Meter with Maha Gouda placing first with a score of 325.65.
 
After two more Chue victories, in the 100-Medley (57.80) and in the 100-Breast (1:02.95), and Curthoys-Davies' win in the 100-Free (51.61), FIU's advantage moved to 192-176.
 
The Panthers closed out the swim events with a win in the 200-Free Realy with a 1:34.61, logged by Medosevic, Jessica Shpilko, Curthoys-Davies and Kelsie Campbell. The win would put FIU ahead, 218-211.
 
The divers closed the day out with another clean sweep, this time on the 3-Meter, to secure the Panthers win. Gouda placed first again with 300.30.
 
At the end of the two day meet, the Panthers were victorious, 234-214, moving to 2-1 on the season.
 
UP NEXT
Swim and Dive back in action next week November 4 and 5 when they host Illinois in a dual meet. Day one of competition will start at 5 p.m. ET and day two will start at 10 a.m. ET, all at the FIU Aquatic Center.
 
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