AZUSA, Calif. --- The Biola University swim teams posted most impressive times as the men won 10 events while the women won six events on Saturday afternoon at the Azusa Pacific Triangular meet, a non-scoring meet at Glendora High School.
The non-scoring, double-dual meet featured Biola, Azusa Pacific University and the University of La Verne.
On the women’s side,
April Smith finished first in both her events (400 IM, 200 Breast), as well as
Amber Kiel (200 Free, 200 Back).
Emily Mosbacher placed first in the 50 Free, and
Alison Seek took first in the 1650 Free.
For the men,
Jacob Neller took first in his three individual events (200 Free, 200 Fly, 500 Free), and
Paul Mendoza took top honors in his two individual events (400 IM, 1650 Free).
Zach Perkins took both sprint freestyle events with a first in the 50 and 100 Freestyle. Chris Stutzman also took first place in the 200 Back.
Biola Head Coach Eddie Shepard was very pleased with how his team swam at the meet. "Despite how hard the team had been working out this entire week, I felt like our team swam some very fast times."
There were also a total of eight new NAIA National qualifying times swam at the meet. They were as follows:
Women:
April Smith 400IM (4:44.71), 200 Breast (2:28.89)
Bailey Johnson 400IM (5:03.13)
Alison Seek 1650Free (18:50.24)
Amber Kiel 200Back (2:17.79)
Men:
Paul Mendoza 400IM (4:34.82), 1650 Free (17:27.57)
The Eagles return to the pool on Saturday, Nov. 7, for the University of La Verne Invitational.