Saturday, February 16
La Mirada, Calif.
All Day
Pepperdine University
at
PCSC Championships
Sammie Slater
Photo by: Jeff Golden
Waves Finish in Second Place at PCSC Championships
2/16/2019 10:06:00 PM | Women's Swim/Dive
LA MIRADA, Calif. – The Pepperdine women's swim and dive team had its best finish at the Pacific Coast Swim and Dive Conference Championships since the 2007-08 season this year, taking second place at the championships. Two school records were broken in the final day on Saturday, bringing the total records broken at the meet to five.
"What a special year it has been," said head coach Joe Spahn. "This team really came together as a family and swam for more than just themselves. This team has built an unbelievable foundation for the future of this program and it was lead by 9 amazing seniors!"
MEET RECAP
Julianna Chan had the first record-breaking performance on the night in the 100 IM. Her time of 1:00.39 broke the previous school record by just nine-hundredths of a second. She took first place in her heat and ninth place overall in the event.
The second record of the night was set in the 400 free relay. Sammie Slater, Amy Griffin, Caroline Boone and Paige Brackett finished in second place with a time of 3:28.56, beating the old record, which has stood since 1999, by almost a full second.
Other great performances from the Waves included Griffin's third place in the 100 free with a time of 51.80, Haley Bergthold's fourth place in the 200 fly with a time of 2:08.88 and Olivia Kayye's sixth place in the 1650 free with a time of 17:51.50.
The Waves finished in second place with 1,198 points, 108 points behind PCSC champion Cal State East Bay, and 102 points ahead of third place Fresno Pacific.
Pepperdine's top scorer of the meet was Khloe McCarthy with 81 individual points.
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"Very proud of our 2 school records tonight, said Spahn. "First came Julianna Chan's 100 IM and then to cap off the meet breaking a 20 year old record in the 400 free relay. What a fun night it was!"
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"What a special year it has been," said head coach Joe Spahn. "This team really came together as a family and swam for more than just themselves. This team has built an unbelievable foundation for the future of this program and it was lead by 9 amazing seniors!"
MEET RECAP
Julianna Chan had the first record-breaking performance on the night in the 100 IM. Her time of 1:00.39 broke the previous school record by just nine-hundredths of a second. She took first place in her heat and ninth place overall in the event.
The second record of the night was set in the 400 free relay. Sammie Slater, Amy Griffin, Caroline Boone and Paige Brackett finished in second place with a time of 3:28.56, beating the old record, which has stood since 1999, by almost a full second.
Other great performances from the Waves included Griffin's third place in the 100 free with a time of 51.80, Haley Bergthold's fourth place in the 200 fly with a time of 2:08.88 and Olivia Kayye's sixth place in the 1650 free with a time of 17:51.50.
The Waves finished in second place with 1,198 points, 108 points behind PCSC champion Cal State East Bay, and 102 points ahead of third place Fresno Pacific.
Pepperdine's top scorer of the meet was Khloe McCarthy with 81 individual points.
QUOTABLE
"Very proud of our 2 school records tonight, said Spahn. "First came Julianna Chan's 100 IM and then to cap off the meet breaking a 20 year old record in the 400 free relay. What a fun night it was!"
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