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Florida International continued their dominance of Conference USA by winning all of the pool events except for one on Thursday night of the 2017 championships from Atlanta.<\/p>\n

The Golden Panthers got things started with Junior Kyna Pereira<\/strong> in the 500 free. Pereira took the lead early and did not relinquish it to finish at 4:47.45. She pulled along her freshman teammate Megan Bowen<\/strong> to second with a 4:49.52. Pereira had paid the price for a blistering first half but ended up holding on for the win. Bowen also had a bit of a race with Rice’s Hanna Huston<\/strong> as Bowen held off Huston who finished at 4:49.90 for third.<\/p>\n

The only pool event that Florida International did not win was the 200 IM. Marshall freshman Catherine Bendziewicz<\/strong> had a stellar freestyle leg with a 28.34 split as the only swimmer under 29. Bendziewicz touched in 1:59.29 ahead of early leader Jaecey Parham<\/strong> of Rice at 1:59.92. It was a very tight race amongst the top four as Sarah Vaisse of North Texas was third at 2:00.01 and Carita Luukkanen<\/strong> of Florida International was third at 2:01.46. This was Marshall’s first win of the weekend and the first win from a swimmer or relay not from Florida International.<\/p>\n

Event 4  Women 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: R 1:57.33  2\/19\/2015 Johanna Gustafsdottir, FIU\r\n                 1:55.35  A NCAA Automatic\r\n                 1:58.13  IV15 Invited to 2015 NCAA\r\n                 2:01.59  B NCAA Consideration\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Bendziewicz, Ca  FR Marshall          2:00.42    1:59.29 B       20  \r\n    r:+0.71  25.85        56.70 (30.85)\r\n        1:30.95 (34.25)     1:59.29 (28.34)\r\n  2 Parham, Jaecey   JR Rice              1:59.92    1:59.92 B       17  \r\n    r:+0.65  25.70        55.23 (29.53)\r\n        1:30.31 (35.08)     1:59.92 (29.61)\r\n  3 Vaisse, Sarah    JR North Texas       2:02.40    2:00.01 B       16  \r\n    r:+0.76  26.85        57.05 (30.20)\r\n        1:30.73 (33.68)     2:00.01 (29.28)\r\n  4 Luukkanen, Cari  FR FIU               2:02.46    2:01.46 B       15  \r\n    r:+0.70  26.68        56.48 (29.80)\r\n        1:30.69 (34.21)     2:01.46 (30.77)\r\n  5 Sienczyk, Jowit  FR North Texas       2:02.68    2:02.30         14  \r\n    r:+0.72  25.93        56.58 (30.65)\r\n        1:32.87 (36.29)     2:02.30 (29.43)\r\n  6 Wanner, Carolin  SO Marshall          2:03.20    2:02.31         13  \r\n    r:+0.71  26.86        57.45 (30.59)\r\n        1:33.15 (35.70)     2:02.31 (29.16)\r\n  7 Swinney, Kaitly  JR Rice              2:03.29    2:03.05         12  \r\n    r:+0.73  27.01        57.24 (30.23)\r\n        1:34.09 (36.85)     2:03.05 (28.96)\r\n  8 Schillinger, Ma  SO Rice              2:02.52    2:03.11         11  \r\n    r:+0.64  26.48        58.85 (32.37)\r\n        1:32.84 (33.99)     2:03.11 (30.27)<\/pre>\n
The Golden Panthers got back on track in the 50 free, but it was not who you’d expect at the top of the podium. Letizia Bertelli<\/strong> upset the defending champion and conference record holder Naomi Ruele<\/strong> with a 22.34. Marshall freshman Sirena Rowe<\/strong> finished second with a 22.47 and FIU senior Jenny Deist<\/strong> finished third at 22.60. Ruele was fourth at 22.63.<\/p>\n
 Event 5  Women 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: R 22.23  2\/25\/2016 Naomi Ruele, FIU\r\n                 21.86  A NCAA Automatic\r\n                 22.39  IV15 Invited to 2015 NCAA\r\n                 22.99  B NCAA Consideration\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Bertelli, Letiz  JR FIU                 22.60      22.34 IV15    20  \r\n         r:+0.68                       \r\n  2 Rowe, Sirena     FR Marshall            22.31      22.47 B       17  \r\n         r:+0.68                       \r\n  3 Deist, Jenny     SR FIU                 22.63      22.60 B       16  \r\n         r:+0.68                       \r\n  4 Ruele, Naomi     SO FIU                 22.47      22.63 B       15  \r\n         r:+0.68                       \r\n  5 Mavrova, Gloriy  JR Marshall            23.04      22.74 B       14  \r\n         r:+0.67                       \r\n  6 Rhodes, Lauren   JR Rice                22.89      22.81 B       13  \r\n         r:+0.69                       \r\n  7 Nezelek, Kate    FR Rice                22.96      22.87 B       12  \r\n         r:+0.74                       \r\n  8 Alfani, Jenny    SR FIU                 22.93      23.14         11  \r\n         r:+0.67<\/pre>\n
Florida International used that sprint depth to win the 200 free relay but they got all they could handle from Marshall in that relay. FIU won the race in a 1:29.68 just ahead of Marshall, who led through three legs, at 1:30.12. Rice was third at 1:30.83. Ruele (22.69), Bertelli (22.01), Jenny Alfani<\/strong> (22.97) and Deist (22.01) swam for FIU while Rowe (22.29), Gloria Mavrova<\/strong> (22.47), Lauren Cowher<\/strong> (22.57) and Chloe Parsemain<\/strong> (22.79) swam for Marshall and pushed FIU the whole way in that race, almost causing another big upset.<\/p>\n
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FIU holds a lead of nearly 100 points over second place Marshall as Rice fell into third place.<\/p>\n
Live results<\/a><\/p>\n
Team Standings:<\/p>\n
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  1. Florida International, 344<\/li>\n
  2. Marshall, 251<\/li>\n
  3. Rice, 225<\/li>\n
  4. North Texas, 133<\/li>\n
  5. Old Dominion, 99<\/li>\n
  6. Florida Atlantic, 86<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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