Florida International Clinches Conference USA Championship
Florida International clinched the 2017 Conference USA Championship with a margin of victory of almost 200 points over second place Rice.
FIU started the night off with a win in the 1650 from Kyna Pereira at 16:27.48. Rice’s Sarah Nowaski finished second at 16:30.66 and Rice’s Hanna Huston was third at 16:35.65.
Event 15 Women 1650 Yard Freestyle
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Meet Record: R 15:59.96 2/25/2006 Flavia Rigamonti, SMU
15:53.50 A NCAA Automatic
16:17.36 IV15 Invited to 2015 NCAA
16:30.59 B NCAA Consideration
Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Pereira, Kyna JR FIU 16:26.04 16:27.48 B 20
r:+0.77 26.69 55.61 (28.92)
1:24.93 (29.32) 1:54.34 (29.41)
2:24.38 (30.04) 2:54.15 (29.77)
3:24.08 (29.93) 3:54.17 (30.09)
4:24.34 (30.17) 4:54.63 (30.29)
5:24.71 (30.08) 5:55.00 (30.29)
6:25.53 (30.53) 6:55.80 (30.27)
7:25.85 (30.05) 7:55.97 (30.12)
8:26.10 (30.13) 8:56.35 (30.25)
9:26.82 (30.47) 9:57.07 (30.25)
10:27.49 (30.42) 10:57.55 (30.06)
11:27.91 (30.36) 11:58.41 (30.50)
12:28.37 (29.96) 12:58.46 (30.09)
13:28.51 (30.05) 13:58.62 (30.11)
14:28.66 (30.04) 14:58.59 (29.93)
15:28.44 (29.85) 15:58.38 (29.94) 16:27.48 (29.10)
2 Nowaski, Sarah FR Rice 16:41.75 16:30.66 17
r:+0.72 27.88 57.67 (29.79)
1:27.77 (30.10) 1:58.11 (30.34)
2:28.53 (30.42) 2:58.77 (30.24)
3:29.49 (30.72) 4:00.14 (30.65)
4:30.39 (30.25) 5:00.37 (29.98)
5:30.58 (30.21) 6:00.65 (30.07)
6:30.81 (30.16) 7:01.29 (30.48)
7:31.47 (30.18) 8:01.60 (30.13)
8:31.76 (30.16) 9:01.93 (30.17)
9:32.11 (30.18) 10:02.19 (30.08)
10:32.26 (30.07) 11:02.31 (30.05)
11:32.34 (30.03) 12:02.33 (29.99)
12:32.36 (30.03) 13:02.37 (30.01)
13:32.41 (30.04) 14:02.29 (29.88)
14:32.19 (29.90) 15:01.96 (29.77)
15:31.81 (29.85) 16:01.46 (29.65) 16:30.66 (29.20)
3 Huston, Hanna SO Rice 16:37.11 16:35.65 16
r:+0.79 27.52 57.28 (29.76)
1:27.49 (30.21) 1:57.96 (30.47)
2:28.34 (30.38) 2:59.01 (30.67)
3:29.63 (30.62) 4:00.26 (30.63)
4:30.82 (30.56) 5:01.34 (30.52)
5:31.63 (30.29) 6:02.02 (30.39)
6:32.21 (30.19) 7:02.77 (30.56)
7:33.13 (30.36) 8:03.54 (30.41)
8:33.87 (30.33) 9:04.22 (30.35)
9:34.63 (30.41) 10:04.98 (30.35)
10:35.27 (30.29) 11:05.42 (30.15)
11:35.42 (30.00) 12:05.57 (30.15)
12:35.61 (30.04) 13:05.76 (30.15)
13:36.01 (30.25) 14:06.20 (30.19)
14:36.47 (30.27) 15:06.50 (30.03)
15:36.56 (30.06) 16:06.52 (29.96) 16:35.65 (29.13)
4 Therien, Claire FR Rice 16:41.20 16:40.03 15
r:+0.75 28.20 58.89 (30.69)
1:29.52 (30.63) 1:59.82 (30.30)
2:30.19 (30.37) 3:00.65 (30.46)
3:30.99 (30.34) 4:01.18 (30.19)
4:31.34 (30.16) 5:01.67 (30.33)
5:32.04 (30.37) 6:02.60 (30.56)
6:33.16 (30.56) 7:03.48 (30.32)
7:34.30 (30.82) 8:04.78 (30.48)
8:35.38 (30.60) 9:06.09 (30.71)
9:36.88 (30.79) 10:07.29 (30.41)
