COLUMBUS, Georgia --- Columbus Aquatic Center was a great host for Biola Swimming & Diving over the course of the last four days as the Eagles put in another group of remarkable finishes at the 2016 NAIA Swimming & Diving Championships.
 
Biola's women's team finished fourth overall to set a new program record for highest team finish at the national meet. The Eagles finished just 20 points behind Brenau University (Ga.) for what would have been a podium finish.
 
"I was so incredibly proud of how our team finished the season today. I could not have asked for a stronger performance from our swimmers and it was so special to see how they came together as a team on this last day," said Head Coach Eddie Shepard.
 
Back-to-back swims from Lisa Tixier and Christina Ali headlined the day as Tixier won her second national championship of the meet by claiming the 100-freestyle immediately before Ali went out and made herself a national champion in the 200-breatstroke.
 
Ali solidified her place as the new undisputed breaststroke record-holder as she set a new school mark in that 200-breaststroke (2:18.31) to go along with the one she set in the 100-breaststroke yesterday.
 
Tixier put a great cap on a ridiculously strong individual meet by taking one of the marquee events with a healthy gap by finishing with a :51.12. She claimed two national championships this meet and added a second-place finish in the 50-freestyle.
 
Another Biola relay earned All-American status as the team ended the meet with a third-place finish in the women's 400-freestyle relay. Haley Baker, Rebecca Brandt, Angela Kirschner and Tixier posted a 3:31.35 to gain the Eagles the precious points necessary to maintain their team finish of fourth.
 
"If you had told me our women would have finished fourth at the beginning of the year, I would not have believed you," said Shepard. "It was especially exciting to see each of our seniors finish their last races. They have all put so much into our program and I could not be more proud of the men and women that they have become."
 
The men would finish 12^th overall after the 400-freestyle relay posted a 3:31.16 11^th-place finish and Edward Campana (100-freestyle) and Charles Nanfria (200-butterfly) each earned top-16 finishes.
 
The story of the meet on the men's side was definitely Shane Brinson. The second-year diver won two national titles and was today awarded the title as the NAIA Male Diver of the Meet. Biola's diving coach, Lisa Treguboff, earned NAIA Male Diving Coach of the Meet.
 
With that the book comes to a close another fantastic year of swimming (and diving) under 12^th-year coach Shepard. This season he guided his team to five individual national titles, 18 All-American honors and five new records fell at this national meet.
 
"What a year," said Shepard.