Pepperdine Falls to Illinois

Thursday, October 26

Malibu, Calif.

4:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

164

University of Illinois

Photo by: Jeff Golden

10/26/2023 7:50:00 PM | Women's Swim/Dive

Results

By: By Athletic Communications

MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine swimming and diving program fell to Illinois in its second dual meet of the season on Thursday evening at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.

MEET RECAP

Although the Waves' best finish in the 1-meter dive event was fifth, sophomore Vivian Vallely (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor HS) scored a season-high 256.65 in the event. In the 3-meter dive event, sophomore Amanda Wong (Santa Ana, Calif./Foothill HS) finished with a solid score of 261.15, good for fourth-place.

In swimming, six Waves took second in their individual events. In the 50 free, junior Alexandra Browne (Arlington, Va./Washington-Liberty HS) clocked a time of 24.22. In the 100 IM, freshman Kiana Fan (Irvine, Calif./Portola HS) completed the event in 59.80. Fan improved her time on the top-10 all-time list where she has the sixth fastest time in program history. Freshman Layla Busquets (Diablo, Calif./Monte Vista HS) recorded a time of 53.73 in the 100 free. In the 200 back, sophomore AJ Adams (Castle Rock, Colo./Valor Christian HS) notched a time of 2:08.37. In the 500 free, freshman Ansley Halbach (Watkinsville, Ga./North Oconee HS) swam the event in 5:16.06. Sophomore Charli Sunahara (Chino, Calif./Ruben S. Ayala HS) finished the 200 breaststroke in 2:27.41.

The foursome of Browne, Busquets, Eleanor Mashkovich (Calabasas, Calif./Westlake HS) and Anna Ryan (Alamo, Calif./Monte Vista HS) took first-place in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:36.94.

Illinois earned 164 points on the day, while Pepperdine accumulated 75.

NEXT UP: Pepperdine will have just over a week off before visiting Loyola Marymount in a dual meet on Friday, November 3, at 2:30 p.m. at Burns Recreation Center Pool.

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