{"id":243184,"date":"2017-02-25T23:03:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T06:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=243184"},"modified":"2018-02-13T20:34:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T03:34:16","slug":"florida-international-clinches-conference-usa-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/florida-international-clinches-conference-usa-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida International Clinches Conference USA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida International clinched the 2017 Conference USA Championship with a margin of victory of almost 200 points over second place Rice.<\/p>\n

FIU started the night off with a win in the 1650 from Kyna Pereira<\/strong> at 16:27.48. Rice’s Sarah Nowaski<\/strong> finished second at 16:30.66 and Rice’s Hanna Huston<\/strong> was third at 16:35.65.<\/p>\n

 Event 15  Women 1650 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: R 15:59.96  2\/25\/2006 Flavia Rigamonti, SMU\r\n                 15:53.50  A NCAA Automatic\r\n                 16:17.36  IV15 Invited to 2015 NCAA\r\n                 16:30.59  B NCAA Consideration\r\n    Name           Year School               Seed     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n  1 Pereira, Kyna    JR FIU              16:26.04   16:27.48 B       20  \r\n    r:+0.77  26.69        55.61 (28.92)\r\n        1:24.93 (29.32)     1:54.34 (29.41)\r\n        2:24.38 (30.04)     2:54.15 (29.77)\r\n        3:24.08 (29.93)     3:54.17 (30.09)\r\n        4:24.34 (30.17)     4:54.63 (30.29)\r\n        5:24.71 (30.08)     5:55.00 (30.29)\r\n        6:25.53 (30.53)     6:55.80 (30.27)\r\n        7:25.85 (30.05)     7:55.97 (30.12)\r\n        8:26.10 (30.13)     8:56.35 (30.25)\r\n        9:26.82 (30.47)     9:57.07 (30.25)\r\n       10:27.49 (30.42)    10:57.55 (30.06)\r\n       11:27.91 (30.36)    11:58.41 (30.50)\r\n       12:28.37 (29.96)    12:58.46 (30.09)\r\n       13:28.51 (30.05)    13:58.62 (30.11)\r\n       14:28.66 (30.04)    14:58.59 (29.93)\r\n       15:28.44 (29.85)    15:58.38 (29.94)    16:27.48 (29.10)\r\n  2 Nowaski, Sarah   FR Rice             16:41.75   16:30.66         17  \r\n    r:+0.72  27.88        57.67 (29.79)\r\n        1:27.77 (30.10)     1:58.11 (30.34)\r\n        2:28.53 (30.42)     2:58.77 (30.24)\r\n        3:29.49 (30.72)     4:00.14 (30.65)\r\n        4:30.39 (30.25)     5:00.37 (29.98)\r\n        5:30.58 (30.21)     6:00.65 (30.07)\r\n        6:30.81 (30.16)     7:01.29 (30.48)\r\n        7:31.47 (30.18)     8:01.60 (30.13)\r\n        8:31.76 (30.16)     9:01.93 (30.17)\r\n        9:32.11 (30.18)    10:02.19 (30.08)\r\n       10:32.26 (30.07)    11:02.31 (30.05)\r\n       11:32.34 (30.03)    12:02.33 (29.99)\r\n       12:32.36 (30.03)    13:02.37 (30.01)\r\n       13:32.41 (30.04)    14:02.29 (29.88)\r\n       14:32.19 (29.90)    15:01.96 (29.77)\r\n       15:31.81 (29.85)    16:01.46 (29.65)    16:30.66 (29.20)\r\n  3 Huston, Hanna    SO Rice             16:37.11   16:35.65         16  \r\n    r:+0.79  27.52        57.28 (29.76)\r\n        1:27.49 (30.21)     1:57.96 (30.47)\r\n        2:28.34 (30.38)     2:59.01 (30.67)\r\n        3:29.63 (30.62)     4:00.26 (30.63)\r\n        