10:37.90 (30.61) 11:08.03 (30.13)
11:38.11 (30.08) 12:08.00 (29.89)
12:38.28 (30.28) 13:08.52 (30.24)
13:39.00 (30.48) 14:09.45 (30.45)
14:39.87 (30.42) 15:10.20 (30.33)
15:40.46 (30.26) 16:10.55 (30.09) 16:40.03 (29.48)
5 Peretti, Oceane SO FIU 17:03.97 16:44.98 14
r:+0.88 27.21 56.43 (29.22)
1:25.88 (29.45) 1:55.63 (29.75)
2:25.50 (29.87) 2:55.38 (29.88)
3:25.50 (30.12) 3:55.42 (29.92)
4:25.55 (30.13) 4:55.75 (30.20)
5:26.18 (30.43) 5:56.41 (30.23)
6:26.84 (30.43) 6:57.74 (30.90)
7:28.35 (30.61) 7:59.15 (30.80)
8:30.04 (30.89) 9:01.03 (30.99)
9:32.03 (31.00) 10:02.94 (30.91)
10:34.12 (31.18) 11:05.13 (31.01)
11:35.86 (30.73) 12:06.91 (31.05)
12:37.76 (30.85) 13:08.99 (31.23)
13:40.15 (31.16) 14:11.03 (30.88)
14:42.17 (31.14) 15:13.40 (31.23)
15:44.53 (31.13) 16:15.29 (30.76) 16:44.98 (29.69)
6 Lynch, Anna SO Marshall 16:51.17 16:46.31 13
r:+0.76 27.29 56.49 (29.20)
1:26.29 (29.80) 1:56.32 (30.03)
2:26.37 (30.05) 2:56.54 (30.17)
3:26.76 (30.22) 3:56.83 (30.07)
4:27.06 (30.23) 4:57.43 (30.37)
5:27.96 (30.53) 5:58.53 (30.57)
6:29.25 (30.72) 6:59.96 (30.71)
7:30.63 (30.67) 8:01.30 (30.67)
8:32.25 (30.95) 9:03.00 (30.75)
9:33.61 (30.61) 10:04.45 (30.84)
10:35.50 (31.05) 11:06.60 (31.10)
11:37.78 (31.18) 12:08.76 (30.98)
12:39.79 (31.03) 13:10.76 (30.97)
13:41.75 (30.99) 14:12.78 (31.03)
14:43.93 (31.15) 15:14.91 (30.98)
15:45.89 (30.98) 16:16.61 (30.72) 16:46.31 (29.70)
7 Pulfer, Madi JR Marshall 16:54.46 16:52.33 12
r:+0.74 27.75 57.19 (29.44)
1:27.17 (29.98) 1:57.51 (30.34)
2:27.90 (30.39) 2:58.20 (30.30)
3:28.75 (30.55) 3:59.20 (30.45)
4:30.10 (30.90) 5:00.86 (30.76)
5:31.54 (30.68) 6:02.14 (30.60)
6:33.02 (30.88) 7:04.25 (31.23)
7:35.33 (31.08) 8:06.24 (30.91)
8:37.36 (31.12) 9:08.39 (31.03)
9:39.31 (30.92) 10:10.23 (30.92)
10:40.93 (30.70) 11:11.51 (30.58)
11:42.27 (30.76) 12:12.95 (30.68)
12:43.94 (30.99) 13:15.10 (31.16)
13:46.30 (31.20) 14:17.83 (31.53)
14:49.16 (31.33) 15:20.04 (30.88)
15:51.51 (31.47) 16:22.31 (30.80) 16:52.33 (30.02)
8 Di Marzio, Ange FR Marshall 17:02.61 16:54.11 11
r:+0.68 28.06 57.67 (29.61)
1:27.72 (30.05) 1:58.28 (30.56)
2:29.00 (30.72) 2:59.94 (30.94)
3:30.53 (30.59) 4:01.15 (30.62)
4:31.89 (30.74) 5:02.52 (30.63)
5:33.19 (30.67) 6:03.93 (30.74)
6:34.65 (30.72) 7:05.16 (30.51)
7:35.94 (30.78) 8:06.70 (30.76)
8:37.41 (30.71) 9:08.11 (30.70)
9:38.95 (30.84) 10:09.92 (30.97)
10:41.16 (31.24) 11:12.11 (30.95)
11:43.17 (31.06) 12:14.04 (30.87)
12:45.19 (31.15) 13:16.39 (31.20)
13:47.71 (31.32) 14:18.94 (31.23)
14:50.32 (31.38) 15:21.52 (31.20)
15:52.70 (31.18) 16:24.13 (31.43) 16:54.11 (29.98)
Rice had a big race of their own in the 200 back with a 1-2 finish from Alicia Caldwell and Jaecey Parham. Caldwell won the race with a 1:57.17 while Parham was second at 1:58.37, just holding off FIU’s Skye Carey at 1:58.46.
