Morton Sets Record, Waves Split Day

Friday, November 1

Davis, Calif.

4:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

193

UC Davis

Emily Morton

Photo by: Jeff Golden

11/1/2019 10:24:00 PM | Women's Swim/Dive

Day One Results

By: by Athletic Communications

DAVIS, Calif. – The Pepperdine women's swim and dive team competed in the first of a two day meet against Cal State East Bay and UC Davis. The Waves lost to UC Davis on day one but beat Cal State East Bay 143-85. Freshman Emily Morton's 200 backstroke highlighted the day with a win and a new school record at 2:04.19.

Three weeks ago, at the Malibu Invite, Morton's 200 backstroke was the second fastest time in school history at 2:04.66. The record is was previously held by Ericka Keithy at 2:04.38, and was set in 1995.

MEET RECAP

In the first event of the day, the women's 400 medley relay, the team of Caroline Eckel, Morton, Sarah Hamilton, and Amy Griffin led the Waves to a fifth place finish with a time of 3:57.35. Freshman Mackenzie Hamlett earned fifth place in the 1,000 freestyle, finishing in a time of 10:40.92. Morton received another top five finish in the 200 freestyle, posting a time of 1:55.86.

Junior Sammie Slater made a sixth place result in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:11.53, which was a personal best. The final relay on the day was the 200 freestyle where the squad of Julianna Birlin, Jenna Sanchez, Amy Griffin, and Sammie Slater posted fifth with a time of 1:38.89.

In the diving events, Paulina Holmberg had the highest score on the 1-meter with a time of 224.05. Olivia Stotz was the highest scorer in the 3-meter diving with a score of 208.80.

QUOTABLE

Head Coach Joe Spahn says: "It was great to travel north and get a win against PCSC defending champions Cal State East Bay. We had a lot of close races with them that could have gone either way, but we found a way to get the wins. We all swam great as a team, with a ton of season best times and even some lifetime bests."

"Emily's swim today was very special. To break a school record that's nearly 25 years old is no small task. She swam the race very well and her teammates helped get her home. Today was a total team effort and we are going to need another total team effort to get the win tomorrow."

NEXT UP

The Waves will be back home hosting Loyola Marymount on Friday, November 8th at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.