Swimming and diving looks to repeat last years success

Louis Agudelo/ Contributing Writer

 

Here at Florida International University, winning is a short lived experience for many and most sports. This is exactly why the Swimming and Diving team has quite the task on their hands as they look to repeat as Conference USA Champions.

With as much returning talent as FIU has, this goal is seemingly easier to achieve. Sophomore Diver, Rebecca Quesnel, was in fact just named Burlington Athlete of the Year after posting five first-place finishes her freshman season and landing just behind first in the top three at least eight other times. On the swimming side of things, they’ll have to replace top talents like captains, Jean Madison and Courtney Vander Schaaf and former FIU Female Athlete of the Year, Johanna Gustafsdottir, who won three gold medals at the Small Nation Games this summer just after being named Conference USA Swimmer of the Year. The school record-holder in 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and 200 IM leaves behind a legacy that head coach Randy Horner is confident his team will be able to follow in the footsteps of and keep FIU at the top of the swimming world.

Junior, Karin Tomeckova and freshman, Naomi Ruele, joined Gustafsdottir at the small nation games and will be returning to Biscayne Bay this fall to continue their dominance. I’ve got a feeling that, with these athletes coming back, as well as returning FIU Diver of the year Lily Kaufmann, the rest of the conference doesn’t have a chance against the Panthers and this program will repeat as Conference USA Champions.

 

 

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