Morton Highlights Malibu Invite for the Waves

Saturday, October 12

Malibu, Calif.

9:00 a.m. PT

Pepperdine University

Malibu Invite

Team

10/12/2019 7:52:00 PM | Women's Swim/Dive

Results

By: by Athletic Communications

MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine women's swim and dive team hosted the annual Malibu Invite on Saturday. The meet was highlighted by freshman, Emily Morton's 200 backstroke in which her time of 2:04.66, is now the second fasted time in school history. The record is currently 2:04.38, just three tenths of a second ahead of Morton's time, and is held by Ericka Keithly from 1995.

The Waves took third out the Division I teams, with 148.50 points.

MEET RECAP

The first event of the day was the women's 1-meter diving competition, in which Paulina Holmberg led the Waves and freshman, Olivia Stotz, was the front-runner for the Waves in the 3-meter diving.

In the first swimming event, the women's 200 medley relay, the team of Caroline Eckel, Emily Morton, Sarah Hamilton and Amy Griffin led the Waves to a second-place finish with a time of 1:48.52. The Waves had numerous top-five finishes throughout the day.

The first came in the second event, where junior Sammie Slater had the best showing in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:55.20 which tied for second. Caroline Anderson had the top finish for the Waves in the 200 butterfly in which she took fourth-place in a time of 2:09.38. Morton had another top five finish in the 200 breaststroke, scoring fourth with a time of 2:25.47.

Freshman, Mackenzie Hamlett swam a very strong 500 freestyle in a time of 5:10.71, which placed her in fourth. In the 100 freestyle, only one second differentiated Griffin who came in fourth with a time of 53.23, and the first-place finisher. In the 100 backstroke, Eckel's time of 59.97 was good for a fourth-place finish. The final individual event on the day, the 200 IM, was led once again by Morton who earned another second-place finish in a time of 2:09.24.

To top off the meet, the 200 freestyle relay team of Jenna Sanchez, Nohea Lileikis, Jasmine Williams and Griffin, swam an impressive 1:39.31 which was good for second-place.

QUOTABLE
"It was a great day for the Waves!" said Head Coach Joe Spahn "We've all been waiting to get some racing in the longer events in a normal format. The team had a lot of great races today, it's hard to only pick a few to highlight. All of our relays swam well and really showcased our team's depth. I think we are all excited to keep working hard and get into more dual meets in the coming weeks."

NEXT UP

The Waves will be traveling to San Diego next weekend to race San Diego State and Boise State on October 18th and University of San Diego on October 19th.

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