Swimming & Diving Competes in Final Dual Meet of the Season

Azusa Pacific swimming & diving competed in their final dual meet of the season at Pepperdine on Saturday

MALIBU, Calif. - Azusa Pacific wrapped up their dual meets for the 2023-24 season with a visit to Pepperdine on Saturday. Despite the loss, Amanda Anderson turned in two first place finishes and the team put up strong individual and relay times in the lanes and on the boards, earning four season best times.

To get things started, the divers competed in the one-meter and three-meter dive. Out of all three Azusa Pacific divers, Allison Ferrer came up with the best combined score on the boards in the both dives. In the one-meter, she earned a score of 205.43 and in the three-meter dive, she turned in a score of 196.58.

The Cougars 200 medley relay teams finished third and fourth in the lanes to open the swimming portion of the meet. Marci Yanagawa, Anderson, Marcelina Halawczak and Hannah Swailes turned in a time of 1:50.30, while Sydney Romero, Paige Colligan, Victoria Alfaro and Renee Provencal finished at 1:58.47.

In the 200 free, Aleena Herrera earned a second place finish, touching the wall at 1:56.58 (a season best for her), followed by Yanagawa who turned in a third place performance in the 100 back with a time of 59.41.

It was then Anderson who picked up her (first) first place finish on the day in 100 breast with a time of 1:07.41, securing her best time of the season so far int this event. Her second first place finish on the day came in the 200 breast when she turned in a time of 2:22.92.

In the 50 free, Hannah Swailes put up a strong time of 25.08 to earn a third place finish. Kya Guikema and Halawczak then followed with back-to-back second place finishes in the 500 free (5:14.60) and 100 fly (59.59).

To wrap up the day, Herrera turned in an impressive time of 2:10.35 in the 200 IM which was another season best time, while the 400 free relay teams of Swailes, Ellie Sivesind, Guikema and Herrera and Delanie Gearing, Provencal, Sharma and Ng earned times of 3:38.18 and 3:55.62.

Gearing put up another season best time for the Cougars in the 1000 free (11:04.86) while four Cougars also turned in fourth place finishes against the waves today. Szolnoki in the 100 free (11:02.62), Anderson in the 200 free (1:58.16), Sivesind in the 100 free (54.53), Yanagawa in the 200 back (2:10.84), Gearing in the 200 breast (2:29.79) and Alfaro in the 100 fly (1:02.04).

Up Next: The Cougars look ahead to the PCSC Championships taking place on Wednesday, Feb. 14 - Sat. Feb 17th. Last year, Azusa Pacific made history, earning a second place finish which is the highest ranking in program history.