Waves Swimmers Fall to Fresno State, Divers Compete at the Bruin Diving Invitational

Saturday, January 13

Los Angeles, Calif.

10:30 a.m. PT

Pepperdine University

Bruin Diving Invitational

Photo by: Jeff Golden

Waves Swimmers Fall to Fresno State, Divers Compete at the Bruin Diving Invitational

1/13/2024 7:29:00 PM | Women's Swim/Dive

Dive Results Swim Results

By: By Pepperdine Athletics

MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine swimming and diving program had another pair of competitions today. The swimmers fell to Fresno State 144-114 in Fresno, Calif. while the divers competed in the 3-meter competition at the Bruin Diving Invitational in Los Angeles, Calif.

MEET RECAP

DIVING

Four of Pepperdine's divers competed in the 3-meter competition at the Bruin Diving Invitational. In the prelims, Vivian Vallely (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor HS) notched the best score of the day for the Waves, 233.80. Ava Langheim (St. Louis, Mo./Whitfield School) tallied a score of 213.40. Amanda Wong (Santa Ana, Calif./Foothill HS) finished closely behind Langheim as she posted a score of 204.80. Delainey Pisaruk (Phoenix, Ariz./Pinnacle HS) earned a score of 181.75. No Waves divers qualified for the finals in the afternoon.

SWIMMING

The Waves fell to Fresno State 144-114 this afternoon. Despite the loss, Pepperdine had some great results today.

The Waves were highlighted by AJ Adams (Castle Rock, Colo./Valor Christian HS) who took first in the 200 back and the 500 free with times of 2:07.27 and 5:19.43 in those respective events. Layla Busquets (Diablo, Calif./Monte Vista HS) earned a first-place finish in the 100 fly as she clocked a time of 58.72. Busquets also took second in the 100 back by finishing the event in 59.10. Ansley Halbach (Watkinsville, Ga./North Oconee HS) finished first in the 400 IM by posting a time of 4:42.73. She also swam the 200 back in 2:11.86, good for third in the event. Alexandra Browne (Arlington, Va. Washington-Liberty HS) continued her strong season as she finished second in the 50 free with a time of 24.36. In the 100 free, Browne notched a time of 54.42 and took third place.

Pepperdine also had good results in the relay events. In the 200 free relay, the foursome of Browne, Eleanor Mashkovich (Calabasas, Calif./Westlake HS), Busquets and Anna Ryan (Alamo, Calif./Monte Vista HS) earned a first-place finish as they finished with a time of 1:38.52. The group of Kiana Fan (Irvine, Calif./Portola HS), Ryan, Busquets and Browne took second in the 200 medley relay by clocking a time of 1:47.80.

The Bulldogs earned 144 points on the day, while Pepperdine accumulated 114.

QUOTABLES

"After a solid training cycle in Hawaii we were able to jump back into some tough competition and faced some inclement weather," head coach Ellie Monobe said. "I was pleased with how we handled the elements and finished our races. I haven't yet seen the speed that we finished with in November, but I believe we are set up for a strong finish to this dual meet season."

"Day two at the Bruin Diving Invitational was the women's 3-meter event," diving coach Monique Demaisip said. "Overall, I would say our performance was pretty consistent. We were definitely more consistent today than yesterday. It was good to see some improvements in technique and the fine details. A lot of the stuff that we worked on during our recent training trip was put into action today and I'm proud of that. In terms of placement and scoring, the score cutoff to make the top-18 finals was all pretty close. Everybody in that chunk of that pack all had very close scores. Vivian only missed finals by just shy of 12 points, which was really exciting. Compared to our performance last year, we're definitely looking more comfortable at this level of a meet and placing a bit higher. We're moving on up and progressing in the right direction. I am excited to see how tomorrow goes. All six of our divers will be participating tomorrow in the tower event and I'm looking forward to that."

NEXT UP

Pepperdine's six divers will compete in the platform competition at the Bruin Diving Invitational tomorrow in Los Angeles, Calif. at Spieker Aquatics Center with the prelims set to begin at 10:30 a.m.

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