MIAMI – The FIU women's swimming and diving team wrapped the TYR Fall Classic Saturday morning with an impressive performance, picking up a total of 521 points to take 1^st overall for the second straight year.
 
FIU took home four first place finishes while earning the top score in diving Saturday morning.
 
"A lot of strong performances….it was a great team effort," head coach Randy Horner added. "A lot of good highlights, I like where the team is at, and we got faster where we needed to get faster."
 
Senior Christie Chue highlighted day two winning a pair of individual events while helping the Blue & Gold take first overall in the 200-yard Medley Relay with a time of 1:43.56. Chue secured the top spot in the 200-yard breaststroke in the A-Final with a time of 2:18.31 and the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:06.67
 
On the boards, fifth-year Paige Burrell scored first in the 1-meter totaling for 304.30, qualifying her for the NCAA Division I Zone B.
 
In the 100-yard freestyle Diana Santamaria took third place in the A-Final with a time of 52.21 in addition to help set FIU to a first place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a team of Oumy Diop, Ana Luiza Daisson and Harliai Curthoys-Davies for a time of 3:27.41. Jessica Shpilko added with a second place finish in the B-Final of the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 53.96.
 
Ingrid Huszar took home first place in the B-Final of the 200-yard breaststroke, placing a time of 2:22.70.
 
Nicole Frank and Mia Zahab added with second place finishes with Frank timing for 2:08.00 in the 200-yard backstroke, while Zahab scored a time of 2:08.14 in the 200-yard butterfly.
 
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FIU heads to Davie for a dual-meet against Nova Southeastern & Lynn University on Friday, Nov. 3 and Saturday, Nov. 4 from the NSU Aquatic Complex.
 
Live results can be followed on MeetMobile.
 
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