Finishing first in ten of 16 events, the FGCU swimming and diving team claimed its tenth all-time win over Florida International University with a 160.5-84.5 victory Saturday afternoon in Naples.<\/p>\n
\u201cGreat win for our team today, and I\u2019m really happy for seniors on senior day,\u201d head coach Neal Studd said. \u201cFIU is a very strong team. They had some good events, but in the end we had a lot of first-place finishes and a lot of depth. I\u2019m really excited to see what this team can do next weekend at FAU and then in the CCSA meet. I\u2019d like to extend a thank you to T2 Aquatics for running a great meet at the Community School.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before facing the Panthers, Studd and the rest of the team honored its five seniors and their exceptional careers. Over four years,\u00a0McKenzie Cassidy (Lehigh Acres, Fla.\/Bishop Verot), Tryshia Centeno Rosa (Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico\/Auburn University),\u00a0Lindsey Meeder (Boynton Beach, Fla.\/Park Vista),\u00a0Jessie Porter (Chorleywood, Hertforshire, United Kingdom\/Royal Masonic)\u00a0and\u00a0Christina Tanninen (Burlington, Ontario\/Nelson)\u00a0helped the Eagles compile a 35-9 overall record while remaining a perfect 14-0 in the CCSA and winning three CCSA Championships. Before starting their final season, they etched a total 22 marks in FGCU\u2019s all-time record book after just three years.<\/p>\n
Leading the Green and Blue with three individual first-place finishes was\u00a0Kira Toussaint (Amstelveen, Netherlands\/Keizer Karel College)\u00a0followed by\u00a0Emma Svensson (Uppsala, Sweden\/Celsiusskolan)\u00a0and\u00a0Evita Leter (Paramaribo, Suriname\/Doral Academy)\u00a0with two each.<\/p>\n
The Eagles set the winning tone early as they opened the meet touching first in the 200-yard medley relay. Combining for a time of 1:44.50 were\u00a0Sandra Wilk (Lexington, Ky.\/Paul Laurence Dunbar HS), Leter, Toussaint\u00a0and Tanninen.<\/p>\n
Taking first in the 200-yard freestyle was Toussaint, finishing with a 1:52.89, before continuing on to win the 200-yard backstroke with a 2:03.10. Rounding out her trio of wins was her first-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (57.01).<\/p>\n
Leter Continued to lead the team in breaststroke taking home the 100-yard title with a 1:03.94 and the 200-yard title with a 2:22.75.<\/p>\n
Nina Schiffer (Dortmund, Germany\/SG Dortmund)\u00a0racked up another winning finish is the 200-yard butterfly touching in just 2:04.40. In the 400-yard IM Schiffer posted more points for the Eagles with a second\u2013place finish and a time of 4:28.14.<\/p>\n
The team\u2019s short-course specialist, Svennson, stayed true to character as she took first the 50-yard freestyle (23.44) and the 100-yard freestyle (51.15).<\/p>\n
The Eagles ended the meet with another first-place finish as\u00a0Sara Hamilton (Stonehaven, Scotland\/Mackie Academy),\u00a0Leter,\u00a0Lani Cabrera (Barbados\/St. Ursala’s Secondary School)\u00a0and Svensson combined to finish the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:29.86.<\/p>\n
Up next the Eagles will travel to Boca Raton to face FAU in a dual meet on Feb. 1 at Noon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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