4:30.82 (30.56)     5:01.34 (30.52)\r\n        5:31.63 (30.29)     6:02.02 (30.39)\r\n        6:32.21 (30.19)     7:02.77 (30.56)\r\n        7:33.13 (30.36)     8:03.54 (30.41)\r\n        8:33.87 (30.33)     9:04.22 (30.35)\r\n        9:34.63 (30.41)    10:04.98 (30.35)\r\n       10:35.27 (30.29)    11:05.42 (30.15)\r\n       11:35.42 (30.00)    12:05.57 (30.15)\r\n       12:35.61 (30.04)    13:05.76 (30.15)\r\n       13:36.01 (30.25)    14:06.20 (30.19)\r\n       14:36.47 (30.27)    15:06.50 (30.03)\r\n       15:36.56 (30.06)    16:06.52 (29.96)    16:35.65 (29.13)\r\n  4 Therien, Claire  FR Rice             16:41.20   16:40.03         15  \r\n    r:+0.75  28.20        58.89 (30.69)\r\n        1:29.52 (30.63)     1:59.82 (30.30)\r\n        2:30.19 (30.37)     3:00.65 (30.46)\r\n        3:30.99 (30.34)     4:01.18 (30.19)\r\n        4:31.34 (30.16)     5:01.67 (30.33)\r\n        5:32.04 (30.37)     6:02.60 (30.56)\r\n        6:33.16 (30.56)     7:03.48 (30.32)\r\n        7:34.30 (30.82)     8:04.78 (30.48)\r\n        8:35.38 (30.60)     9:06.09 (30.71)\r\n        9:36.88 (30.79)    10:07.29 (30.41)\r\n       10:37.90 (30.61)    11:08.03 (30.13)\r\n       11:38.11 (30.08)    12:08.00 (29.89)\r\n       12:38.28 (30.28)    13:08.52 (30.24)\r\n       13:39.00 (30.48)    14:09.45 (30.45)\r\n       14:39.87 (30.42)    15:10.20 (30.33)\r\n       15:40.46 (30.26)    16:10.55 (30.09)    16:40.03 (29.48)\r\n  5 Peretti, Oceane  SO FIU              17:03.97   16:44.98         14  \r\n    r:+0.88  27.21        56.43 (29.22)\r\n        1:25.88 (29.45)     1:55.63 (29.75)\r\n        2:25.50 (29.87)     2:55.38 (29.88)\r\n        3:25.50 (30.12)     3:55.42 (29.92)\r\n        4:25.55 (30.13)     4:55.75 (30.20)\r\n        5:26.18 (30.43)     5:56.41 (30.23)\r\n        6:26.84 (30.43)     6:57.74 (30.90)\r\n        7:28.35 (30.61)     7:59.15 (30.80)\r\n        8:30.04 (30.89)     9:01.03 (30.99)\r\n        9:32.03 (31.00)    10:02.94 (30.91)\r\n       10:34.12 (31.18)    11:05.13 (31.01)\r\n       11:35.86 (30.73)    12:06.91 (31.05)\r\n       12:37.76 (30.85)    13:08.99 (31.23)\r\n       13:40.15 (31.16)    14:11.03 (30.88)\r\n       14:42.17 (31.14)    15:13.40 (31.23)\r\n       15:44.53 (31.13)    16:15.29 (30.76)    16:44.98 (29.69)\r\n  6 Lynch, Anna      SO Marshall         16:51.17   16:46.31         13  \r\n    r:+0.76  27.29        56.49 (29.20)\r\n        1:26.29 (29.80)     1:56.32 (30.03)\r\n        2:26.37 (30.05)     2:56.54 (30.17)\r\n        3:26.76 (30.22)     3:56.83 (30.07)\r\n        4:27.06 (30.23)     4:57.43 (30.37)\r\n        5:27.96 (30.53)     5:58.53 (30.57)\r\n        6:29.25 (30.72)     6:59.96 (30.71)\r\n        7:30.63 (30.67)     8:01.30 (30.67)\r\n        8:32.25 (30.95)     9:03.00 (30.75)\r\n        9:33.61 (30.61)    10:04.45 (30.84)\r\n       10:35.50 (31.05)    11:06.60 (31.10)\r\n       11:37.78 (31.18)    12:08.76 (30.98)\r\n       12:39.79 (31.03)    13:10.76 (30.97)\r\n       13:41.75 (30.99)    14:12.78 (31.03)\r\n       14:43.93 (31.15)    15:14.91 (30.98)\r\n       15:45.89 (30.98)    16:16.61 (30.72)    16:46.31 (29.70)\r\n  7 Pulfer, Madi     JR Marshall         16:54.46   16:52.33         12  \r\n    r:+0.74  27.75        57.19 (29.44)\r\n        1:27.17 (29.98)     1:57.51 (30.34)\r\n        2:27.90 (30.39)     2:58.20 (30.30)\r\n        3:28.75 (30.55)     3:59.20 (30.45)\r\n        4:30.10 (30.90)     5:00.86 (30.76)\r\n        5:31.54 (30.68)     6:02.14 (30.60)\r\n        6:33.02 (30.88)     7:04.25 (31.23)\r\n        7:35.33 (31.08)     8:06.24 (30.91)\r\n        8:37.36 (31.12)     9:08.39 (31.03)\r\n        9:39.31 (30.92)    10:10.23 (30.92)\r\n       10:40.93 (30.70)    11:11.51 (30.58)\r\n       11:42.27 (30.76)    12:12.95 (30.68)\r\n       12:43.94 (30.99)    13:15.10 (31.16)\r\n       13:46.30 (31.20)    14:17.83 (31.53)\r\n       14:49.16 (31.33)    15:20.04 (30.88)\r\n       15:51.51 (31.47)    16:22.31 (30.80)    16:52.33 (30.02)\r\n  8 Di Marzio, Ange  FR Marshall         17:02.61   16:54.11         11  \r\n    r:+0.68  28.06        57.67 (29.61)\r\n        1:27.72 (30.05)     1:58.28 (30.56)\r\n        2:29.00 (30.72)     2:59.94 (30.94)\r\n        3:30.53 (30.59)     4:01.15 (30.62)\r\n        4:31.89 (30.74)     5:02.52 (30.63)\r\n        5:33.19 (30.67)     6:03.93 (30.74)\r\n        6:34.65 (30.72)     7:05.16 (30.51)\r\n        7:35.94 (30.78)     8:06.70 (30.76)\r\n        8:37.41 (30.71)     9:08.11 (30.70)\r\n        9:38.95 (30.84)    10:09.92 (30.97)\r\n       10:41.16 (31.24)    11:12.11 (30.95)\r\n       11:43.17 (31.06)    12:14.04 (30.87)\r\n       12:45.19 (31.15)    13:16.39 (31.20)\r\n       13:47.71 (31.32)    14:18.94 (31.23)\r\n       14:50.32 (31.38)    15:21.52 (31.20)\r\n       15:52.70 (31.18)    16:24.13 (31.43)    16:54.11 (29.98)<\/pre>\n
Rice had a big race of their own in the 200 back with a 1-2 finish from Alicia Caldwell<\/strong> and Jaecey Parham<\/strong>. Caldwell won the race with a 1:57.17 while Parham was second at 1:58.37, just holding off FIU’s Skye Carey<\/strong> at 1:58.46.<\/p>\n
 Event 17  Women 200 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: R 1:53.51  2\/18\/2012 Therese Svendsen, S M U-NT\r\n                 1:51.95  A NCAA Automatic\r\n                 1:54.63  IV15 Invited to 2015 NCAA\r\n                 1:59.19  B NCAA Consideration\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Caldwell, Alici  JR Rice              1:59.08    1:57.17 B       20  \r\n    r:+0.61  27.73        57.32 (29.59)\r\n        1:26.98 (29.66)     1:57.17 (30.19)\r\n  2 Parham, Jaecey   JR Rice              1:59.34    1:58.37 B       17  \r\n    r:+0.64  27.87        58.06 (30.19)\r\n        1:28.05 (29.99)     1:58.37 (30.32)\r\n  3 Carey, Skye      JR FIU               1:58.64    1:58.46 B       16  \r\n    r:+0.61  27.77        57.78 (30.01)\r\n        1:28.19 (30.41)     1:58.46 (30.27)\r\n  4 Swinney, Kaitly  JR Rice              1:59.47    1:58.66 B       15  \r\n    r:+0.68  28.41        58.58 (30.17)\r\n        1:28.70 (30.12)     1:58.66 (29.96)\r\n  5 Vandepoel, Coll  SR Old Dominion      2:00.74    1:58.84 B       14  \r\n    r:+0.51  27.32        57.27 (29.95)\r\n        1:28.12 (30.85)     1:58.84 (30.72)\r\n  6 Ingram, Carin    JR Marshall          2:00.03    1:59.42         13  \r\n    r:+0.67  27.48        57.64 (30.16)\r\n        1:28.41 (30.77)     1:59.42 (31.01)\r\n  7 Wanner, Carolin  SO Marshall          2:01.42    2:00.76         12  \r\n    r:+0.63  28.50        58.92 (30.42)\r\n        1:30.04 (31.12)     2:00.76 (30.72)\r\n  8 VandePoel, Jack  FR Old Dominion      2:00.27    2:01.58         11  \r\n    r:+0.66  28.30        58.77 (30.47)\r\n        1:29.68 (30.91)     2:01.58 (31.90)<\/pre>\n
