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Swim & Dive Places First Overall at FIU Sprint Invite

MIAMI – The FIU swimming and diving program opened up the calendar year, taking home first place in the FIU Sprint Invite with a total of 482 points Saturday morning from Biscayne Bay Campus.

The Panthers excelled in the 50-yard sprint events, capturing top finishes in the 50-breaststroke, 50-backstroke, and 50-butterfly.

It marks the seventh straight time FIU has won the home event, dating back to 2016-17.

FIU also dominated the traditional race formats, adding two more first-place finishes to their tally. The event opened with the 50-yard sprint races, structured in a knockout format where the top six swimmers from the first round advanced to the next.