MONTEREY PARK, Calif. – The Pepperdine women's swim and dive program set four new school records and won two events en route to a solid start at the PCSC Championships at Swim Stadium on the campus of East Los Angeles College.
The Waves have garnered 312.50 points thus far. Azusa Pacific is in second with 229.
MEET RECAP
In the three-meter diving event, freshman
Amanda Wong (Santa Ana, Calif./Foothill HS) won a PCSC championship with a school-record showing of 287.65. This qualified her for the NCAA Diving Zones in Washington on March 6.
Delainey Pisaruk (Phoenix, Ariz./Pinnacle HS) came in third with a 270.20 showing. Three other Waves earned All-PCSC first team honors by finishing in the top-eight:
Lexie Martin (Keller, Texas/Keller HS),
Ava Langheim (St. Louis, Mo./Whitfield School) and
Vivian Vallely (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor HS).
The Waves were just getting started setting school records, as the 200 medley relay foursome of
Kylie Taylor (Eugene, Ore./Churchill HS),
Jenna Sanchez (Highland, Calif./Redlands East Valley HS),
Charli Sunahara (Chino, Calif./Ruben S. Ayala HS) and
Alexandra Browne (Arlington, Va./Washington-Liberty HS) set a school record and won a PCSC title with a time of 1:42.52.
The 800 free relay team of
Lindsay Hemming (Orinda, Calif./Miramonte HS),
Anna Ryan (Alamo, Calif./Monte Vista HS),
AJ Adams (Castle Rock, Colo./Valor Christian HS) and
Lexi Haymart (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Ponderosa HS) set a school record and took second with a time of 7:33.45.
In the 100 IM time trials, Sanchez set a school record with a 57.96 time, breaking her own record set in 2021.
Ellie Hendren (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista HS) earned All-PCSC first team honors in the 1000 free with a 10:38.22 finish, good for eighth place in the event. She is now seventh on the all-time list for Pepperdine in that event.
Paige Tattersall (Granite Bay, Calif./Granite Bay HS) took ninth in the 1000 free at 10:38.72 and is ninth on the Pepperdine leaderboard.
QUOTABLE
Head coach
Ellie Monobe said: "We couldn't have had a better start to our championship. We knew we needed stellar performances to set the tone for the rest of the week and we executed. We take pride in our diving depth and to have a champion in the 3-meter was icing on the cake and very well deserved. For our swimming, the sprint medley relay has famously been our top relay and to have two new school records in both relays thus far just shows the growth of this group and the depth of our team. Our freshmen have always shown promise to this team and they have delivered. I couldn't be more proud and I'm looking forward to the ride over the next few days."
Diving coach
Monique Demaisip said: "We started off strong on 3-meter today, scoring a total of 150.5 points for the team. We had five divers in the finals, and it was so exciting to see all the repetitions and hard work throughout the season result in success at our conference championship. Amanda was able to seal her place in the top spot during finals, scoring a personal best, an NCAA zone cut and a school record. Delainey also clinched a medal, with the rest of the team following closely behind. We have 1-meter tomorrow, which is all about consistency, and I'm excited to see how our Waves take this momentum coming from today into the final diving event."
NEXT UP
Day two of the PCSC Championships begin on Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m. with the 500 free prelims. The meet is streamed live on Vimeo and links can be found on PepperdineWaves.com.
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