FIU got back on track in the 100 free with a win from Letizia Bertelli<\/strong> at 49.15. She won a stacked final ahead of Marshall’s Sirena Rowe<\/strong> (49.53) and FIU’s Naomi Ruele<\/strong> (49.84). This was Bertelli’s second win of the meet.<\/p>\n
 Event 18  Women 100 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: R 48.76  3\/1\/2008  Petra Klosova, SMU\r\n                 47.79  A NCAA Automatic\r\n                 48.88  IV15 Invited to 2015 NCAA\r\n                 49.99  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                 49.22      49.15 B       20  \r\n    r:+0.69  23.30        49.15 (25.85)\r\n  2 Rowe, Sirena     FR Marshall            49.97      49.53 B       17  \r\n    r:+0.70  23.57        49.53 (25.96)\r\n  3 Ruele, Naomi     SO FIU                 50.41      49.84 B       16  \r\n    r:+0.71  23.79        49.84 (26.05)\r\n  4 Mavrova, Gloriy  JR Marshall            49.99      50.12         15  \r\n    r:+0.68  24.21        50.12 (25.91)\r\n  5 Rhodes, Lauren   JR Rice                50.43      50.34         14  \r\n    r:+0.70  24.18        50.34 (26.16)\r\n  6 Lauridsen, Mari  SO FIU                 50.37      50.44         13  \r\n    r:+0.73  24.02        50.44 (26.42)\r\n  7 Jensen, Emmabet  SO North Texas         50.87      50.45         12  \r\n    r:+0.68  24.30        50.45 (26.15)\r\n  8 Morris, Isabell  JR North Texas         50.78      50.52         11  \r\n    r:+0.66  24.20        50.52 (26.32)<\/pre>\n
Rice picked up a big win from Marie-Claire Schillinger<\/strong> in the 200 breast at 2:10.92. Carita Luukkanen<\/strong> of Florida International was second at 2:12.43 and Claudia Kitching<\/strong> of North Texas was third at 2:14.13.<\/p>\n
 Event 19  Women 200 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: R 2:09.13  2\/18\/2012 Rachel Nicol, S M U-NT\r\n                 2:07.42  A NCAA Automatic\r\n                 2:11.23  IV15 Invited to 2015 NCAA\r\n                 2:15.99  B NCAA Consideration\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Schillinger, Ma  SO Rice              2:12.20    2:10.92 IV15    20  \r\n    r:+0.64  28.79      1:01.87 (33.08)\r\n        1:35.89 (34.02)     2:10.92 (35.03)\r\n  2 Luukkanen, Cari  FR FIU               2:12.75    2:12.43 B       17  \r\n    r:+0.72  29.32      1:02.41 (33.09)\r\n        1:36.53 (34.12)     2:12.43 (35.90)\r\n  3 Kitching, Claud  JR North Texas       2:13.76    2:14.13 B       16  \r\n    r:+0.71  29.84      1:03.34 (33.50)\r\n        1:38.14 (34.80)     2:14.13 (35.99)\r\n  4 Ragsdale, Shelb  SR Rice              2:15.78    2:14.79 B       15  \r\n    r:+0.81  30.75      1:05.82 (35.07)\r\n        1:40.45 (34.63)     2:14.79 (34.34)\r\n  5 Brem, Ashley     SO Old Dominion      2:16.04    2:15.65 B       14  \r\n    r:+0.62  29.96      1:04.33 (34.37)\r\n        1:39.57 (35.24)     2:15.65 (36.08)\r\n  6 Grabenhorst, Ta  FR FIU               2:16.36    2:16.25         13  \r\n    r:+0.67  30.43      1:05.31 (34.88)\r\n        1:40.63 (35.32)     2:16.25 (35.62)\r\n  7 Bendziewicz, Ca  FR Marshall          2:18.10    2:17.00         12  \r\n    r:+0.68  30.54      1:04.72 (34.18)\r\n        1:40.56 (35.84)     2:17.00 (36.44)\r\n  8 Teller, Ashley   JR Old Dominion      2:17.55    2:19.88         11  \r\n    r:+0.67  31.09      1:05.81 (34.72)\r\n        1:41.85 (36.04)     2:19.88 (38.03)<\/pre>\n
