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