FGCU Swimming and Diving Preview: Senior Night

The FGCU swimming and diving team wrap up their regular season with one final meet at home. The Eagles (6-2) welcome FIU (7-3) for the final meet at home and the season. The meet will be entitled as senior day.

Last Time Out:
The Eagles recently competed in their last away meet against Miami in which the Eagles won 180-120. There, the Eagles won 11 of the 16 events and several season best times and a new school record occurred.

Junior Linda Shaw finished first in the 1,000 yard freestyle event where she clocked a season-best time of 10:22.39.

Freshman Petra Halmai finished first in the 100 yard breaststroke and 200 yard backstroke, and finished second in the 200 yard IM relay and third in the 200 yard individual medley.

Sophomore Liz Zeiger, who was named CCSA Swimmer of the Week for the second time in her career, posted a season-best time in the 200 individual medley (2:02.59) and the 500 free (4:59.71).

It was freshman diver Megan Wakefield who set the bar in the platform dive. The Guelph, Canada native was named CCSA Diver of the Week after setting a program record score of 242.55. The score surpassed Cayla Collins' score of 196.40. Wakefield qualified her for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships as a result.

Other swimmers that made strong impressions were freshman Rebecca Moynihan and junior Christina Kaas Elmgreen.

Moynihan won two events (100 yard freestyle, and 400 yard freestyle relay) while Elmgreen, the defending CCSA Swimmer of the Year, won two (200 yard butterfly, 100 yard butterfly) against Miami.

Senior Recognition:
Before the meet, five of the swimmers will be recognized for senior day: Madeleine Clarke, Sommer Harris, Christina Herfurth and Yee Ching Wong. Graduate student Hannah Soutar will also be recognized before the meet.

Scouting FIU:
The Panthers recently competed against NCAA DII Nova Southeastern. The Panthers were victorious as they won 154-108 as their senior day.

From the swimming side, freshman Stephanie Hussey finished first in the 1,000 yard freestyle (10:20.71) and 400 yard IM (4:24.23).

For diving, senior Rebecca Quesnel finished first in the one meter dive (296.55) and third in the three meter (291.97)

Series History:
Overall, FGCU is 9-1 in the series against FIU. Last time both teams met, the Eagles won 152-148 on January 24, 2017. The Panthers lone win was on January 24, 2015 where they beat the Eagles 167-133.

The meet will start at noon on Saturday, January 27 with the senior ceremony starting 30 minutes before the meet begins. It will also be dubbed as a pinkout as part of breast cancer awareness, so marketing is encouraging fans to wear pink to the meet.