LA MIRADA, Calif. --- Biola Swim & Dive hits the road this week for two different meets sandwiched in one weekend road trip. The Eagles hit up UC Santa Cruz for the Slug Shootout on Friday before zipping up to Oakland for Saturday's Bay Area Invitational hosted by Mills College. 
 
THIS WEEK: Slug Shootout - UC Santa Cruz Swimming Pool (Santa Cruz, Calif.) - Friday, Oct. 25 at 3:00 p.m. // Bay Area Invite - Trefethen Aquatic Center (Oakland, Calif.) - Saturday, Oct. 26 at 10:00 a.m.
 
MULTIMEDIA: There is no live coverage for either meet this weekend. We will update with results and recap at athletics.biola.edu each night upon receiving results.
 
LOCATION: UCSC Address: 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 // Mills College Address: 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94613
 
SLUG SHOOTOUT: Friday Oct. 25 // 3:00 p.m. // No Live Coverage
Same meet, new location this year. The Slug Shootout is the re-imagining of the classic double dual meet Biola's traditionally competed in this weekend at Mills College. The meet features Biola, UC Santa Cruz, CSU East Bay, Mills and College of Idaho. The Eagles have made the trip for this meet day every year since 2015. Last season Biola's men managed a win over College of Idaho. The women managed wins over College of Idaho, Mills and SOKA but came up short against CSUEB. 

MEET ENTRIES
 
MEET SCHEDULE:
Friday, Oct. 25 at 3:00 pm:
200-medley relay
1,000-freestyle
200-freestyle
50-freestyle
200-IM
100-butterfly
100-freestyle
100-backstroke
500-freestyle
100-breaststroke
400-freestyle relay

BAY AREA INVITATIONAL: Saturday Oct. 26 // 10:00 a.m. // No Live Coverage
Biola has attended the Bay Area Invitational every year since the 2014 season. The 2018 season was the most successful of all, seeing Head Coach Ryan Kauth's team win the combined team title. The Eagles compiled 1,033 total points between the men and women's team to edge UC Santa Cruz (1,013) for the meet win. 

MEET ENTRIES

MEET SCHEDULE:
Saturday, Oct. 26 at 10 a.m.:
400-medley relay
1,650-freestyle
100-backstroke
100-breaststroke
200-butterfly
50-freestyle
800-freestyle medley
100-freestyle
200-backstroke
200-breaststroke
500-freestyle
100-butterfly
400-IM
200-freestyle relay

LAST TIME OUT: It's been two weeks since the Eagles have been in the pool for competition. The last time out was at the Malibu Invitational back on October 12. It was a man's day as just the men's team competed in the swimming events. The women's divers attended and got 17 points for BU. Gabe Weber's performance that week earned him Pacific Collegiate Swimming & Diving Conference Swimmer of the Week. Biola had nine individual top-5 finishes and a pair of top-5 relays. The Eagles finished second among non-NCAA Division I schools and fourth overall.

A NEW ERA: Biola Swim & Dive continues to rise to the occasion as new NCCAA Division II members, growing the program in unprecedented ways. This year the team hopes to reach new heights with a record-setting incoming class with over 20 new swimmers. Last year's big story was the success of the freshmen in Head Coach Ryan Kauth's first true incoming class. This was highlighted by Nicole Chang setting several new school records and Katelyn Harper swimming qualifying times and racking up postseason awards. In 2019-20 all eyes will watch that class progress to be sophomores and also keep and eye on what the brand new swimmers can accomplish. This weekend will be interesting as it shows how the teams stack up against the top PCSC competition.
 
IT'S GETTING REAL: The 2019 Biola Swim & Dive season has added significance in that it's the Eagles' first as full members in NCAA Division II. Back on July 12 the Biola campus received a call from the NCAA Division II Membership Committee notifying BU of its successful completion of the membership transition process. The change became official as of September 1 and now Biola is officially eligible for NCAA postseason play, national and regional rankings and official NCAA postseason honors for the first time. This means its the first time Biola Swim & Dive has been postseason eligible since the 2016-17 season, which was Biola's last year in the NAIA. The Eagles will have their sights set on reaching NCAA qualifying times for individuals and relay groups. See the NCAA DIvision II qualifying standards linked below.
 
NCAA DIVISION II QUALIFYING STANDARDS
 
BIOLA SCHOOL RECORDS
 
NEXT WEEK: vs. Azusa Pacific (at Lansing Pool) - Friday Nov. 1 at 2 p.m.; at Azusa Pacific (Azusa, Calif.) - Saturday Nov. 2 at 11 a.m.