Jenny Deist<\/strong> of Florida International was close to breaking the meet record in the 200 fly but she fell just short of that with a 1:57.30 win. She was just off the 1:56.91 record from 2015 set by Western Kentucky’s Susan Marquess<\/strong>. Kiley Beall<\/strong> of Rice was second (2:00.50) and Kaitlin Benjamin<\/strong> of Rice was third (2:02.06).<\/p>\n
 Event 20  Women 200 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: R 1:56.91  2\/21\/2015 Susan Marquess, @WKUSwimDive\r\n                 1:54.22  A NCAA Automatic\r\n                 1:56.92  IV15 Invited to 2015 NCAA\r\n                 1:59.59  B NCAA Consideration\r\n    Name           Year School            Prelims     Finals       Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Deist, Jenny     SR FIU               1:58.93    1:57.30 B       20  \r\n    r:+0.70  25.96        55.33 (29.37)\r\n        1:25.84 (30.51)     1:57.30 (31.46)\r\n  2 Beall, Kiley     JR Rice              2:01.10    2:00.50         17  \r\n    r:+0.65  27.31        57.81 (30.50)\r\n        1:28.57 (30.76)     2:00.50 (31.93)\r\n  3 Benjamin, Kaitl  JR Rice              2:01.04    2:02.06         16  \r\n    r:+0.79  27.79        58.47 (30.68)\r\n        1:30.42 (31.95)     2:02.06 (31.64)\r\n  4 Wasserman, Shir  SO Marshall          2:01.55    2:02.25         15  \r\n    r:+0.76  27.37        58.29 (30.92)\r\n        1:30.18 (31.89)     2:02.25 (32.07)\r\n  5 Parsemain, Chlo  SR Marshall          2:02.58    2:02.84         14  \r\n    r:+0.70  27.20        58.60 (31.40)\r\n        1:30.65 (32.05)     2:02.84 (32.19)\r\n  6 Franzen, Sydney  SO Rice              2:04.56    2:04.46         13  \r\n    r:+0.67  27.92        59.16 (31.24)\r\n        1:31.50 (32.34)     2:04.46 (32.96)\r\n  7 Robins, Hannah   FR Marshall          2:04.60    2:04.78         12  \r\n    r:+0.53  27.61        59.33 (31.72)\r\n        1:31.67 (32.34)     2:04.78 (33.11)\r\n  8 Schaffer, Maddi  SO Marshall          2:03.94    2:06.06         11  \r\n    r:+0.70  28.74        59.66 (30.92)\r\n        1:32.24 (32.58)     2:06.06 (33.82)<\/pre>\n
Florida International put a stamp on their conference win with a victorious 400 free relay. Jenny Deist (48.97), Marie Lauridsen<\/strong> (49.92), Letizia Bertelli (49.06) and Naomi Ruele (49.20) went 3:17.15 for a commanding win. Marshall (3:21.41) held off a good battle from North Texas (3:21.58) and Rice (3:22.44) to get second.<\/p>\n
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Team Standings:<\/p>\n
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  1. Florida International, 922.5<\/li>\n
  2. Rice, 749<\/li>\n
  3. Marshall, 724<\/li>\n
  4. North Texas, 435.5<\/li>\n
  5. Old Dominion, 326<\/li>\n
  6. Florida Atlantic, 221<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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