MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine women's swim and dive program raced well in its final dual and home meet of the season on Saturday, defeating Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference rival Azusa Pacific 185.50-114.50 at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.
MEET RECAP
Pepperdine took first in 11 overall events – nine individual races and two relays – with the nine individual wins spread out across eight swimmers. The 200 medley relay team of
Kylie Taylor (Eugene, Ore./Churchill HS),
Charli Sunahara (Chino, Calif./Ruben S. Ayala HS),
Lexie Deitemeyer (Golden, Colo./Golden HS) and
Alexandra Browne (Arlington, Va./Washington-Liberty HS) kicked off the meet with first-place finish and a time of 1:48.04. To bookend the meet, the 400 free relay foursome of Browne,
Lexi Haymart (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Ponderosa HS),
Anna Ryan (Alamo, Calif./Monte Vista HS) and
Jenna Sanchez (Highland, Calif./East Redlands Valley HS) came in first with a 3:35.21 showing.
The Waves found similar success in individual events. Haymart won the 1000 free in 10:42.04, while Browne won the 50 free in 24.30. Taylor paced the 100 back field with a time of 1:00.66, while
AJ Adams (Castle Rock, Colo./Valor Christian HS) won the 200 back in 2:07.53. Adams also took first in the 200 IM with a time of 2:10.27.
Sanchez wrapped up her final meet at Raleigh Runnels with a victory in the 100 breast, doing it in 1:06.94. The 200 breast also went to the Waves, as Sunahara crossed the finish line first in 2:24.28. For the last two Waves' event victories, Deitemeyer took the 100 fly in 59.78 and
Jessica Calderoni (Los Altos, Calif./Sacred Heart Preparatory) paced the 200 fly field to the tune of a 2:11.77 showing.
Second-place finishers included
Jasmine Williams (Folsom, Calif./Folsom HS) in the 100 back (1:04.07), Ryan in the 100 free (53.71), Browne in the 200 breast (2:30.25), Haymart in the 500 free (5:17.76),
Amanda Wong (Santa Ana, Calif./Foothill HS) in the 3-meter diving (242.40) and
Delainey Pisaruk (Phoenix, Ariz./Pinnacle HS) in the 1-meter diving (229.13).
QUOTABLE
Head coach
Ellie Monobe said: "I'm very proud of how the Waves wrapped up the regular season at home. We knew from the beginning that we had a tough schedule this year and a lot of opponents that we have never seen. Finishing the season on this high note for our seniors was the best way we could have wrapped things up. Standouts today were
Lexi Haymart who won the 1000 against a strong and deep freestyle group that APU has. Freshman
AJ Adams had a stellar comeback after a rough winter training tennis block. I also have to give a huge credit to our seniors who were able to finish on such a high note. Watching how we attacked our races – keeping our details nice and clean – we will be ready in the next couple of weeks and I'm very confident in this program to defend our PCSC title. We look forward to fast swimming in about a week and a half."
NEXT UP
Pepperdine turns its attention to the PCSC Championships from Wednesday through Saturday, February 8-11 at East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park. A link to live video will be available on PepperdineWaves.com in the coming days.
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