Wednesday, January 8
Malibu, Calif.
1:00 p.m. PT
Pepperdine University
vs
Colorado State
Pia Anderson
Photo by: Jeff Golden
Swim/Dive Open 2020 Hosting Colorado State, New Mexico
1/6/2020 5:56:00 PM | Women's Swim/Dive
MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine women's swim and dive team is back at home this Wednesday to start 2020 as the Waves host Colorado State and New Mexico.
MEET DETAILS:Â The meet will begin at 1p.m. on Wednesday (January 8) and will be held at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool in Malibu, California. The meet will be livestreamed at pepperdinewaves.com.
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LAST SHOWING:Â The Waves ended their last meet of 2019 very well at the Pepperdine Winter Invite. Paulina Holmberg started the meet with a win on the 1-meter board, followed by Olivia Stotz who placed fourth. The two also got first (Stotz) and third (Holmberg) in in 3-meter event.
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Freshman Mackenzie Hamlett had the best showing in the 500 freestyle and 1650 for the Waves, posting times of 5:03.93 and 17:37.83, respectively. Emily Morton broke her own school record in the 200 backstroke event, swimming a 2:03.27, nearly a second faster than her previous record at 2:04.19, taking ninth in the event. She was followed by Caroline Eckel who placed 15th in a time of 2:07.24.
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Morton was also the top performer for the Waves in the IM taking 9th with a time of 4:29.25 and Khloe McCarthy finished in 16th.
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In the 100 freestyle, Amy Griffin swam a season-best time of 52.45 in prelims and took 23rd overall with her 52.83 time in finals. The Waves had a solid overall performance in the 200 breaststroke where they had three finalists. Olivia Kayye was the top finisher for Pepperdine, touching in 19th in a time of 2:26.41, followed by one tenth of a second by Anna Riekhof who placed 20th in a time of 2:26.51. Kendall Brown rounded out the finalists in the 200 breaststroke taking 23rd with a time of 2:30.58.
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QUOTABLE: Interim Head Coach Jana Vincent says: "We're excited to have Colorado State and New Mexico here training at Pepperdine this week. We're looking forward to getting some fast racing in against them during winter training."
NEXT UP:Â The Waves will be traveling to Loyola Marymount to compete in the WCC Cup on January 17th and 18th.
FOLLOW:Â Follow @WavesSwimDive on Facebook and Twitter for immediate updates, results and more. Go to PepperdineWaves.com for all information, releases and schedules.
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MEET DETAILS:Â The meet will begin at 1p.m. on Wednesday (January 8) and will be held at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool in Malibu, California. The meet will be livestreamed at pepperdinewaves.com.
Â
LAST SHOWING:Â The Waves ended their last meet of 2019 very well at the Pepperdine Winter Invite. Paulina Holmberg started the meet with a win on the 1-meter board, followed by Olivia Stotz who placed fourth. The two also got first (Stotz) and third (Holmberg) in in 3-meter event.
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Freshman Mackenzie Hamlett had the best showing in the 500 freestyle and 1650 for the Waves, posting times of 5:03.93 and 17:37.83, respectively. Emily Morton broke her own school record in the 200 backstroke event, swimming a 2:03.27, nearly a second faster than her previous record at 2:04.19, taking ninth in the event. She was followed by Caroline Eckel who placed 15th in a time of 2:07.24.
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Morton was also the top performer for the Waves in the IM taking 9th with a time of 4:29.25 and Khloe McCarthy finished in 16th.
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In the 100 freestyle, Amy Griffin swam a season-best time of 52.45 in prelims and took 23rd overall with her 52.83 time in finals. The Waves had a solid overall performance in the 200 breaststroke where they had three finalists. Olivia Kayye was the top finisher for Pepperdine, touching in 19th in a time of 2:26.41, followed by one tenth of a second by Anna Riekhof who placed 20th in a time of 2:26.51. Kendall Brown rounded out the finalists in the 200 breaststroke taking 23rd with a time of 2:30.58.
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QUOTABLE: Interim Head Coach Jana Vincent says: "We're excited to have Colorado State and New Mexico here training at Pepperdine this week. We're looking forward to getting some fast racing in against them during winter training."
NEXT UP:Â The Waves will be traveling to Loyola Marymount to compete in the WCC Cup on January 17th and 18th.
FOLLOW:Â Follow @WavesSwimDive on Facebook and Twitter for immediate updates, results and more. Go to PepperdineWaves.com for all information, releases and schedules.
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