MALIBU, Calif. – After a 53 day layoff, the Pepperdine women's swim and dive team returned to the pool on Thursday afternoon, falling to Fresno State at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.
MEET RECAP
In a swim-only meet, the Waves got on the board early as
Charli Sunahara (Chino, Calif./Ruben S. Ayala HS) took first in the 100 breast with a time of 1:05.65 and
Jenna Sanchez (Highland, Calif./East Redlands Valley HS) crossed the finish line second in 1:07.01. Sunahara also won the 200 breast in 2:22.95.
Long-distance specialist
Lexi Haymart (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Ponderosa HS) claimed first in the 1000 free with a 10:45.48 showing. Continuing the first-place finishes was
Alexandra Browne (Arlington, Va./Washington-Liberty HS) who won the 50 free in 24.15. She also took first in the 100 free, crossing the finish line in 53.43.
Second-place finishers included
Lindsay Hemming (Orinda, Calif./Miramonte HS) in the 200 free (1:58.14) and the 200 back (2:09.37), Sunahara in the 200 IM (2:11.03), Haymart in the 500 free (5:17.97) and Hemming, Haymart, Browne and
Elliot Easton (Tampa, Fla./Berkeley Preparatory School) in the 400 free relay (3:38.55).
Pepperdine accumulated 95.5 points on the day, while Fresno State scored 148.5.
QUOTABLE
Head coach
Ellie Monobe said: "I'm very pleased right now with where we are at in our championship phase. I think we're seeing a lot of improvements in how we're approaching our races and tackling details, so it was nice to see that a lot of the work we've put in the last month has started to pay off. Notable swims were
Lexi Haymart winning the 1000, I thought she had swam that very smart and strong and
Charli Sunahara probably had the best meet in winning both the 100 and 200 breast, posting season-best times. For her to do that at this point in the season is pretty remarkable. We're very excited to see how things come together for the rest of the group in the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow will be a nice test to see how our training and endurance has stacked up so we're looking forward to more fast swimming."
NEXT UP
Pepperdine swimmers will be back in action on Friday, visiting San Diego State at 11 a.m. Pepperdine divers will compete at the Bruin Diving Invite hosted by UCLA on Friday and Sunday.
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