Swimming and diving improves to 3-0

The FIU Swimming and Diving team improved to a 3-0 record so far this season after a win over Indian River this weekend by the score of 140-101.

FIU was led in the Swimming events by Senior Sonia Perez, who with a time of 2:01.98 on the 200 meters backstroke event posted the top time on COnference USA this season on that event. Perez also took first place on the 400 IM event with a time of 4:24.87. Another Swimmer that contributed on the Panther victory was Johanna Gustafsdottir, which also won two events on the meet. Johanna posted a season-high time on the 200 m freestyle event with a time of 2:20.22 and finished first on the 200 breaststroke. Nadia Farrugia also took honors on the 1,000 Yard Freestyle to seal the victory for the Panthers.

The Diving events were lead by FIU Senior Sabrina Beaupre who won the one and three meter diving events. Beaupre recorded a season-best score of 294.45 on the three meter diving event to earn first place in the event.

River State College was led by Barbara Caraballo, that took the victory on the 200 yard butterfly as well as contributing on two relay races, and winning one of them. Josephine Hippi took home the 500 yard freestyle event for the Pioneers.

The Panthers answered well to a unknown matchup against an Indian River team that had not had any meets this season, but as a team that FIU head coach Randy Horner described as “unpredictable, a team that always has some very good high caliber division-1 talent, and that usually go on to move on to other places after they graduate, so we expect some good competition, but expect to win upon a good challenge on the road”

Now FIU enters a long stretch where they will not be competing until the Mizzou Invitational on November 21, in which they will find some competition in this three day event hosted in Missouri.