Florida Atlantic vs. Miami

MIAMI, Florida, November 10. LAUREN Shue took two distance events for the Florida Atlantic University women’s swimming and diving team, as they battled hard against rival University of Miami in a 165.5-132.5 defeat on Friday.

Shue won both the 1000 (10:12.77) and 500 (5:01.02) freestyle events, helping FAU garner a total of 24 points on the day. The Fort Myers senior also swam the anchor leg of the second-place 200 free relay team, while finishing fourth in the 100 free.

Lindsey Alexander followed up a strong performance against Princeton a week ago with a win in the 200 backstroke (2:05.43). She finished second in the 100 back (58.20) and 200 IM (2:10.24), as well as swimming the lead leg on the runner-up 200 medley relay team.

Senior Jessica Lampkin won the 100 butterfly with a time of 57.37, securing the final top spot of the day for the Owls. Jennifer Forcht followed closely behind at 57.88 for a 1-2 FAU finish in the event.

Lauren Harvath and Lisa Thompson each earned runner-up finishes for the divers, with Harvath scoring 247.95 in the one-meter and Thompson posting a 239.63 in the three-meter to round out FAU’s top performances on the boards.

Florida Atlantic now tunes up for its biggest event of the fall, the Georgia Tech Invite. The three-day event takes place November 16-18 at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta.

Special thanks to Florida Atlantic for contributing this report.

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