Event 17 Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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Meet Record: R 1:53.51 2/18/2012 Therese Svendsen, S M U-NT
1:51.95 A NCAA Automatic
1:54.63 IV15 Invited to 2015 NCAA
1:59.19 B NCAA Consideration
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Caldwell, Alici JR Rice 1:59.08 1:57.17 B 20
r:+0.61 27.73 57.32 (29.59)
1:26.98 (29.66) 1:57.17 (30.19)
2 Parham, Jaecey JR Rice 1:59.34 1:58.37 B 17
r:+0.64 27.87 58.06 (30.19)
1:28.05 (29.99) 1:58.37 (30.32)
3 Carey, Skye JR FIU 1:58.64 1:58.46 B 16
r:+0.61 27.77 57.78 (30.01)
1:28.19 (30.41) 1:58.46 (30.27)
4 Swinney, Kaitly JR Rice 1:59.47 1:58.66 B 15
r:+0.68 28.41 58.58 (30.17)
1:28.70 (30.12) 1:58.66 (29.96)
5 Vandepoel, Coll SR Old Dominion 2:00.74 1:58.84 B 14
r:+0.51 27.32 57.27 (29.95)
1:28.12 (30.85) 1:58.84 (30.72)
6 Ingram, Carin JR Marshall 2:00.03 1:59.42 13
r:+0.67 27.48 57.64 (30.16)
1:28.41 (30.77) 1:59.42 (31.01)
7 Wanner, Carolin SO Marshall 2:01.42 2:00.76 12
r:+0.63 28.50 58.92 (30.42)
1:30.04 (31.12) 2:00.76 (30.72)
8 VandePoel, Jack FR Old Dominion 2:00.27 2:01.58 11
r:+0.66 28.30 58.77 (30.47)
1:29.68 (30.91) 2:01.58 (31.90)
FIU got back on track in the 100 free with a win from Letizia Bertelli at 49.15. She won a stacked final ahead of Marshall’s Sirena Rowe (49.53) and FIU’s Naomi Ruele (49.84). This was Bertelli’s second win of the meet.
Event 18 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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Meet Record: R 48.76 3/1/2008 Petra Klosova, SMU
47.79 A NCAA Automatic
48.88 IV15 Invited to 2015 NCAA
49.99 B NCAA Consideration
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Bertelli, Letiz JR FIU 49.22 49.15 B 20
r:+0.69 23.30 49.15 (25.85)
2 Rowe, Sirena FR Marshall 49.97 49.53 B 17
r:+0.70 23.57 49.53 (25.96)
3 Ruele, Naomi SO FIU 50.41 49.84 B 16
r:+0.71 23.79 49.84 (26.05)
4 Mavrova, Gloriy JR Marshall 49.99 50.12 15
r:+0.68 24.21 50.12 (25.91)
5 Rhodes, Lauren JR Rice 50.43 50.34 14
r:+0.70 24.18 50.34 (26.16)
6 Lauridsen, Mari SO FIU 50.37 50.44 13
r:+0.73 24.02 50.44 (26.42)
7 Jensen, Emmabet SO North Texas 50.87 50.45 12
r:+0.68 24.30 50.45 (26.15)
8 Morris, Isabell JR North Texas 50.78 50.52 11
r:+0.66 24.20 50.52 (26.32)
Rice picked up a big win from Marie-Claire Schillinger in the 200 breast at 2:10.92. Carita Luukkanen of Florida International was second at 2:12.43 and Claudia Kitching of North Texas was third at 2:14.13.
