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Chopp PCSC Final Day

Women's Swimming

Abby Chopp Wins 100 Individual Medley Conference Title

Lion Seniors Shine in Last Collegiate Competition

Day 4 Results
 
Senior Abby Chopp became the second LMU swimmer to win a conference event following Isabel Willis' first place win in the 200 Freestyle on Friday. Chopp sprinted to victory in the 100 individual medley after qualifying forth in the morning prelims.  Her final time of 58.98 was a new LMU program record. Chopp was joined in the 100 IM championship final by fellow senior, Marley Abbott who placed seventh in 1:00.78.  Sophomore Serena Myatt, junior Gabby Carufel and sophomore Anna Gasiorowski, also scored placing 13th, 17th and 20th overall with personal best times of 1:02.48, 1:03.58 and 1:04.97.
 
Saturday's Finals began with a ceremony honoring the seniors from all twelve conference teams including eight from LMU. Abbott, Lauren Akin, Chopp, Savanna Kim, Keara Reilly, Nicole Schiel, Mary Schell and Willis.  Reilly and Akin then took the blocks to race in the 1650 freestyle final.  Reilly finished her career with a personal best time of 17:42.27, taking second place in the mile-long swim with Akin placing ninth with a time of 18:03.05.
 
In the second event of the evening, Chopp led a trio of Lions in the 200 backstroke touching the wall in seventh place with a 2:08.49, followed by sophomore Audrey Hixon in 14th with a season best of 2:09.38 and junior Carufel in 22nd with a 2:13.34.
 
Willis got her hand on the wall first in the consolation final of the 100 freestyle placing ninth with a personal best time of 52.75.  Junior Natalie Morlock picked up a point for the team, placing 24th in 54.65.   
 
Next on the program was the 200 breaststroke where senior Mary Schell swam to a season best time of 2:32.96 placing 13th while freshman Lydia Zicker placed 16th in 2:35.35.
 
LMU fielded a strong quartet in the 200 Butterfly final with junior Olivia Nielsen leading the group with an 8th place finish in the championship final.  Taylor Pajunen and Christine Chan followed in the B Final placing 11th and 13th with season best times of 2:11.99 and 2:12.62.  Freshman Sabine Caplin also scored points for the team finishing 22nd.  
 
In the final event of the meet, all eight seniors took to the blocks one last time to race in the 400 freestyle relay.  The four seniors on the A Relay, Willis, Reilly, Akin and Abbott, race to a seventh place finish while the B Relay with Schell, Chopp, Schiel and Kim, came in 17th.  LMU finished in sixth place in the team standings with 787 points with Cal State East Bay taking the women's team title with 1306 points. 
 
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Players Mentioned

Marley Abbott

Marley Abbott

Sprint Freestyle
5' 9"
Senior
Lauren Akin

Lauren Akin

Distance Freestyle
5' 4"
Senior
Gabby Carufel

Gabby Carufel

Backstroke
5' 8"
Junior
Christine Chan

Christine Chan

Butterfly/IM
5' 4"
Junior
Abby Chopp

Abby Chopp

Backstroke/Butterfly/IM
5' 6"
Senior
Anna Gasiorowski

Anna Gasiorowski

Sprint Freestyle
5' 11"
Sophomore
Audrey Hixon

Audrey Hixon

Backstroke/Distance Freestyle
5' 6"
Sophomore
Savanna Kim

Savanna Kim

Butterfly/IM
5' 1"
Senior
Natalie Morlock

Natalie Morlock

Sprint Freestyle
5' 7"
Junior
Olivia Nielsen

Olivia Nielsen

Butterfly/Backstroke
5' 3"
Junior
Taylor Pajunen

Taylor Pajunen

Butterfly/Distance Freestyle
5' 1"
Sophomore
Keara Reilly

Keara Reilly

Distance Freestyle
5' 5"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Marley Abbott

Marley Abbott

5' 9"
Senior
Sprint Freestyle
Lauren Akin

Lauren Akin

5' 4"
Senior
Distance Freestyle
Gabby Carufel

Gabby Carufel

5' 8"
Junior
Backstroke
Christine Chan

Christine Chan

5' 4"
Junior
Butterfly/IM
Abby Chopp

Abby Chopp

5' 6"
Senior
Backstroke/Butterfly/IM
Anna Gasiorowski

Anna Gasiorowski

5' 11"
Sophomore
Sprint Freestyle
Audrey Hixon

Audrey Hixon

5' 6"
Sophomore
Backstroke/Distance Freestyle
Savanna Kim

Savanna Kim

5' 1"
Senior
Butterfly/IM
Natalie Morlock

Natalie Morlock

5' 7"
Junior
Sprint Freestyle
Olivia Nielsen

Olivia Nielsen

5' 3"
Junior
Butterfly/Backstroke
Taylor Pajunen

Taylor Pajunen

5' 1"
Sophomore
Butterfly/Distance Freestyle
Keara Reilly

Keara Reilly

5' 5"
Senior
Distance Freestyle