OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. --- It was an amazing day to be a swimmer for the Eagles in Oklahoma. Biola added a new individual national championship and seven top-15 individual finishes in a marquee second day at the NAIA Swimming and Diving Championships.
 
Christine Tixier tacked on her second individual national championship of the season with her impressive first-place swims in the 100-butterfly. She won her third consecutive national title in that event and set a new NAIA record with her :54.35 in the finals. She has a chance to complete a clean sweep with a third championship in the 200-butterfly tomorrow.
 
"We had such a strong day of swimming today that was topped off by Christine winning the 100-butterfly for the third straight year," said Head Coach Eddie Shepard. "Lisa MacManus of Oklahoma Baptist actually had the lead at the 50-yard mark, but Christine had enough gas left in the tank to pass her in the final 25 and win by more than a second."
 
It was an impressive finish to a day that was already solid for the junior out of Benton City, Wash. She became the first Biola women's swimmer to swim a 50-freestyle under 24 seconds, breaking her own record at :23.74.
 
She swam that as the leadoff swimmer in the Eagles' record-breaking 200-freestyle relay. She, Megan Nerud, Sarah Shepard and Angela Kirschner put up a 1:37.40 in the finals to finish sixth overall.
 
The 200-freestyle relay was one of four top-15 relay finishes on the day for the Eagles. The best of that bunch came in the women's 400-medley relay featuring the same four swimmers. They set another school record with their fifth place finish in this event (3:56.43).
 
The men's teams both finished in the top-five of each of those relays, placing ninth and 14^th, respectively.
 
Chad LeJeune swam his best event twice on this day, and he broke his own school record twice as well. He finished 13^th in prelims and 11^th in the consolation heat as he set new marks in the 100-breaststroke. He had a :57.98 in the consolation heat to become the first Biola swimmer to go below the 58 second mark.
 
"It was great to see our freshman have such a great swim in his 100-breaststroke," said Shepard. "He has really been working on his stroke and has made some great improvements. He earned that school record and it was exciting for the entire team to see it."
 
Abby Blake earned her third top-20 finish of the championship with a 10^th-place personal-best in the 400-Individual Medley (4:37.61).
 
The Eagles had 27 different swimmers compete in a full slate of events on Friday morning, and saw some great success with many swimmers qualifying for night swims in the finals or consolation heats.
 
Victoria Andreas, Shepard, Nerud and Kirschner also stood out with some individual swims that got them spots in nighttime swims in the 200-freestyle and 100-backstroke.
 
"I was really proud of our 100-backstrokers and our 200-freestylers today," said Shepard. "Those events were extremely fast, and we still managed to get two swimmers from each event qualified for evening swims. They really dug deep in their morning swims to be sure they earned a spot in the top 16."
 
Tomorrow is the final day of competition at the NAIA national meet, and the final day of the swimming and diving season. Get all the up-to-the-minute updates and news by following @BiolaAthletics on Twitter. Get complete day-by-day results at this link.