COMPLETE RESULTS

LONG BEACH, Calif. --- Biola Swim & Dive traded lane lines for the open water Saturday, taking on the fourth annual MPSF Open Water Championships at Marine Stadium.

The championship featured just four collegiate events — men's and women's 5-kilometer races followed by 2,000-meter relays, with four swimmers each completing a 500-meter leg.

Biola's best individual result came from freshman Jaden Akpan, who covered the men's 5K in 1:04:36.0 to finish 18th. Sophomore Jack Reardon followed closely in 20th at 1:05:02.3, while freshman Jarrod Coy placed 22nd in 1:05:51.7.

The women's 5K featured an especially strong performance from Addison McCullough. The sophomore led Biola in 26th place with a time of 1:07:02.2, continuing to build on the open-water experience she gained last December when she was Biola's second finisher at the CSCAA Open Water National Championship.

Two returning Eagles also made significant year-over-year gains at the MPSF event. Rachel Munch finished 29th in 1:08:34.0, nearly four minutes faster than her 1:12:17 performance at the same championship last season. Simei van Staden took 32nd in 1:09:47.7, more than two-and-a-half minutes quicker than her 1:12:26 mark from 2025. Angelina Kashani completed Biola's women's 5K group in 45th at 1:12:05.7.

The relay portion of the afternoon gave Biola another step forward.

Koen Vos, James Darcy, Zach Ponder and Coy combined for a 26:14.9 in the men's 2,000-meter relay, finishing sixth overall. That moved Biola's top relay up one position from its seventh-place showing at the 2025 championship. Wyatt Miner, Tate Fitzgerald, Garrett Dillon and Ronan Watts added a 12th-place finish in 27:37.4.

On the women's side, Chloe Colvard, van Staden, McCullough and Lydia Hawthorne produced Biola's fastest relay of the day, taking 10th in 28:15.2. That also represented a three-position improvement over Biola's top women's relay finish at last year's MPSF meet. 

Biola also fielded two additional women's quartets. Malia Ciolli, Allison Yancey, Morgan Carles and Izzy Maust finished 15th in 29:16.4, while Jillian Bean, Addisyn Fenstermaker, Eden Waqainabete and Glory Sansano placed 18th in 30:48.5. 

The Eagles now return to traditional pool competition, with their next swimming meet scheduled for Nov. 6-7 at California Baptist in Riverside.