BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The Pepperdine swimming & diving program finished their first weekend of action on the road with the Roadrunner Invite at Hillman Aquatic Center on Saturday afternoon.
The Waves accumulated 117.50 points and earned a fifth-place finish on the day.
SWIM RECAP
Individually, the Waves earned six top-10 finishes today.
Browne (Arlington, Va.) notched another top-10 finish after completing the 50 free in 24.27, good for a seventh-place finish. She also finished 10th in the 100 free after completing the swim in 53.09.
Ansley Halbach (Watkinsville, Ga.) clocked a time of 4:39.50 in the 400 IM free, which was the best time for the Waves and good for ninth place.
AJ Adams (Castle Rock, Colo.) finished right behind her with a time of 4:39.98. Adams also earned the best time for the Waves in the 200 back as she finished in 17th with a time of 2:10.33.
In the 200 fly,
Emme Spevak (Austin, Texas) almost cracked the Waves all-time top-10 list with a ninth-place finish after completing the event in 2:08.58.
Mollie Cho (Frisco, Texas) continued her strong weekend as she finished in the top-10 in the 200 breast with a time of 2:25.11.
In the 500 free, Halbach earned a time of 5:12.81, good for an 11th-place finish.
Sophia Ware (Allen, Texas) finished the fastest for the Waves in the 200 free with a time of 2:01.71, good for a 36th-place finish.
In the 400 free relay, the squad of Browne,
Layla Busquets (Diablo, Calif.),
Charli Sunahara (Chino, Calif.) and
Anna Ryan (Alamo, Calif.) took fourth with a time of 3:34.88.
DIVING RECAP
Continuing her impressive start to the year,
Vivian Vallely (Newport Beach, Calif.) had another solid performance in the 1-meter as she took home second place with a score of 248.
Amanda Wong (Santa Ana, Calif.) posted a score of 214.95, good for fifth out of the 19 scoring competitors today.
Delainey Pisaruk (Phoenix, Ariz.) notched a score of 205.80, which gave her a 10th-place finish.
Lexie Martin (Keller, Texas) finished 15th with a total of 194.95 points.
RESULTS: 1. Denver 437; 2. UC Santa Barbara 399; 3. UC Davis 290.50; 4. San Jose State 235;
5. Pepperdine 117.50; 6. Cal State Bakersfield 114.
QUOTABLES
"Really thrilled with how the waves handled the last day of competition," head coach
Ellie Monobe said. "From executing details and beginning to apply race strategy, we were able to sneak away with a win over CSUB in the final events; which just continues to show our program's improvement over the last three years. In addition, this program has competed five out of the last 10 days which I know is setting ourselves up for what I hope to be a very rewarding championship."
"Our season has just begun, but I am already very impressed with how much more comfortable and composed we looked in competition," diving coach
Monique Demaisip said. "Execution was strong on 1m today, and I think that showed in the results. I am looking forward to these next few weeks of training to really focus on details and some upgrades on the boards."
NEXT UP
The Waves will have two weeks off before returning to action at home at
Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool on Saturday, October 26 in a dual meet against Westmont at 11 a.m.
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