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FIU Wraps Up its First Day of Competition at the NCAA Championships

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (March 16, 2017) – The FIU swimming and diving team competed in three events during Thursday's action at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The team of Letizia Bertelli, Naomi Ruele, Jennifer Deist and Marie Lauridsen posted a time of 1:29.81, good for 24th place. The group was the first-ever FIU team to swim in a relay at the NCAA Championships.

Bertelli took to the pool in the first of her three individual events of the championships, competing in the 50 Free.