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FGCU junior Lani Cabrera swam at the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships last week and put forth a record breaking performance. Cabrera posted a time of 2:04.10 in the 200-meter Freestyle which broke her own Barbados national record of 2:06.34 which was set at the 2012 World Championships in Istanbul.<\/p>\n
“I’m excited that Lani keeps taking steps forward,” head coach Neal Studd said. “It was a real shame that she got sick over there but still swam well and to a national record. It makes me wonder how fast she could have gone if not ill! We’re looking forward to getting her home and doing some serious work.”<\/p>\n
Cabrera (Barbados\/St. Ursala’s Secondary School)<\/strong>\u00a0would reach the finals in each of her two events with her top performance coming in the 200 Free. She was unable to compete in the 800-meter Free due to illness. With the 2014 calendar year coming to a close she now ranks 394th in the Swimming\/World FINA top 500 in the 800 LCM Free and is the only Barbadian swimmer ranked in the top 500 in any event.<\/p>\n Cabrera entered the championships coming off of a stellar weekend at the Georgia Tech Invite where she placed ninth in the 1650 Free with a time of 16:51.83 and 16th overall in the 200 yard Free with a time of 1:50.28. She will be competing in the 200 Free, 400 Free, and 800 Free at the World Championships Short Course.<\/p>\n Two years ago, as a freshman she placed 12th out of 21 competitors in the 800-yard freestyle with a time of 8:57.56. She broke her own record of 9:00.09, which she set earlier that year in at the Southern Sectionals in Orlando, Fla. Her five national records for Barbados are in the 200-yard free (2:04.10), 400-yard free (4:23.31), 1500-yard free (17:16.87) and 400-yard IM (5:14.52).<\/p>\n As a sophomore Cabrera garnered CCSA All-Conference honors winning the 1,650 Freestyle in a career-best 16:36.63 and placed third at the conference meet in the 500 Freestyle in a career-best 4:49.88. She recorded a career-best 24.88 in the 50 free against FIU and clocked two career-highs at the Georgia Tech Invite with a 51.52 in the 100 free and a 4:49.72 in the 500 free. She swam another personal best against Miami finishing the 1000 free in 10:14.59.<\/p>\n The FGCU swimming and diving team (2-1, 1-0 CCSA) closed out the Georgia Tech Invitational in fourth-place with 573.5 points. The final day of the event for FGCU was highlighted by a program and CCSA record time in the 400 yard Freestyle Relay.<\/p>\n