MALIBU, Calif. – The fourth annual Rodionoff Invite came to a close with the same result as the previous three years. The Pepperdine swimming & diving program earned the most points out of all the Division I teams competing at
Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool this weekend.
The Waves accumulated 340 points over both days of competition.
SWIM RECAP
All swimming results below will be amongst the competition at the Division I level.
In the first event of the day, the 200 medley relay team of
Kiana Fan (Irvine, Calif.),
Sydney Abild (Holyoke, Mass.),
Sophia Ware (Allen, Texas) and
Alexandra Browne (Arlington, Va.) earned a third-place finish with a time of 1:49.06.
The squad of Browne,
Natalie Do (Mansfield, Texas),
Lindsay Hemming (Orinda, Calif.) and
Anna Ryan (Alamo, Calif.) took first in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:33.46.
On the individual side, Pepperdine swimmers won one event, took second four times and had two third-place finishes.
Continuing her dominance in sprints, Browne won the 50 free with a time of 23.84 this afternoon.
In the 400 IM, junior
AJ Adams (Castle Rock, Colo.) continued her strong start to the season as she took second by swimming the event in 4:36.42. Sophomore
Ansley Halbach (Watkinsville, Ga.) completed the event right behind her in 4:39.79. Halbach also got second in the 500 free with a time of 5:09.57.
Freshman
Mollie Cho (Frisco, Texas) earned a second place finish in the 200 breast as well as a fourth place finish in the 100 fly, which was also the fastest time for the Waves in the event.
Sophomore
Layla Busquets (Diablo, Calif.) notched a second-place finish in the 100 back as she finished her swim in 59.68.
Junior
Anna Ryan (Alamo, Calif.) clocked a time of 1:57.18 in the 200 free - good for a third-place finish.
DIVING RECAP
In the 1-meter competition,
Vivian Vallely (Newport Beach, Calif.) earned another second-place finish on the weekend with a score of 254.95.
Amanda Wong (Santa Ana, Calif.) posted a score of 226.35 - good for sixth out of the 22 competitors today.
Delainey Pisaruk (Phoenix, Ariz.) notched a score of 218.90 which gave her an 11th-place finish.
Lexie Martin (Keller, Texas) finished in 13th with a total of 208.45 points.
QUOTABLES
"Once again, I'm very impressed with the depth of our team and how we finished this invite," head coach
Ellie Monobe said. "We were about four points down going into today and we're thrilled with the result and coming out on top. B relays played a huge role in helping us come away with the win today. We're very excited to see all the consistency in our swimming. We are also pleased to see our seniors get the job done and show our underclassmen how to handle racing tired. Overall, I'm very happy with where we are, this meet came a week earlier than past seasons and seeing our results be ahead of where we were last year is huge."
"Overall, we had a pretty successful invite," diving coach
Monique Demaisip said. "We're still trying to work on a little more power and the details, but I'm really happy with how this went and really excited to see how we improve in future meets."
DIVISION I RESULTS: 1. Pepperdine, 340; 2. Utah Tech, 306.50; 3. San Diego, 111, California Baptist, 72.50.
NEXT UP
The Waves will head to Bakersfield, Calif. next weekend as they will compete in the CSUB Sprint Classic on Friday at noon and the Roadrunner Invite on Saturday at 10 a.m. Other schools with women's swimming & diving programs competing at the meets include Cal State Bakersfield, Denver, UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly, UC Davis and San Jose.
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