AZUSA, Calif. --- Biola Track & Field was flying on the final day of the PacWest Conference championship meet. The Eagles had five new all-conference finishes on Saturday and came as close as possible to a sixth.

Biola got second-place finishes from Gabe Plendcio, Anna Maumalanga, Luke Sutherland and Nathaniel Belden and saw Aaron Jackson earn All-PacWest with a third-place mark. Those five, combined with the efforts of 23 other individual scorers helped Biola finish fifth on the men's side and sixth on the women's side.

"We had a really good couple of days and we continue to progress as a program," said Head Coach Sean Henning. "Our men scored approximately 50 points more than last year. Our women scored 20 points more than last year, however are a much better team. I am happy with how we are continuing to improve, however the conference is just getting better. We will have to keep trying to do the same."

Maumalanga scored in both the shot put and the discus on Saturday. She finished eighth in shot put with an 11.12m and got that second in the discus, coming close to her school record with a toss of 44.04m.

Plendcio also scored twice, finishing fifth in the 1,500m with a 3:58.46 and getting his runner-up finish in the 5k with a time of 15:05.03. Luke Sutherland earned all-conference honors in his first PacWest Track & Field Championships. He was the runner-up in the 800m with a 1:54.19. It was a career-best for the freshman.

Nathaniel Belden continued his strong showing at the conference meet by taking second in the men's 110m hurdles. He earned eight points for BU with his :15.23.

Aaron Jackson's all-conference honors came in the triple jump, where he came close to his personal-best by recording a 13.90 to finish third overall.

Noah Styffe missed out on all-conference honors by the slimmest of margins in the day's quickest race. He was fourth in the men's 100m with an extended time of :10.810. The third-place athlete's time was :10.804. He also scored for BU in the 200m with a seventh-place time of :22.34.

Corry Williams was another Eagle to narrowly miss all-conference standing. He finished fourth in the 110m hurdles as the Eagles' second-best finisher in the event. He ran a :15.46. He also scored with an eighth-place finish in the high jump.

J'Vaughn Singleton scored in the triple jump (5th - 13.53m) and 110m hurdles (8th - :16.13) and Ryan St. Pierre scored in the 1,500m (7th - 3:59.86) and the 5k (4th - 15:16.99) to round out the student-athletes who scored in multiple events on Saturday.

Hannah Hubbard (TJ - 11.44m), Sarah Ann Frank (100m H - :14.87), Shelby Rogers (800m - 2:15.45) and three Biola relays experienced fourth-place finishes on Saturday and will be poised to move onto the podium next year.

The Eagles ended the meet combining for 192 points. That's a 70-point improvement from last year's combined team score. Things continue to look up for Head Coach Sean Henning's group!

"I think we are heading in the right direction," said Henning. "This weekend was a good stepping stone before our first year as a fully NCAA DII program and I felt we did a great job competing and representing in both genders and in almost every event we were in. Lastly, our coaching staff and athletic trainer Elle Farrar did a great job of keeping things running smoothly the last couple of days. I leaned on them heavily and they did a phenomenal job."

Catch them next at the CSU Fullerton Titan Twilight Meet on May 3. After that a group will head to Winona Lake, Ind. for the National Christian College Athletic Association National Championships.