DAVIE, Fla. – The FIU swimming and diving program wrapped up a successful weekend of competition, as the swimming team split results in its tri-meet against Nova Southeastern and Lynn, while the diving squad dominated at the South Florida Diving Invitational.
 
The Panthers fell to NSU in a close 202-189 decision but cruised past Lynn with a 252-139 victory in their final meet before heading to the midseason Mizzou Invite. Across the two days, FIU recorded 21 top-three finishes, including 11 event wins.
 
Freshman Pauline Zeller continued her stellar rookie campaign, collecting five first-place finishes. She captured wins in the 50 backstroke (25.83), 100 backstroke (55.56), and 100 butterfly (54.27), while also helping lead FIU to victories in both the 200 medley relay (1:40.47) alongside Frida Stretre Løbersli, Tawannah McLemore, and Diana Santamaria, and the 200 freestyle relay (1:33.13) with Olivia Matson, McLemore, and Santamaria.
 
Her 400 freestyle relay squad — featuring Ana Luiza Daisson, Matson, and Santamaria — also clocked a winning time of 3:27.88.
 
Senior Nicole Frank earned a pair of individual victories, taking first in the 200 IM (2:05.75) and 400 IM (4:24.21), while Santamaria added second-place finishes in the 50 freestyle (23.85) and 100 freestyle (51.51).
 
The 400 medley relay team of Ingrid Huszar, Luiza Daisson, McLemore, and Santamaria also finished first (3:46.77). McLemore added two individual wins in the 50 butterfly (25.14) and 100 IM (57.49).
 
Stretre Løbersli grabbed a first-place finish in the 50 breaststroke (28.78) and took second in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.99), while Sally Olsson (2:20.41) and Huszar (2:21.92) finished second and third, respectively, in the 200 breaststroke.
 
Freshman Faustine Mercier placed third in the 50 butterfly (26.03), while Claudia Frasca finished second in the 100 backstroke (57.68) and fourth in the 200 backstroke (2:06.48). Carla Mailharrou earned third in the same event (2:06.15).
 
On the diving side, FIU swept the platform event, led by Kristina Keenan, who won with a score of 257.75 — earning an NCAA Zone cut. Brooke Megdall placed second (235.60), also with a zone cut, while Ruska Lehtonen finished third (218.70) and Sydney Soto took fifth (203.95).
 
Lehtonen also set a personal best in the 1-meter with a zone cut mark of 281.55, followed by Keenan in second (276.60) and freshman Sofia Torstensson in sixth (236.10).
 
In the 3-meter, Megdall claimed the win with a score of 275.90, while Soto earned a personal-best third-place finish (266.35) and Torstensson placed fifth (258.10).

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