MEET FACTS
- Complete Results
- Hosted by Pepperdine
- Thursday, October 6
- 25 yards
- Women: San Diego State 155, Pepperdine 53
San Diego State Press Release:
San Diego State captured nine of 10 swimming events as well as the 1-meter diving as it defeated Pepperdine, 155-53, Thursday afternoon at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool in Malibu, Calif. The win improved the Aztecs record to 2-0 on the young season while the meet was the season opener for the Waves.
SDSU opened the contest by taking the top four spots in the 200 medley relay. The foursome of Alma Thormalm,Morganne McKennan, Frida Berggren and Cailey Steffenscaptured the event in a time of 1:46.70. They were just under a half-second better than the second-place Aztec quartet of Kate Santilena, Cecilia Zaccarelli, Summer Harrison and Peyton Wilson (1:47.17).
The remainder of the meet consisted of races of 50 and 100 yards in each of the four strokes plus a 500 freestyle. SDSU won eight of those nine events with the 500 free being the lone race in which they did not finish first.
Six different Aztecs were event winners with two of those athletes, both newcomers to SDSU, ending as double winners.
Alexa Clayfield, a junior by way of Orange Coast Junior College, won both the 50 and 100 backstroke with times of 27.29 and 58.10 respectively. Freshman Peyton Wilson also won twice, capturing the 50 free (23.76) along with the 100 free (51.94).
San Diego State’s other individual race winners included McKennan in the 100 breast (1:04.58), Courtney Vincent in the 100 fly (57.01), Thormalm in the 50 breast (30.93) and Santilena in the 50 fly (26.52).
The Aztecs also won the lone diving event of the meet, the 1-meter springboard. Junior Alexandra Caplan took up where she left off last season, winning with a score of 302.65. Fellow junior Nicole Dutton placed second as she recorded a career-best score of 279.95. Freshman Marie Yacopinofinished third in her collegiate debut with a mark of 268.30.
San Diego will now move north to participate in the Chick-fil-A Invitational hosted by Fresno State. The meet will be an early-season test for the Aztecs with the top two finishers at the 2016 Mountain West championships, Nevada and Boise State, competing along with MW member San Jose State.
The opening event at the Invitational is slated to get underway on Friday, Oct. 7, at 11:00 a.m. and action continues on Saturday (Oct. 8) at 10:00 a.m.
Courtesy of San Diego State
Pepperdine Press Release:
The Pepperdine women’s swimming and diving team opened its season with a dual meet against San Diego State on Thursday afternoon at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.
The Waves swam numerous strong early-season times in the meet, getting set for the PCSC Relays and Pentathlon this weekend. The Aztecs won the dual by a score of 155-53.
Freshman Gabrielle Mathys picked up a win for the Waves in the 500 free, swimming a 5:16.07, and fellow rookie Khloe McCarthy placed second with a 5:22.35.
Julianna Chan and Anna Riekhof placed second and third in the 100 breaststroke, swimming 1:07.42 and 1:08.59 respectively. Riekhof and Chan also grabbed top 3 finishes in the 50 breasstroke, with Riekhof placing second with a :31.54 and Chan third with a :31.56. Chan was also part of the Waves’ 200 medley relay team that took third, along with Rachel Wong, Julia Sneden and Caroline Boone.
Wong grabbed fourth place in the 50 back, swimming a personal best time of :29.23. Sneden added fourth place finishes in both the 100 fly and 50 fly, and Boone posted a fourth in the 100 free and a personal best 25:63 in the 50 free.
Cassie Anderson grabbed two top 5 finishes, placing fourth in the 100 back and fifth in the 50 back. Joie Eckhard grabbed fourth in the 500 free and Morgan Rosztoczy earned fourth in the 50 free. Madison Cooper had two fifth place finishes in the 100 free and 50 fly. Copper also swam a new personal best :27.59 in the 50 fly as part of the Waves’ 200 medley relay B team. Jessica King swam a personal best 50 free time of :25.22 as part of the medley relay C squad.
Rounding out the other fifth place finishes were Sydney Brault in the 500 free, Megan Minor in the 100 back, Lauren Allard in the 100 breast and Kathrine Kuhlmann in the 100 fly.
In the diving competition, Tori Occhipinti placed fourth with a score of 243.65. Sydney Newman grabbed fifth with a 217.10.
Megan Henley swam a personal best :30.85 in the 50 back, and Sam Marlott (:29.15) and Abby Crawford (:28.81) swam personal bests in the 50 fly.
Courtesy of Pepperdine Athletics
