OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. --- Biola added another six All-American awards to its collection on Friday, with
Christine Tixier winning the 100-butterfly for the fourth year running, Lisa Tixier grabbing a third-place finish and another third-place relay.
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Tixier was again the highlight of the day, breaking her own national record in the fly event with a :54.25 swim in the prelims. She becomes one of just a small handful of NAIA swimmers to win the same event all four seasons. This individual championship brings her up to seven total during her tenure at Biola.
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"We were so excited to see Christine win the 100-butterfly for the fourth time and set a national record," said Head Coach
Eddie Shepard.
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Another marquee moment was the younger Tixier's third-place finish in the 400-IM, earning her second individual All-American honor of the meet. She posted a 4:28.72 to set a new school record.
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The final four All-American honors the Eagles attained came with the women's 400-medley relay's third-place finish.
Megan Nerud,
Angela Kirschner and the Tixiers combined to go 3:51.73 to set a new school record and become the second women's relay to get a top-3 finish in program history.
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"We came into today with such great momentum from our swims yesterday," said Shepard. "Despite the fact that the kids have already swam a ton at this meet they put up some amazing times."
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Another record fell in the men's 100-backstroke when
Edward Campana broke Shepard's 12-year-old record in the event. Campana finished 11
th overall with his :51.45.
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The men's team got two top-8 relay finishes with efforts from
Bretton Smith,
James Daughters,
Cort Sharp and Campana in the 200-freestyle relay (1:23.99) and Campana, Smith,
Chad LeJeune and Charlie Nanfria in the 400-medley relay (3:28.03), both new school records.
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The Eagles' final top-8 finish came with a fourth-place, record-setting, showing in the women's 200-freestyle relay (1:35.25).
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Sophia Dammann had another strong swim, placing 10
th overall in the 400-IM (4:39.08). Relay All-Americans Kirschner and Nerud also had top-16 individual showings in their respective events.
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Biola will conclude its season with the final day of competition from Oklahoma tomorrow. The team will compete in the 200-backstroke, 200-breaststroke, 100-freestyle, 200-butterfly, 400-freestyle relay, 1,650-freestyle and
Shane Brinson's three-meter dive.