To say Randy Horner’s performed magic with the FIU swimming & diving program fits after FIU completed a hat trick of consecutive Conference USA titles Saturday night.
A former FIU swimmer once described the program Horner took over in 2010 as “a glorified high school program.” Weak-to-mediocre as Sun Belt Conference swimming was, FIU hadn’t had an all-conference swimmer (swimmer or relay team finishing in the top two at the conference meet) in three years.
Now, the water Panthers have won their third consecutive championship in a better conference, the second straight crowning in wire-to-wire blowout fashion.