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Women's Swim/Dive by Athletic Communications

Pepperdine Breaks Another Record On Day Three

EAST LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Pepperdine women's swimming and diving team completed the three of the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference championships. The third day was highlighted by another school record that was broken by Emily Morton in the 400 IM and Sammie Slater winning the 200 freestyle.

Freshman Emily Morton set another school record in the 400 individual medley 4:27.11, which earned her second place. The record was previously held by Alison McLeod at 4:28.17 and was set in 2008. Khloe McCarthy followed Morton with an 8th place finish at 4:36.72 and Olivia Kayye in 20th.
 
The next outstanding performance of the day was from Slater in the 200 freestyle. Slater won the event with a 1:51.93, out touching 2nd place by four tenths of a second. Nohea Lileikis took 7th in the event with Paige Brackett following in 12th.
 
In the women's 100 butterfly, Trinity Ishikawa lead the Waves with an 8th place finish with a 58.48. She was followed by Sarah Hamilton in 12th and Caroline Anderson in 13th.
 
The 100 breaststroke was owned by Pepperdine with three swimmers snagging top eight finishes. Kendall Brown was the top swimmer placing 4th in a time of 1:05.84, Anna Riekhof was right behind her in 5th with a 1:05.90, and Jenna Sanchez took 8th with a 1:07.08.
 
The final individual swimming event of the day was the 100 backstroke, where Jasmine Williams touched in 3rd with a 57.36. Julianna Birlin took 5th, Amy Griffin finished 12th right in front of Ishikawa in 13th and Megan Minor in 18th.
 
The diving portion of the competition was led by Paulina Holmberg on 3-meter who took 6th, Olivia Stotz placed 9th and Isabella Wanninger received 15th.
 
The last race of the evening was the 400 medley relay, where Williams, Brown, Ishikawa and Griffin teamed up for a 3rd place finish in a time of 3:52.99.
 
The Waves took the lead after the third day of racing, with 944.5 points just 14 points ahead of Cal State East Bay with 930.5.

Swimming prelims begin again tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. with to start at 5 p.m.
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Players Mentioned

Paige Brackett

Paige Brackett

Free/IM
5' 5"
Junior
2V
Amy Griffin

Amy Griffin

Free/Back
5' 7"
Junior
2V
Paulina Holmberg

Paulina Holmberg

Diving
5' 4"
Sophomore
1V
Trinity Ishikawa

Trinity Ishikawa

Back/Free/Fly
5' 5"
Junior
2V
Olivia Kayye

Olivia Kayye

Free/Breast
5' 8"
Sophomore
1V
Khloe McCarthy

Khloe McCarthy

Free/IM
5' 6"
Senior
3V
Megan Minor

Megan Minor

Back/Free
5' 6"
Senior
3V
Anna Riekhof

Anna Riekhof

Breast/IM
5' 6"
Senior
3V
Sammie Slater

Sammie Slater

Free/Back
5' 6"
Junior
2V
Isabella Wanninger

Isabella Wanninger

Back
5' 8"
Sophomore
1V

Players Mentioned

Paige Brackett

Paige Brackett

5' 5"
Junior
2V
Free/IM
Amy Griffin

Amy Griffin

5' 7"
Junior
2V
Free/Back
Paulina Holmberg

Paulina Holmberg

5' 4"
Sophomore
1V
Diving
Trinity Ishikawa

Trinity Ishikawa

5' 5"
Junior
2V
Back/Free/Fly
Olivia Kayye

Olivia Kayye

5' 8"
Sophomore
1V
Free/Breast
Khloe McCarthy

Khloe McCarthy

5' 6"
Senior
3V
Free/IM
Megan Minor

Megan Minor

5' 6"
Senior
3V
Back/Free
Anna Riekhof

Anna Riekhof

5' 6"
Senior
3V
Breast/IM
Sammie Slater

Sammie Slater

5' 6"
Junior
2V
Free/Back
Isabella Wanninger

Isabella Wanninger

5' 8"
Sophomore
1V
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