Pepperdine Earns Split Result at WCC Cup

Saturday, January 20

San Diego, Calif.

10:00 a.m. PT

Pepperdine University

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San Diego

Photo by: Jeff Golden

1/20/2024 10:14:00 PM | Women's Swim/Dive

Results Results WCC Cup Full Results

By: By Pepperdine Athletics

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Pepperdine swimming and diving program split its double dual meet against San Diego and Loyola Marymount at the WCC Cup this weekend.

MEET RECAP

SWIMMING

The Waves wrapped up the WCC Cup with a 426-397 loss to San Diego and a 533-230 win against PCH Cup rival Loyola Marymount.

Pepperdine found success in individual events as six Waves earned a first-place finish today. Layla Busquets (Diablo, Calif./Monte Vista HS) swam the 100 fly in 58.24. In the 400 IM, AJ Adams (Castle Rock, Colo./Valor Christian HS) clocked a time of 4:34.06. Adams also took first in the 200 back as she earned a time of 2:07.39 in the event. Sydney Abild (Holyoke, Mass./Northampton HS) finished the 100 breaststroke in 1:06.52. In the 100 back, Kylie Taylor (Eugene, Ore./Churchill HS) notched a time of 57.23. Charli Sunahara (Chino, Calif./Ruben S. Ayala HS) finished the 200 back with a time of 2:21.65.

The Waves also took first in the 400 medley relay as the foursome of Taylor, Abild, Busquets and Alexandra Browne (Arlington, Va./Washington-Liberty HS) swam the event in 3:57.01.

DIVING

On Friday, Amanda Wong (Santa Ana, Calif./Foothill HS) was the highlight of the day for the Waves as she took second place in the 3-meter competition with a score of 234.60. Lexie Martin (Keller, Texas/Keller HS) also performed well in the 3-meter where she posted a score of 217.13 and earned a third-place finish.

On Saturday in the 1-meter competition, Wong took first as she tallied 233.10 points on the day. Martin also helped Pepperdine earn the top two spots in the event as she notched a score of 230.48, good for second place in the event.

QUOTABLES

"The Waves had a very impressive and strong finish to our final travel competition of the regular season," head coach Ellie Monobe said. "With a full slate of events, I was thoroughly impressed with the commitment these athletes have shown. Throughout the season our emphasis on details is paying off and the results are showing.
Also, our consistency with diving on 1-meter today has proven to our new conference opponents that we are a threat to be reckoned with on the boards."

"I'm very proud of our Waves in terms of how we showed up on the pool deck today," diving coach Monique Demaisip said. "Specifically on the dive side of things, the 1-meter competition was our most consistent performance for all three of our divers who were able to participate today. We've been working on this all season, so it was great to see a first, third, and sixth finish with sixth place only being maybe seven points away from third."

NEXT UP

Pepperdine will host Azusa Pacific on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 10 a.m. in the last home dual meet of the year. Saturday will also be senior day where the Waves will honor their three seniors.

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