LA MIRADA, Calif. --- Although the team scores may not look it, the Eagles got some surprisingly strong performances out of their swimmers and divers at a four-team meet on Saturday.
 
Highlighting the individual performances is Alyssa Roden, who placed first in the one-meter and three-meter dives and Abby Blake, who got the Eagles' only new national cut of the day (200-breaststroke).
 
She swam a personal-best 2:32.38 to finish in third place in an even claimed by a swimmer from Fresno Pacific.
 
Biola hosted FPU, Alaska-Fairbanks and Pomona-Pitzer in a four-way meet held at the Splash! Aquatics Center.
 
Outside of Roden, Christine Tixier was the only other Eagle to win an individual event. She claimed the top time in the 200-butterfly (2:15.25).
 
"We went into the meet today viewing it as a training experience, because the swimmers have been out of the water for a little over a week for Christmas break," said Head Coach Eddie Shepard.
 
Alaska-Fairbanks was the class of the meet, taking wins in all three head-to-head contests they faced. They did not compete on the men's side, leaving the door open for Pomona-Pitzer to go 2-0 against BU and FPU.
 
Blake qualified for the NAIA national meet in the 200-breaststroke while dropping 3.6 seconds from her previous season-best. She also dropped time in the 1,000-freestyle, improving by nearly five seconds.
 
She was not the only one to drop time at the meet, Shepard also mentioned the performance of Kenny Alcosiba in the 100-breaststroke. The sophomore shaved his quickest time by nearly two seconds (1:04.12).
 
"We are hoping to build off of this performance and begin to drop some time at our meet against Azusa Pacific and CSU East Bay next week," said Shepard.
 
Biola's next meet is also held at the Splash! Center and begins at 11 a.m.