NORTH MIAMI, Fla. --- Biola swim and dive changed the pace a bit on Sunday. The men's and women's programs traveled across the country to take part in an open water competition in Florida. The teams swam in the salt water of Biscayne Bay for a 5k race at the CSCAA College Open Water National Championships.

The BU men's squad sent seven competitors, tallying 10th place in a field of 15 teams. A mix of schools across all divisions came out, as Cincinnati took the team crown with Northwestern following in second place.

On the women's side, BU scored with three runners, taking 21st place. A talented field was led by Rice with Northwestern once again finishing in second place.

Michael Maurer offered the best performance for BU, nabbing 37th place. Maurer was the lone Eagle with a sub-1:00:00.0 time, coming in at 59:01.54. Through the long race, Maurer kept a pace of 19:00 to put him in the top-40.

Another top-50 finisher came from the swim of Patrick Waggoner. The redshirt junior cut through the waves for a time of 1:00:03.56, which was good enough for 48th place. Donatus Onu also scored for Biola in 58th place. Onu came in a minute behind his teammate at 1:01:07.29.

Tanner Smith, Colin Snyder, Dylan Pon, and Sean Rho also took to the open waters on Sunday. 

The Biola women's squad saw action from Mirsha Lora, Morgan Kampfer, and Kellynn Hayes. Lora logged a time of 1:02:45.46 to take 50th place in the 5k race. 

Next up, Kampfer posted a 72nd place finish with a time of 1:04:27.75. In the race, Kampfer maintained a pace of 20:45 for the second-best time for Biola. Hayes finished in 109th place with a mark of 1:10:02.30.

Biola swim and dive will return to the pool after Christmas break, entering a Tri-Meet on January 4 at Pomona-Pitzer.