2020 FIU Sprint Invite
- January 4, 2020
- Miami, Florida
- Results
Courtesy: FIU Athletics
MIAMI (Jan. 4, 2020) – The FIU swim and dive program hosted 431 student-athletes at the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center on Saturday to close out its winter training program.
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The event, which lasted three hours, concluded with the Panthers taking 743.5 points kicking off 2020 on a high note.
“Today was a nice combination of training and competing, which we have been working on for the last week and a half,” said head coach Randy Horner.
Stephanie Hussey kicked things off in the 200 freestyle and tied for third with a time of 1:56.19. Teammates Helga Fodor and Eriana Temperino chased fifth and sixth place with times of 1:56.62 and 1:56.92, respectively.
The Panthers then closed in on the top four spots in the 100 IM. Sara Gyertyanffy took second (59.35), Julia Miranda landed third (59.60) and Taylor Grabenhorst took fourth (59.69).
Lamjia Medosievic impressed in the 100 free event taking first place with a time of 52.21, besting the runner-up swimmer by .73. Julia Miranda followed in the 100 Backstroke, swimming the fastest time of 28.25 and Michaela Trnkova swam a close second with a time of 58.60.
Medosevic swam a time of 4:13.64 in the 400 freestyle, securing another top-three spot for FIU. Hussey swam the 100 fly next with a time of 58.22 landing in the number four spot in the race. Kelsie Campbell chased fifth with her time of 58.51.
Grabenhorst, Delaine Goll, Gyertyanffy and Victoria Cantu took spots three through six in the 100 Breaststroke. Grabenhorst swam a time of 1:05.12, Goll 1:06.33, Gyertyanffy 1:07.68 and Cantu tapped at 1:07.88.
From the 1-meter springboard, Maha Gouda took the top spot with a score of 309.80 and Rachel Foord took second with a score of 282.85. Kaitlyn Fredericks finished in the number five spot with her score of 251.85.
The 50’s of each stroke were scored in a tournament-style relay.
In the final heat 50 backstroke, Medosevic took first as she went head-to-head with Purdue’s Natalie Mudd, tapping at 26.42 for the first-place finish.
During the 50 breaststroke show down, Sara Gyertyanffy tapped at 29.08, just .54 short of taking down Purdue’s Phee Junq En.
The Panther duo of Kelsie Campbell and Kasia Kolodziej, fought wire to wire in the 50 fly and Campbell tapped first with her time of 25.69.
The final event of the day concluded with a Medosevic win. The freshman tapped at 23.88 taking home ths number one spot in the 50 free.
“I’m proud of the hard work and toughness that they showed today at the invitational,” said Horner.
NEXT UP
The Panthers travel up the west coast to face FGCU in Fort Myers, Florida on Saturday, Jan. 25 at noon.
Courtesy: Purdue Athletics
NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – Four Boilermakers won multiple events as Purdue swimming & diving was victorious in a combined 15 events at the FIU Sprint Invitational.
Nikola Bjelajac (50 and 100 free), Mallory Jump (100 fly and 100 IM), Jinq En Phee (50 and 100 breast) and Brett Riley (100 back and 100 IM) combined to account for eight of the Boilermakers’ 15 victories.
The 50-yard sprints were the spotlighted events Saturday and contested four times each. The top eight in the prelims advanced to an 8-4-2-1 bracket-style tournament that featured a quarterfinal (8 swimmers), semifinal (4) and final (2). The two finalists in each of the four 50-yard events raced in that event four times. All events 100 yards and longer were contested only once. Relays were not contested and Purdue’s divers did not compete.
Ryan Hrosik (fly), Michael Juengel (back) and Nick Sherman (breast) also emerged victorious in 50-yard tournaments. Bjelajac and Phee both won all four heats while winning the 50 freestyle and 50 breaststroke. Gabi Gomez Treig (3 in 50 fly), Juengel (2 in 50 back) and Riley (2 in 50 back) also won multiple heats. Boilermakers went head to head in the finals of the men’s 50 free, 50 fly and 50 back. Hrosik was also a semifinalist in the 50 free.
Kate Beavon (400 free), Nick McDowell (400 free), Will Schrensky (100 breast) and Maizie Seidl (200 free) also won events Saturday for Purdue.
Riley demonstrated his versatility yet again. The sophomore was a finalist in the 50 backstroke to go along with his victories in the 100 back and 100 individual medley. He raced six times over the course of the meet. Jump nearly duplicated the feat, taking third in the semifinal of the 50 butterfly while also winning the 100 fly and 100 IM.
The Purdue women had at least the top two finishers in three events, including 1-2-3 showings in the 100 fly and 200 free. The men added a 1-2 finish in the 400 free to the achievement of placing two Boilermakers in the finals of three 50 events.
Purdue continues its winter training trip at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale. The next meet is Friday at 4 p.m. ET as Michigan State visits the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center for a traditional co-ed dual.