RIVERSIDE, Calif. --- Biola's men's swimming team placed second and the women's team finished fourth at the two-day Lancer Invite, held Nov. 6-7 at Lancer Aquatics Center.

The Eagle men finished with 918 points, good for second among the three teams competing. UC Santa Barbara won the team title with 1,307 points, while The Masters followed in third with 683.

"We had a pretty good showing for our first day at the CBU invite," said Head Coach Nathan Harding.

"As we wrapped up Day 2, I was just really excited to see even more personal best times in Top 10 Swims," Harding said.

Wyatt Miner led the way for Biola, setting a new school record in the 200-yard butterfly with a second-place time of 1:49.64. Miner also added a fourth-place finish in the 200 backstroke (1:51.32) and placed fifth in the 100 butterfly (49.48).

"And it's great to swim against some Division One competition as well, just to kind of give our swimmers a little bit of a nudge," Harding said.

Koen Vos also claimed a runner-up finish, taking second in the 50 backstroke in 24.35. Jaden Akpan added a third-place finish in the 1650 freestyle in 16:40.37.

Zach Ponder placed fifth in the 500 freestyle (4:37.78) and fourth in the 400 individual medley (4:07.29). In the 50 freestyle, Ben Smith finished fourth in 21.27, followed by Vos in fifth at 21.50. Tate Fitzgerald rounded out the top individual finishes with fifth place in the 200 breaststroke in 2:07.07.

"So I was excited to see that our swimmers step up to the challenge and not be afraid to be challenged," Harding said.

Biola's relays also made their way onto the podium. The 400 medley relay team of Miner, Fitzgerald, Jarrod Coy and James Darcy placed third in 3:23.03, while the 200 freestyle relay team of Miner, Smith, Darcy and Vos also finished third in 1:24.06. In the 400 freestyle relay, Biola's C team placed fifth in 3:11.61, while the A and B relays swam exhibition.

On the women's side, San Diego State won the team title with 1,140.5 points, followed by UC Santa Barbara (877.5) and Cal Baptist (818.5). Biola finished fourth with 395.5 points, ahead of The Master's (253).

Malia Ciolli and Addison McCullough led the Eagle women in the 200 breaststroke, finishing fifth (2:21.01) and sixth (2:22.71), respectively. Allison Yancey (57.65) and Morgan Carles (57.66) finished within one-hundredth of a second of each other in the 100 backstroke.

Biola's A team placed eighth in the 400 freestyle relay, finishing in 3:33.78.

"Our Men's and Women's Teams are in a really good spot," Harding said.

Biola's divers competed in Bakersfield against Hawai'i and Cal State Bakersfield at the CSUB Diving Invite.

Ko posted a score of 339.60 in the women's 3-meter 11-dive competition on the opening day, followed by senior Lauren Smith at 280.20. Kiernan led Biola on the second day with 340.90 in the 1-meter 11-dive competition, ahead of Smith (279.95) and Ko (276.50).

In the six-dive events, Kiernan placed fifth in the women's 3-meter competition (205.50), while Ko took sixth (192.70) and Shangzhu Li seventh (148.10). On the second day, Kiernan again led the Eagles with a fifth-place finish in the 1-meter event (183.90), followed by Li in sixth (161.05), Smith in seventh (152.45) and Ko in eighth (146.90).

On the men's side, Judah Danganan placed fifth in both the 1-meter six-dive final (167.75) and 3-meter six-dive final (164.60).

The Eagles return to competition Nov. 20-22 at the PCSC Collegiate Winter Invite in Monterey Park.