The meet against Azusa Pacific University on Nov. 1. resulted in a 151-79 loss for the women’s swim team.

The women took first in the 200 medley relay and also excelled in the butterfly and IM events.

In the women’s 100 butterfly, senior Christine Tixier placed first and freshman Samantha Dammann placed third.

Freshman Lisa Tixier and junior Abby Blake finished first and second in the women’s 400 IM, respectively. Tixier also placed first in the 100 breaststroke. Junior Angela Kirschner led Biola in the freestyle events with a second place finish in the women’s 50 freestyle and a third place finish in the 100 freestyle.

Despite securing strong times, the women struggled in the individual freestyle events and proved unable to come on top against APU’s quick freestyle swimmers.

Azusa Pacific swimmer Ingrid Cardenas excelled, finishing first in both individual events she competed in. Rosalee Mira Santa Ana also proved a strong distance swimmer, finishing the 1000 freestyle in 10:18.56 and first in the 500 freestyle at 5:07.02. Santa Ana had a strong lead over second place in both events. APU also took the top three spots in the 200 freestyle.

Because Azusa Pacific only has a women’s swim team, there was no score for Biola’s men’s team.

Even though the meet resulted in a loss for Biola, the swimmers still performed well. Flodin believes that the team’s positive attitude contributes to their success.

“We’re always maintaining a positive attitude, which is something our coach talked to us about last week ” said Flodin.

The swimmers encourage each other during meets, creating a high level of morale for the team.

“I appreciate how we cheer for each other during our races, most of the time when someone’s swimming, you’ll have at least one person cheering for you,” said Flodin. “For me, that helps me swim faster, since I know that someone is caring about how fast I swim.”

The swimmers look to improve in their next meet against Whittier College on Nov. 8.