MIAMI – The FGCU swimming and diving team (6-8, 2-1 CCSA) suffered a 198-102 loss to FIU (2-1) Saturday afternoon at the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center.

"Under less than ideal conditions, we had some great individual performances," said head coach Dave Rollins. "Congrats to Tina and Gracie for winning events in their final dual meet as an Eagle, and Rebecca for continuing to excel in the 100 free. Some let the conditions affect their preparations and there was not an event contested today where we weren't capable of coming away with a win. We have three weeks to refine our details and shift our focus to getting healthier in order to be at our best at the CCSA Championships."

Gracie Redding (Orlando, Fla./The First Academy/FSU) captured the first of three individual first-place finishes for the Eagles Saturday afternoon. The Orlando native touched the wall with a time of 23.68 while Rebecca Moynihan (Palmerston North, New Zealand/Waiopehu College) claimed the following event, the 100 free with a swim of 52.02. Christina Kaas Elmgreen  (Charlottenlund, Denmark/Ordrup Gymnasium) rounded out the list as the senior produced a time of 56.57 in the 100 fly. Elmgreen also went on to place second in the 200 fly (2:05.90)

All said FGCU registered seven second-place individual finishes, led by sophomore Petra Halmai (Dombovar, Hungary/Lanczos Kornel Secondari Grammar School) who had three – 100 breast (1:05.27), 200 breast (2:20.53), and 200-yard IM (2:08.33). Linda Shaw (Leeds, United Kingdom/Roundhay HS) recorded a pair starting with the 1000-yard free (10.34.79) and ending with the 500-yard free (5:11.83).

The Eagles came into the meet down three of their divers as senior Margot Kessler (Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton Community HS) scored for the Green and Blue, placing fifth in both the 1-meter (229.80) and 3-meter (202.80).

UP NEXT
FGCU is back in the pool at the CCSA Championships which will take place on Feb. 20-23 in Lynchburg, Virginia.

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HEAD COACH DAVE ROLLINS
In his third season, head coach, Dave Rollins is only the second head coach in program history, taking over on Sept. 1, 2016. Rollins has guided FGCU to back-to-back CCSA titles, as well as the program's fourth-straight and ninth championship in 10 years. In addition, he has been awarded CCSA Coach of the Year in each of his two seasons at the helm. Previously, Rollins was the associate head men's swimming coach at The Ohio State University. Rollins brings over a decade of coaching experience to The Nest, which includes Olympians, NCAA Champions and All-Americans, along with multiple conference champions. A native of Brockton, Mass., he was a standout collegiate swimmer in his own right and was inducted into the University of Arizona's Hall of Fame in 2017, as a nine-time NCAA All-American, national champion, school record holder and team captain.
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