ST. PETERS, Mo. --- Biola had another amazing day of swimming on Friday, setting five school records and had four top-eight finishes to highlight second-day action at the 2010 NAIA Swimming and Diving Championships at the St. Peters Rec-Plex in St. Peters, Missouri.

The Biola women's team finished the day in seventh place out of 18 teams in the team standings and the men finished in ninth among 15 teams at the championship.

Of the five new records set during the day, three came in relays. On the men's side, the relay team of Brian Shepard, Chris Stutzman, Nathan Roe, and Zach Perkins broke Biola's 200 free relay record with a time of 1:25.28 and finished in seventh place. The team of Stutzman, Micah Perryman,  Roe, and Perkins then came back and set a new school record in the 400 medley relay, finishing 10th with a time of 3:35.88.

Shepard also made it back for an evening swim in the 200 free. The senior was seeded 16th going into the evening swim, but managed to move up two spots and finish 14th (1:44.78) despite very tough competition. Shepard just missed setting the school record (1:44.20) but still swam a personal best time.

Paul Mendoza had a great morning swim in the 400 IM to give himself the 16th seed going into the evening session. Mendoza ended up finishing in 16th place during his evening swim but improved slightly on his earlier swim with a time of 4:17.65.

For the women, the 400 medley relay team of Amber Kiel, April Smith, Brittney Rosania, and Emily Mosbacher swam a blistering 4:01.08 finishing in sixth overall, shattering the previous school record (4:05.78) by nearly five seconds. In the 200 free relay, the quartet finished in eighth place, giving them top-eight finishes in both relays on the day.

Smith had another amazing swim in the 100 breaststroke today, placing eighth in the finals heat. Smith's time of a 1:06.54 would have won the meet just two years ago, but was only good enough for an eight place finish among the tough competition that has emerged in the NAIA over the past two years. Her performance was a personal best that broke her previous record that she set at the Pacific Collegiate Swimming Conference meet three weeks ago. 

Smith's best event, the 200 breast will be swam tomorrow. She enters race as the top seedand has a strong chance of winning Biola's first NAIA individual swim title.

Amber Kiel also had a record setting night, breaking the school record in the 100 back (59.62) and becoming the first Biola woman to ever break the minute mark in the event. Her time was good enough for a 10th place finish.

Two other women placed in the top sixteen in tonight's competition. In the 100 fly, both Brittney Rosania and Rachael Sirjord had sub-one minute performances. Rosania finished in 11th place (59:41), and Sirjord finished 11th (59.69).  

Saturday will be the third and final day of competition. The events to be contested are the 200 back, 100 Free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 free relay, and 1650 free.

Fans can follow the action from St. Peters live by visiting the official NAIA Championship website at http://naia.cstv.com/genrel/2010SWDChampionships.html.