MALIBU, California – The Pepperdine women's swim and dive program finished its two-week homestand with its second swim-only dual victory in as many days after rolling past Cal State East Bay 167-95 on Saturday morning at
Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.
AJ Adams (Castle Rock, Colo./Valor Christian HS) won three individual events – the 100 back (59.91), 200 back (2:10.87) and the 200 IM (2:11.40) to pace the Waves.
MEET RECAP
To begin the day, Pepperdine's 200 medley relay foursome of
Kylie Taylor (Eugene, Ore./Churchill HS),
Charli Sunahara (Chino, Calif./Ruben S. Ayala HS),
Emma Purdy (Truckee, Calif./Truckee HS) and
Alexandra Browne (Arlington, Va./Washington-Liberty HS) crossed the finish line first in 1:48.17. In the first individual event,
Lexi Haymart (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Ponderosa HS) dominated the 1000 free to the tune of a 10:58.65 showing, which netted her a first-place finish. This was her second win in the 1000 free this season. Continuing the strong start was Sunahara, who performed the 100 breast in 1:07.48 to win that event. In the 200 fly,
Jessica Calderoni (Los Altos, Calif./Sacred Heart Preparatory) took first with a 2:11.87 showing. In the final event before the break, Browne paced the field with a 24.35 time in the 50 free.
In addition to Adams, two Waves won multiple individual events in the meet. Sunahara defeated the 200 breast field in 2:26.71 while Haymart was the third multi-event winner after her victory in the 500 free with a time of 5:15.75.
Pepperdine racked up nine second-place finishes in addition to the 10 event victories.
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Head coach
Ellie Monobe said: "I am very pleased that we were able to put together back-to-back days of racing against a very talented East Bay squad. Our team's depth attributed to our success, especially in the backstroke and fly events.
AJ Adams had standout swims today, taking the win in all of her individual events and giving our team confidence in the IM events."
NEXT UP
Pepperdine prepares for its first road trip of the season, as the Waves will face San Jose State in Northern California next Friday afternoon at 1 p.m.The Waves will then face Cal Poly on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. in San Luis Obispo.
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