CLAREMONT, Calif. --- Biola pushed the pace and ran by its competition on Saturday at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational. The Strehle Track at Pomona College played host to three BU victories and many Biola strong performances. 

The event crown for the 5000m run was none other than Hannah Champness. The senior posted a sub-18:00 time to collect the top spot amongst 26 competitors. Champness logged a time of 17:58.20 in her first collegiate attempt in the 5000. Kenzie Elliott followed Champness in sixth place with a time of 18:46.54 in her first 5000 race of her collegiate track career.

On the men's side, Biola dominated the top-10 with all five participants finishing amongst the best of the field. Charlie Bailey (3rd), Will Durrance (4th) and Aidan Arredondo (5th) each nabbed placements within the top-five with times of 15:14.28, 15:16.11 and 15:18.62, respectively.

Wins from the Britta Holmberg and the Biola women's 4x400 relay made the day even better for the Eagles. Holmberg crossed the finish line with her best time in the 3000 steeplechase in the No. 1 spot at 11:34.45. The BU relay came in first at 3:53.99, thanks to Sophia Morris, Joley Sproul, Rebeka Preston and Shelby Rogers.

Jada Pierce impressed with her throws to collect a pair of top-six placements and personal-records. Her best performance came in the shot put with a second place toss at 12.07m. In the hammer throw, Pierce netted a throw of 43.95m for sixth place. Gigi Fierro added to the field event success with a seventh place throw in the discus throw at 37.41m.

Fifth place was the place to be in the short distance hurdles. Christian Lukens took fifth in the 110 hurdles with a mark of 15.86 and Rebeka Preston also grabbed fifth in the 100 hurdles at 15.05.

Cole Muller showed off his many talents, competing in the 100 and long jump on Saturday. The freshman notched 14th in the 100 with a time of 11.05 and finished 5th in the long jump at 6.46m. Joshua Jackson came in next in the long jump for BU, recording a jump of 6.40m for seventh.

Kenna Chism was stout in the women's jumps, posting third and fourth place finishes in the triple jump and long jump, respectively. Hanna Bevan handled the responsibilities in the high jump at 1.65m for third place.

Shelby Rogers and Robin Ahlquist handled the work in the 400 for Biola. Rogers nabbed bronze with a 55.95 time, which cut a whole second off her previous best time. Ahlquist finished at 1:00.69 to finish in 13th. 

The men's 400 featured a strong performance from Mathias Davis, who came in at 49.00. The speedy time was good for fourth place on Saturday. Trevor Hormel and Dillon Sunday added 13th and 14th place finishes with college-bests in the 400 for BU.

Another top finish came in from Sophia Morris. The sophomore nabbed third place with a time of 1:04.09, marking her personal-best.

The pole vault featured Reanna Maroon in sixth at 3.35m and Sophie Abe in ninth at 3.05m. In the men's javelin, Troy Yarter captured fourth at 52.01, while Sara Chao nabbed eighth in the women's javelin at 32.91m.

Biola will return to action at the Bryan Clay Invitational at Azusa Pacific and the Mt. Sac Relays in Walnut, CA beginning on Thursday.