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• Gustafsdottir 2nd in the 200IM; Perez 5th in the 500 free

  Last fall, sophomore Johanna Gustafsdottir told me the breaststroke was both her favorite stroke and her worst stroke. Well, the breast leg kept Gustafsdottir from being best again in the 200 individual medley at the Sun Belt Conference championships Thursday night.

  Gustafsdottir led FAU's Eszter Bucz by 1.34 seconds after [...]

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• Andersson wins 50 free; Beaupre wins 3-meter; Gustafsdottir 2nd in the 200 IM

  Klara Andersson blew to a 23.24, knocking off Trudy Maree's school record of 23.44 set exactly five years ago, to win the 50 freestyle Thursday night at the Sun Belt Championships. Andersson won by three hundreths of a second over Western Kentucky's Paige Drazga.

  Earlier in the evening, junior Sabrina Beaupre won the [...]

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• Morning in Texas

  The morning session of the Sun Belt Swimming & Diving Championships provided little surprise for FIU outside of freshman Jessica Chadwick. That's not exactly bad.

  Chadwick swam a 2:03.24 in the 200 individual medley, 7.67 seconds faster than her season best time, to make tonight's eight-swimmer final and give FIU half [...]

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• Soccer stuff: friendly vs. Strikers, 2013 signing class

  FIU hosts a friendly against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers next Thursday at 7:30 p.m. At halftime, kids 12 and under can take part in a free soccer clinic. Adults $4, children $2, students for free.

  Amidst the American football signees on National Signing Day, I threw in a futbol player or two. [...]

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• 200 Medley Relay finishes fourth

  FIU finsihed fourth behind Western Kentucky, North Texas and FAU in the first event of the Sun Belt Swimming and Diving Championships Wednesday night.

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• 800 Free Relay Wins, 200 Medley Relay fourth

  The seed times of the Sun Belt 800 freestyle relay set the event up as a duel between FIU and North Texas. FIU won the duel in 7:12.70, almost nine seconds faster than the Panthers previous best time of the year, 7:21.54.

  FIU finished fourth behind Western Kentucky, North Texas and FAU in Wednesday's first event, the [...]

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• 800 Free Relay Wins Sun Belt in multi-record performance; 200 Medley Relay 4th

  The seed times of the Sun Belt Championships' 800 freestyle relay set the event up as a duel between FIU and meet host North Texas. FIU won the duel in 7:12.70, a school record almost nine seconds faster than the Panthers previous best time of the year, 7:21.54, and dusting the Sun Belt championships [...]

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• Easy come, easy go -- Morgan Turner

  Morgan Turner, in charge of offensive tackles and tight ends for FIU for two weeks, went back to Stanford to be the assistant in charge of tight ends. Along with offensive line coach Luke Butkus, M. Turner is the second assistant to leave father Ron Turner's staff weeks after being hired.

  So, there's an [...]

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• Women finish 3rd, Men 8th at Sun Belt Indoor Track

  With a strong second day led by the sprinters at the Sun Belt Indoor Track & Field Championships, FIU's women charged up to 103 points and third place behind host Arkansas State (122.5) and North Texas (117.5).

  Senior T'Keyah Dumoy got 16 points on her own with second places in the 55-meter [...]

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• Women finish 3rd, Men 8th at Sun Belt Indoor Track

  Long and triple jumper Marcus Ghent was named Freshman of the Year after finishing fifth in the long jump Sunday (23 feet 2 3/4 inches) and second in the triple jump Monday (50 feet).

  Correcting my mistake from yesterday: Ghent and senior Aubrey Smith, who finished third in the long jump with a [...]

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