PEPPERDINE VS SAN DIEGO
- January 17, 2026
- Malibu, Calif.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Pepperdine Athletics
MALIBU, Calif. – Today, Pepperdine Swim & Dive picked up a win over rival program, San Diego, to the tune of a 945–817 score. The Waves’ first win over the Toreros since 2021 came by virtue of taking first in thirteen of nineteen events. Three of the baker’s dozen of victories set all-time program records.
“It’s really hard to put today in perspective. This group, time and time again, just gets it done,” said interim head coach Dan Marella. “We had three school records today, and a number of lifetime bests coming off some really tough practices and lifts. Looking forward to pushing the envelope even further over the next couple of weeks before we start to come down for championships.”
Jackie Johnson earned gold in both the one and 3-meter dive events to give the Waves a sweep on the boards this afternoon. The freshman, who is already the 3-meter program record holder (289.90 on Oct. 3), has now claimed the best-ever score in the 1-meter (271.20) as well. In addition to the history she set today, her winning result in the 3-meter was 270.45.
Maile Sullivan was the first first-year to break a record. Her winning time of 50.88 in the 100 free gave her the top spot in the record book. She saw a heap of success in the freestyle stroke today. Individually, she won the 50 free (23.73), and did the same in the 200 (1:34.43) and 400 free relay (3:26.82). Sullivan led off both groups, with Paige Easton, Kylie Taylor, and Anna Ryan joining her in the 200-yarder. The 400-yard team was composed of Aliyah Fan, Paige Easton, and Anna Ryan, anchoring.
On her own, Anna Ryan won the 100 breast at 1:04.21.
The third record to fall today was in the 400 IM. Ansley Halbach swam to both a time of 4:27.03 and silver. The previous mark stood at 4:27.11, set by Emily Morton in 2020.
Nora Rabe claimed victories in two events. She took the 200 breast at a hair under 2:20 (2:19.99), then the 200 IM at 2:07.38.
The Waves swept the fly events. Aliyah Fan claimed the 100 fly (55.17) with Mollie Cho taking the 200 fly (2:04.85).
Both winning medley relays were nearly the same group of four. The 400 medley relay saw Kylie Taylor, Ava Taylor, Aliyah Fan, and Maile Sullivan take gold at 3:45.62. The 200-yard’s only lineup change was Anna Ryan anchoring (1:43.31).
The complete set of Pepperdine scores can be accessed here.
NEXT UP
Next Saturday, the Waves will conclude their regular season at home against Azusa Pacific at 11 a.m. The team’s graduating class will be honored during Senior Day, with early fans slated to receive complementary t-shirts.
Courtesy: USD Athletics
MALIBU — Back in action against a Southern California rival, the San Diego women’s swimming and diving team put together a solid team performance in their meet against Pepperdine on Saturday afternoon.
As a team, San Diego earned seven first place finishes in a full day of events for both swim and dive.
Sydney Wilson had a fantastic performance for USD as she came in first place in three different events racing in the 500 freestyle, 400 individual medley, and in the 1,650 freestyle to cap off a tremendous day of racing.
Not to be out done, Alison Diehl, Skylar Bruner and Gwendolyn Smith each turned in a first place performance in their race at Pepperdine.
On the diving side, Brooke Blaylock had a nice day as she came in second place in the three meter dive, and followed that up with a third place finish in the one meter dive in Malibu.
The full list of Torero student-athletes who competed at Saturday’s meet can be found below:
Milan Bever
Brooke Blaylock
Haley Borja
Skylar Bruner
Ava Craig
Alison Diehl
Morgan Divita
Claudia Dumais
Bethany Garcia
Amalia Guerra
Chloe Howell
Erin Kau
Penelope Leonard
Alexandra Ostrom
Mallory Paine
Elle Ramos
Gwendolyn Smith
Elise Sullivan
Ava Valadez
Anna Vermeulen
Emma Welch
Sydney Wilson
To view the full results from Saturday’s meet, please click here.
USD will be back in action back in San Diego next Friday as they will head across town to face off with San Diego State on January 23 at 2:00 p.m. from the Aztec Aquaplex.
