Pepperdine Swimmers Set for MPSF Championships

MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine women's swim team will compete at the MPSF Championships in St. George, Utah this week.

Meet 18: MPSF Swim Championships | Wednesday, Feb. 21- Saturday, Feb. 24 | Human Performance Center | St. George, Utah

The Pepperdine swimmers are ready to compete in the MPSF Swimming Championships for the first time in program history.

The championships will be hosted by Utah Tech at the Human Performance Center. Wednesday's competition will begin at 5 p.m. PT and will feature relay events in a finals only format. Thursday, Friday and Saturday will see a preliminary round take place in the morning before finals in the evening.

Thursday and Friday's prelims will begin at 9 a.m. PT, with finals to follow at 5 p.m. PT. Prelims on Saturday will commence at 9:30 a.m. PT, before finals begin at 5:30 p.m. PT.

WATCH/ONLINE — All four days of competition will be live streamed on Overnght (subscription required), and a link will be provided on PepperdineWaves.com.

LAST TIME IN THE POOL — Four of Pepperdine's divers competed at the MPSF Diving Championships for the first time in program history last week. Lexie Martin (Keller, Texas), Amanda Wong (Santa Ana, Calif.), Delainey Pisaruk (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Ava Langheim (St. Louis, Mo.) all participated in the championships.

In the 3-meter competition, Martin and Wong qualified for the consolation finals. The consolation finals consisted of the divers who finished in ninth through 16th place in the prelims. In the consolation finals, Martin took fifth place as she earned 228.65 points. Wong earned a third-place finish in the consolation finals by tallying a total of 241.95 points.

In the 1-meter competition, Wong and Langheim earned a spot in the consolation finals. The consolation finals consisted of the divers who finished in the ninth through 16th slots in the prelims. In their consolation finals event, Wong finished seventh as she earned 212.15 points and Langheim won the consolation finals by tallying a total of 234.40 points.

In the platform competition, Wong notched a score of 175.55 points and earned a seventh-place finish as she earned All-MPSF second team honors. She is the first athlete in program history to finish in the top-eight in an MPSF postseason competition.

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Ava Langheim

Lexie Martin

Delainey Pisaruk

Amanda Wong

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