(This story was originally published in print on Mar. 12, 2020). Biola swim and dive wrapped up their 2019-20 season after a stellar performance in the Pacific Collegiate Swim & Dive Conference Championships back in mid-February. The men and women consistently shattered records throughout the...

At swim and dive’s last meet of the regular season, head coach Ryan Kauth and his team celebrated four graduating seniors: Bethany Harper, Kaylyn Schull, Raymond Kam and Andrew Benson. The Eagles came away with a 130-104 victory on the women’s side, but fell short to the Concordia men’s team, 126-101. POSITIVE...

The Eagles competed in the Biola Invitational on Jan. 18, 2020, at Splash! La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center. They were up against seven other universities in their second-to-last meet before the conference meets in February. The men finished in second place, right behind Concordia University Irvine,...

(This story was originally published in print on Nov. 14, 2019). Flash back two years ago, the women’s swim and dive team, led by first-year head coach Ryan Kauth, lost by over 80 points to Azusa Pacific University. About one year ago, the Eagles lost by only five points. Two weeks ago, the women’s...

Biola men’s and women’s teams continue their season with the second day of the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference at Splash! Aquatic Center. They competed in a pentathlon, which requires every swimmer to compete in five events in total. Both teams finished third overall and within their gender-categories.  The...

(This story was originally published in print on Feb. 28, 2019). A year and a half ago, I sat across from a captain of Biola’s swim team at one of the tables nestled against the Biola Bookstore. It was dark, and the area around our table was not well-lit. But I will always remember the gloomy expression...

Biola swim won its second straight meet Saturday, finishing off a two-day affair with 1,033 combined team points to lead all four schools that fielded both men's and women's teams at the Bay Area Invite in Oakland, Calif. In the gender-specific standings, the Eagles finished second among the women and...

This story was originally published in print on Oct. 18, 2018. The music blaring out from the Lansing Pool speakers on a late Wednesday afternoon are not what one would expect from an intense practice session. But any sense of ease that Ed Sheeran or The Lumineers would give is quickly drowned out by...

The storyline behind Biola’s swim program entering the 2018-19 season was twofold. How would the Eagles step up after the graduation of Lisa Tixier, arguably the greatest swimmer in school history, and how would second-year head coach Ryan Kauth’s first recruiting class perform? If the Pacific Collegiate...

Amid its third and final year of the NCAA Division II provisional membership process, and their second season of competition as a member of the PacWest Conference, Biola Athletics is well on its way toward a seamless transition. While the university appears to have met the standards for admittance thus...

Swim entered the Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Conferencechampionships rested and confident, looking to end the team’s first NCAA Division II season on a high note. The Eagles left with 10 new school records and several fantastic farewell performances from their seniors, especially Lisa Tixier,...

The last time Biola swim and dive hosted a meet on its campus Ryan Kauth was still an undergraduate student at Concordia University of Irvine and Eddie Shepard was years away from stepping down as the Eagles’ head swim coach. The Eagles returned to Lansing Pool, their usual practice facility, for...