Event 19 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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Meet Record: R 2:09.13 2/18/2012 Rachel Nicol, S M U-NT
2:07.42 A NCAA Automatic
2:11.23 IV15 Invited to 2015 NCAA
2:15.99 B NCAA Consideration
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Schillinger, Ma SO Rice 2:12.20 2:10.92 IV15 20
r:+0.64 28.79 1:01.87 (33.08)
1:35.89 (34.02) 2:10.92 (35.03)
2 Luukkanen, Cari FR FIU 2:12.75 2:12.43 B 17
r:+0.72 29.32 1:02.41 (33.09)
1:36.53 (34.12) 2:12.43 (35.90)
3 Kitching, Claud JR North Texas 2:13.76 2:14.13 B 16
r:+0.71 29.84 1:03.34 (33.50)
1:38.14 (34.80) 2:14.13 (35.99)
4 Ragsdale, Shelb SR Rice 2:15.78 2:14.79 B 15
r:+0.81 30.75 1:05.82 (35.07)
1:40.45 (34.63) 2:14.79 (34.34)
5 Brem, Ashley SO Old Dominion 2:16.04 2:15.65 B 14
r:+0.62 29.96 1:04.33 (34.37)
1:39.57 (35.24) 2:15.65 (36.08)
6 Grabenhorst, Ta FR FIU 2:16.36 2:16.25 13
r:+0.67 30.43 1:05.31 (34.88)
1:40.63 (35.32) 2:16.25 (35.62)
7 Bendziewicz, Ca FR Marshall 2:18.10 2:17.00 12
r:+0.68 30.54 1:04.72 (34.18)
1:40.56 (35.84) 2:17.00 (36.44)
8 Teller, Ashley JR Old Dominion 2:17.55 2:19.88 11
r:+0.67 31.09 1:05.81 (34.72)
1:41.85 (36.04) 2:19.88 (38.03)
Jenny Deist of Florida International was close to breaking the meet record in the 200 fly but she fell just short of that with a 1:57.30 win. She was just off the 1:56.91 record from 2015 set by Western Kentucky’s Susan Marquess. Kiley Beall of Rice was second (2:00.50) and Kaitlin Benjamin of Rice was third (2:02.06).
Event 20 Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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Meet Record: R 1:56.91 2/21/2015 Susan Marquess, @WKUSwimDive
1:54.22 A NCAA Automatic
1:56.92 IV15 Invited to 2015 NCAA
1:59.59 B NCAA Consideration
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Deist, Jenny SR FIU 1:58.93 1:57.30 B 20
r:+0.70 25.96 55.33 (29.37)
1:25.84 (30.51) 1:57.30 (31.46)
2 Beall, Kiley JR Rice 2:01.10 2:00.50 17
r:+0.65 27.31 57.81 (30.50)
1:28.57 (30.76) 2:00.50 (31.93)
3 Benjamin, Kaitl JR Rice 2:01.04 2:02.06 16
r:+0.79 27.79 58.47 (30.68)
1:30.42 (31.95) 2:02.06 (31.64)
4 Wasserman, Shir SO Marshall 2:01.55 2:02.25 15
r:+0.76 27.37 58.29 (30.92)
1:30.18 (31.89) 2:02.25 (32.07)
5 Parsemain, Chlo SR Marshall 2:02.58 2:02.84 14
r:+0.70 27.20 58.60 (31.40)
1:30.65 (32.05) 2:02.84 (32.19)
6 Franzen, Sydney SO Rice 2:04.56 2:04.46 13
r:+0.67 27.92 59.16 (31.24)
1:31.50 (32.34) 2:04.46 (32.96)
7 Robins, Hannah FR Marshall 2:04.60 2:04.78 12
r:+0.53 27.61 59.33 (31.72)
1:31.67 (32.34) 2:04.78 (33.11)
8 Schaffer, Maddi SO Marshall 2:03.94 2:06.06 11
r:+0.70 28.74 59.66 (30.92)
1:32.24 (32.58) 2:06.06 (33.82)
Florida International put a stamp on their conference win with a victorious 400 free relay. Jenny Deist (48.97), Marie Lauridsen (49.92), Letizia Bertelli (49.06) and Naomi Ruele (49.20) went 3:17.15 for a commanding win. Marshall (3:21.41) held off a good battle from North Texas (3:21.58) and Rice (3:22.44) to get second.
