MONTEREY PARK, Calif. – The Pepperdine women's swim and dive program kept its foot on the gas on day three of the PCSC Championships, keeping a steady lead at Swim Stadium on the campus of East Los Angeles College.
With one day of competition remaining, Pepperdine has garnered 1186 points, while second place Azusa Pacific has 699.50 points.
MEET RECAP
It was another day full of event titles for the Waves. Charli Sunahara (Chino, Calif./Ruben S. Ayala HS) won the 100 breast in 1:03.37. Jenna Sanchez (Highland, Calif./Redlands East Valley) and Alexandra Browne (Arlington, Va./Washington-Liberty HS) came in second and sixth with times of 1:04.35 and 1:06.32 respectively in that event to also earn All-PCSC first team honors. Those three along with Kylie Taylor (Eugene, Ore./Churchill HS) came in first in the 400 medley relay with a time of 3:48.12 – their second medley relay championship of the week.
Taylor also won an event championship, taking home the title in the 100 back with a 56.24 time.
A host of other Waves earned All-PCSC honors in individual events. AJ Adams (Castle Rock, Colo./Valor Christian HS) took fourth in the 400 IM with a time of 4:31.57. In the 200 free, Lexi Haymart (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Ponderosa HS) came in fifth with a 1:52.64 time and Paige Tattersall (Granite Bay, Calif./Granite Bay HS) took seventh in 1:53.51.
QUOTABLE
Head coach Ellie Monobe said: "It was a big evening session tonight for the Waves. This is one of our toughest days at our championship and we had a strong showing tonight moving up not only in our finishes but cleaning up some of the details as well. The highlights of tonight were our two PCSC champions -- Kylie Taylor in the 100 back and Charli Sunahara in the 100 breast -- both posting season-best times and doing some pretty remarkable things for the conference at such a young age. I'm looking forward to following the rest of their careers through here at Pepperdine. Having our 400 medley relay become champions was another highlight as that relay escaped us last year. We could not be happier that we were able to secure that win. We have a lot of momentum and are looking forward to continuing pushing the envelope and seeing how far we can go."
NEXT UP
The fourth and final day of the PCSC Championships begins on Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. with the 200 backstroke prelims. The meet is streamed live on Vimeo and links can be found on PepperdineWaves.com.
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