Pepperdine Women’s Swim and Dive season began Oct. 6 with a 101-47 loss to the San Diego State Aztecs at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool. The Waves are coming off of back to back conference championships in the Pacific College Swim Conference.
This year’s team features 23 returning swimmers with nine newcomers, according to Pepperdine Athletics. The captains are senior freestyler/backstroker Ellie Hendren, junior diver Lexie Martin and junior breaststroker/freestyler Alexandra Browne.
Notable returners include Brown, who set two school records and was a part of the record-setting 200 relay team, backstroker/IM AJ Adams who competed at the National Invitational Championships and sophomore backstroker Kylie Taylor who earned All-PCSC in six events, all according to Pepperdine Athletics.