Event 21 Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
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Meet Record: R 3:16.19 2/18/2012 Southern Methodist University, S M U-NT
I Arcila, G Konicke, T Svendsen, N Rangelova
3:16.15 A NCAA Automatic
3:17.59 B NCAA Consideration
School Seed Finals Points
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1 FIU 3:17.60 3:17.15 B 40
1) Deist, Jenny SR 2) r:0.18 Lauridsen, Marie SO
3) r:0.34 Bertelli, Letizia JR 4) r:0.26 Ruele, Naomi SO
r:+0.70 23.38 48.97 (48.97)
1:12.57 (23.60) 1:38.89 (49.92)
2:01.97 (23.08) 2:27.95 (49.06)
2:51.27 (23.32) 3:17.15 (49.20)
2 Marshall 3:24.33 3:21.41 34
1) Bendziewicz, Catherine FR 2) r:0.31 Rowe, Sirena FR
3) r:0.33 Mavrova, Gloriya JR 4) r:0.40 Parsemain, Chloe SR
r:+0.68 24.42 51.15 (51.15)
1:14.98 (23.83) 1:41.20 (50.05)
2:05.24 (24.04) 2:31.01 (49.81)
2:55.13 (24.12) 3:21.41 (50.40)
3 North Texas 3:24.82 3:21.58 32
1) Whelan, Sara SO 2) r:0.35 Sienczyk, Jowita FR
3) r:0.37 Morris, Isabelle JR 4) r:0.17 Jensen, Emmabeth SO
r:+0.73 24.81 50.86 (50.86)
1:14.80 (23.94) 1:41.39 (50.53)
2:05.40 (24.01) 2:31.73 (50.34)
2:55.15 (23.42) 3:21.58 (49.85)
4 Rice 3:22.27 3:22.44 30
1) Caldwell, Alicia JR 2) r:0.34 Ala-Seppala, Aniina SR
3) r:0.22 Parham, Jaecey JR 4) Rhodes, Lauren JR
r:+0.73 24.16 50.09 (50.09)
1:15.02 (24.93) 1:41.67 (51.58)
2:05.48 (23.81) 2:39.24 (57.57)
2:55.84 (16.60) 3:22.44 (43.20)
5 Old Dominion 3:31.08 3:28.13 28
1) Sjoberg, Sofie JR 2) r:0.32 VandePoel, Jacklyn FR
3) r:0.28 Vandepoel, Colleen SR 4) r:0.37 Norris, Stephanie SR
r:+0.70 24.53 51.46 (51.46)
1:16.61 (25.15) 1:44.60 (53.14)
2:08.87 (24.27) 2:36.81 (52.21)
3:01.43 (24.62) 3:28.13 (51.32)
6 FAU 3:33.87 3:29.59 26
1) Mark, Devon FR 2) r:0.14 Roper, Hannah SR
3) r:0.32 Witkay, Kelsey FR 4) r:0.03 Musleh, Lydia SO
r:+0.65 25.34 52.51 (52.51)
1:17.33 (24.82) 1:44.61 (52.10)
2:09.51 (24.90) 2:37.27 (52.66)
3:02.03 (24.76) 3:29.59 (52.32)
Team Standings:
- Florida International, 922.5
- Rice, 749
- Marshall, 724
- North Texas, 435.5
- Old Dominion, 326
- Florida Atlantic, 221
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