Pepperdine Finishes its First Day of Competition in 2024

Friday, January 12

Los Angeles, Calif.

10:30 a.m. PT

Pepperdine University

Bruin Diving Invitational

Photo by: Jeff Golden

Pepperdine Finishes its First Day of Competition in 2024

1/12/2024 6:05:00 PM | Women's Swim/Dive

Swim Results Dive Results

By: By Pepperdine Athletics

MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine swimming and diving program opened its 2024 schedule with a pair of competitions today. The swimmers fell to Fresno State 123-44 in Fresno, Calif. while the divers competed in the 1-meter and team competition at the Bruin Diving Invitational in Los Angeles, Calif.

MEET RECAP

DIVING

Four of Pepperdine's divers competed in the 1-meter competition at the Bruin Diving Invitational. In the prelims, Vivian Vallely (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor HS) posted the best score of the day for the Waves, 213.50. Ava Langheim (St. Louis, Mo./Whitfield School) tallied a score of 201.60. Amanda Wong (Santa Ana, Calif./Foothill HS) finished closely behind Langheim as she notched a score of 198.35 and Delainey Pisaruk (Phoenix, Ariz./Pinnacle HS) earned a score of 190.35. None of the Waves divers qualified for the finals in the afternoon.

In the team competition, Pepperdine's four divers combined for a score of 220.80 and finished 10th out of the 11 competing schools.

SWIMMING

Although the Waves dropped the contest to the Bulldogs 123-44, Pepperdine had some solid results today.

The Waves were highlighted by Layla Busquets (Diablo, Calif./Monte Vista HS) who took first in the 50 backstroke with a time of 27.31. In the 100 free with fins, Busquets earned a second-place finish as she swam the event in 48.42. She also took third in the 50 fly after clocking a time of 26.02.

In the 300 free kick, Jessica Calderoni (Los Altos, Calif./Sacred Heart Preparatory) finished third as she finished the event in 4:01.92. Alexandra Browne (Arlington, Va. Washington-Liberty HS) continued her successful season with a time of 25.01 in the 50 free, good for third in the event.

Pepperdine also had good results in the two relay events. In the 400 free relay, the foursome of Browne, AJ Adams (Castle Rock, Colo./Valor Christian HS), Busquets and Lindsay Hemming (Orinda, Calif./Miramonte HS) took second-place as they posted a time of 3:35.98. The group of Adams, Kiana Fan (Irvine, Calif./Portola HS), Busquets and Browne earned a third-place finish in the 400 medley relay as they finished the event with a time of 3:56.81.

Fresno State earned 123 points on the day, while Pepperdine accumulated 44.

QUOTABLES

"The divers first meet back after the break was the Bruin Diving Invitational today," diving coach Monique Demaisip said. "The 1-meter and the team event were today. This was our first time competing in the team event, so that was pretty exciting. It's an exhibition event as of now, but we're trying to see how it goes in these settings so that it can hopefully become an official event in the future, which would be huge for our sport. In terms of performance today, in the 1-meter I was seeing a lot of improvements. We are working on consistency at this point in the season as we are leading up to conference. Having a large competition with over 60 participants and a lot of different schools with a long wait in between dives was good preparation for conference and postseason meets. I'm happy with how we did today. In terms of the team event, it was just exciting to get out there and try and put together a team list for the first time. We were also consistent in the team event, but we just need to fine tune some details. Aside from this being a practice for postseason, it was cool to be in a competition with some Big 10 schools such as Wisconsin and Minnesota, which brings great exposure for our program. I'm excited to see how the rest of the season progresses."

NEXT UP

The Waves will be back in the pool tomorrow morning. The Pepperdine swimmers will take on Fresno State at 11 a.m. in Fresno, Calif. The divers will compete in the 3-meter competition at the Bruin Diving Invitational in Los Angeles, Calif. with the prelims set to begin at 10:30 a.m.

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