Miami Bests Florida International 161-101

Photo Courtesy: Sam Lewis/FIU Athletics

MIAMI (Oct. 1, 2016) – The FIU swimming and diving team began the 2016-17 season with a strong showing at Miami on Saturday. The Panthers collected four first-, five second-, and five third-place finishes versus the Hurricanes as FIU fell, 161-101, at the Whitten University Center Pool on the UM campus.

The meet, which was initially scheduled for Friday evening, was postponed to Saturday morning due to inclement weather the night before.

The Panthers opened the contest with a first-place finish in the 200 Medley Relay as Naomi Ruele, Taylor Grabenhorst, Letizia Bertelli and Jennifer Deist recorded a 1:44.20.

Kyna Pereira continued where she left of last season claiming the 1000 and 500 Free. The native of Umkomaas, South Africa, notched a top time of 10:17.50 in the 1000 Free and followed that up with a time of 5:02.70 in the 500 Free, beating UM’s Claire McGinnis by two seconds for the win. Pereira also finished third in the 100 Free (51.86).

Grabenhorst made the most of her first collegiate outing, winning the 200 Breast (2:23.08), while finishing second in the 100 Breast (1:06.00) and the 200 IM (2:10.50). Also placing in the 200 Breast was junior Chase Harris, who posted a time of 2:25.57.

Deist, who helped FIU win the 200 Medley Relay, finished second in the 200 Butterfly with a time of 2:06.28. Naomi Ruele had a third-place finish in the 50 Free (23.96), while junior Skye Carey posted a time of 2:04.93 in the 200 Backstroke and a third-place result.

The Panthers closed out the meet with a second-place finish in the 400 Free Relay as the team of Bertelli, Ruele, Deist and Pereira scored a time of 3:28.79.

FIU will next travel to Houston, Texas, for Dual-A-Palooza, hosted by Rice Nov. 14-15.

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FIU contributed this report.

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Rohit Raj

7 years ago

Cool