Pepperdine University
Loyola Marymount
Waves Dominate at Malibu Invite
10/13/2018 8:26:00 PM | Women's Swim/Dive
MALIBU, Calif. – The success from Friday at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool carried over to Saturday for the Pepperdine women's swim and dive team. They defeated cross-town rival Loyola Marymount 1,131-959 at the meet.
Five individuals and two relay teams took first place in their respective races for the Waves on Friday, and many more took solid positions.
"Our ladies came back today and raced very well," said Head Coach Joe Spahn. "We got the ball rolling with a solid 200 medley relay which carried into the sweep of the 100 IM and 200 breaststroke. We had a lot of very solid swims today. I am very happy with this weekend, but now it's back to work to clean up a few details."
MEET RECAP
Similar to Friday, the Waves got off to a solid start, with the 200 Medley Relay team of Sammie Slater, Juju Chan, Haley Bergthold and Amy Griffin taking a win in the first event of the day, with a time of 1:52.50.
The first individual win for the Waves came in the 200 breast as Lauren Allard finished first with a time of 2:32.61. She was followed by Anna Riekhof and Juju Chan in second and third. Olivia Kayye and Bergthold went 1-2 in the 100 IM with times of 1:02.00 and 1:03.51 respectively.
Griffin had a solid day of her own, taking first in the 50 free with a time of 25.19, as well as anchoring the 200 medley relay. Paige Brackett won the distance race of the meet, the 500 free, with a time of 5:18.74 before the Waves finished the meet with the 400 free relay, with the team of Slater, Griffin, Trinity Ishikawa and Kayye taking the victory with a time of 3:40.51.
QUOTABLE
"It was great to see freshmen Olivia Kayye and Haley Bergthold go 1-2 in the 100 IM," said Spahn. "Sammie Slater had a very solid 200 free. Kayla Smith did a great job with a tough 100 fly, 100 back double. Amy Griffin had a big day anchoring our 200 Medley relay and winning the 50 free. All in all, I was very impressed with how our ladies performed."
UP NEXT
The Waves will be back in action October 26-27 at a double-dual meet with San Diego and LMU in San Diego.
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