Waves Fall in San Diego Double Dual Meet

Friday, October 18

San Diego, Calif.

2:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

207

San Diego State

Mackenzie Hamlett

Photo by: Jeff Golden

10/18/2019 6:00:00 PM | Women's Swim/Dive

Results

By: by Athletic Communications

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Pepperdine women's swim and dive team traveled to San Diego State today for a double dual meet against San Diego State and Boise State. Although the Waves posted some strong swims, they were outscored 207-80 against San Diego State and 252-43 against Boise State.

MEET RECAP
The dual meets began with the 200 medley relay where the team of Emily Morton, Jenna Sanchez, Sarah Hamilton and Amy Griffin had the top performance for the Waves, finishing in sixth with a time of 1:52.20.

The first individual event of the meet was the 1000 freestyle and was led by Olivia Kayye with a seventh-place finish in a time of 11:13.29. Mackenzie Hamlett posted another seventh-place finish in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:57.06. In the 200 butterfly, senior Sofia Shah took seventh with a time of 2:35.41.

The 50 freestyle was led by junior Sammie Slater who posted a time of 25.45, good for eighth overall. In the 100 butterfly, Morton took fourth-placed with a time of 1:00.26, followed closely by Hamilton who came in fifth in a time of 1:00.49. The best showing in the 200 individual medley came again from Morton who placed second with a time of 2:09.38.

Lily Stotz recorded the top place for the Waves in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. Stotz took eighth on both boards, posting scores of 189.45 and 175.90 respectively.

The final event on the day was the 200 freestyle relay, wherein the squad of Jasmine Williams, Griffin, Sanchez and Nohea Lileikis snagged a fourth place finish with a time of 1:40.73.

QUOTABLE
"We had some very solid swims today." said Head Coach Joe Spahn "Our upperclassmen did a great job showing our newcomers how we travel as a team and get up for each other. I think this is a great stepping stone for our season and I'm ready to see what we do tomorrow."

NEXT UP
The Waves will be competing in San Diego again tomorrow, October 19th, against the University of San Diego Toreros. The meet will begin at 1 p.m.