Fresno State vs Pepperdine (Women)
- Thursday, January 12, 2023
- Malibu, Calif.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Score: Fresno State 148.5, Pepperdine 95.5
Courtesy: Fresno State Athletics
MALIBU, Calif. – After a more than seven week break, the Fresno State swimmers returned to the pool on Thursday afternoon defeating Pepperdine in a dual meet at the Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.
Led by three wins from senior Athena Clayson, the Bulldogs topped the Waves, 148.5-95.5 and won eight of the 13 events in the meet.
Clayson earned wins in the 100 & 200 Back as well as the 200 IM while Mackenzie Hutler claimed a pair of first place finishes in the 100 & 200 Fly.
Samarah Melia won both the 200 & 500 Free and the 400 Free relay team of Hutler, Clayson, Eleonora Trentin and Melia finished first in a time of 3:31.31
The Bulldog swimmers are back in the pool on Friday at CSU Bakersfield at 1 p.m. with the divers getting a three-day competition underway at the Bruin Diving Invitational hosted at UCLA.
Fresno State at Pepperdine Results (season best in bold)
100 Back
1. Athena Clayson – 57.14
2. Cheyanne Summers – 58.80
5. Abigail Rousseau – 1:04.58
100 Breast
3. Sam Arredondo – 1:07.27
4. Korrie Tengan – 1:09.73
5. Sera Hanagan – 1:10.54
100 Fly
1. Mackenzie Hutler – 57.19
2. Sara Lucchini – 58.84
4. Clara Laskey – 1:00.28
5. Alyssa Libang – 1:00.71
1000 Free
2. Maya Gulvady – 10:54.87
3. Eydis Osk Kolbeinsdottir – 10:57.61
200 Free
1. Samarah Melia – 1:55.47
3. Marija Rutkauskatie – 1:59.03
4. Sammie Keith – 1:59.15
6. Madison Caserio – 2:00.12
50 Free
2. Mackenzie Hutler – 24.51
3. Eleonora Trentin – 24.56
4. Sam Arredondo – 24.94
9. Anna Chope – 25.39
200 IM
1. Athena Clayson – 2:10.68
3. Korrie Tengan – 2:14.44
5. Alyssa Libang – 2:19.33
200 Fly
1. Mackenzie Hutler – 2:06.51
2. Clara Laskey – 2:10.28
3. Sera Hangan – 2:13.04
4. Alyssa Libang – 2:13.57
100 Free
2. Eleonora Trentin – 53.52
3. Sara Lucchini – 55.28
4. Anna Chope – 55.51
6. Sammie Keith – 55.83
200 Back
1. Athena Clayson – 2:03.96
T2. Cheyanne Summers – 2:09.37
5. Abigail Rousseau – 2:16.14
500 Free
1. Samarah Melia – 5:10.89
3. Madison Caserio – 5:19.81
4. Marija Rutkauskatie – 5:23.14
200 Breast
2. Sam Arredono – 2:26.52
4. Sera Hanagan – 2:30.39
5. Eydis Osk Kolbeinsdottir – 2:36.81
400 Free Relay
1. Hutler, Clayson, Trentin, Melia – 3:31.31
4. Chope, Keith, Summers, Hanagan – 3:42.59
Courtesy: Pepperdine Athletics
MALIBU, Calif. – After a 53 day layoff, the Pepperdine women’s swim and dive team returned to the pool on Thursday afternoon, falling to Fresno State at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.
MEET RECAP
In a swim-only meet, the Waves got on the board early as Charli Sunahara (Chino, Calif./Ruben S. Ayala HS) took first in the 100 breast with a time of 1:05.65 and Jenna Sanchez (Highland, Calif./East Redlands Valley HS) crossed the finish line second in 1:07.01. Sunahara also won the 200 breast in 2:22.95.
Long-distance specialist Lexi Haymart (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Ponderosa HS) claimed first in the 1000 free with a 10:45.48 showing. Continuing the first-place finishes was Alexandra Browne (Arlington, Va./Washington-Liberty HS) who won the 50 free in 24.15. She also took first in the 100 free, crossing the finish line in 53.43.
Second-place finishers included Lindsay Hemming (Orinda, Calif./Miramonte HS) in the 200 free (1:58.14) and the 200 back (2:09.37), Sunahara in the 200 IM (2:11.03), Haymart in the 500 free (5:17.97) and Hemming, Haymart, Browne and Elliot Easton (Tampa, Fla./Berkeley Preparatory School) in the 400 free relay (3:38.55).
Pepperdine accumulated 95.5 points on the day, while Fresno State scored 148.5.
QUOTABLE
Head coach Ellie Monobe said: “I’m very pleased right now with where we are at in our championship phase. I think we’re seeing a lot of improvements in how we’re approaching our races and tackling details, so it was nice to see that a lot of the work we’ve put in the last month has started to pay off. Notable swims were Lexi Haymart winning the 1000, I thought she had swam that very smart and strong and Charli Sunahara probably had the best meet in winning both the 100 and 200 breast, posting season-best times. For her to do that at this point in the season is pretty remarkable. We’re very excited to see how things come together for the rest of the group in the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow will be a nice test to see how our training and endurance has stacked up so we’re looking forward to more fast swimming.”
NEXT UP
Pepperdine swimmers will be back in action on Friday, visiting San Diego State at 11 a.m. Pepperdine divers will compete at the Bruin Diving Invite hosted by UCLA on Friday and Sunday.
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