Zachary Gibbons
11/21/25
Houston, Tx.—Florida Gulf Coast University swimming and diving team finished fifth of 11 teams with 750 points after the final day of the Phill Hansel Invitational hosted by the University of Houston on Friday, Nov. 21
Aislyn Barnett finished fifth for the Eagles in the 1650 yard freestyle with a time of 16:40.74.
Izzy Ackley won the B-Final of the 200 backstroke for FGCU finishing ninth overall with a time of 1:57.34. Jordan Durocher finished sixth for the Eagles in the B Final good for 14th overall with a time of 2:01.17.
Leah Gentry-Tuney finished sixth in the A-Final for FGCU in the 100 freestyle with a time of 50.12 seconds. Libby Russum won the B-Final for the Eagles good for ninth overall with a time of 49.85.
Barnett finished second in the A-Final of the 200 breaststroke at a time of 2:11.38. Allisan Bendall finished third in C-Final for the Eagles good for 19th overall with a time of 2:17.63.
Nori Hetyei finished second in the B-Final of the 100 butterfly for FGCU good for 10th overall with a time of 2:00.48. Olivia Vecchio finished eighth in the C-Final for FGCU good for 24th overall with a time of 2:07.74.
Gentry-Tuney, Mia Burke, Russum and Nadia Helm finished seventh in the 400 freestyle relay for the Eagles in a time of 3:22.22 to end the swimming portion of the invite.
In diving FGCU’s Alexandra Andueza finished seventh in the A-Final of the platform dive with a score of 215.80. Rylie Darkatsh finished sixth in the C-Final with a score of 163.60.
FGCU Head Coach Dave Rollins spoke with FGCU Athletics following the invite.
“Overall we had a very solid week of competing against bigger programs. Getting the exposure and experience sets us up very well for the ASUN Championships in February as well as NCAAs in March. Placing new names into our top 10 list is extremely encouraging for the first half of the season. We are ready to get back to work. It’s all gas and no breaks from here on out,” coach Rollins said.
The Eagles return home to the FGCU Aquatics Complex to host a tri-meet with University of Delaware and Southern Methodist University on Wednesday, Dec. 31 at 2 p.m.
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