2024 PCSC Championships Day 4 Recap

MONTEREY PARK, CA – The 2024 Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Conference Championships wrapped up with the Biola Men’s Swim and Dive program successfully defending their conference crown and CSU East Bay Pioneers dramatically clinching their championships after four days and 44 exciting events of swimming and diving competition. 

The last day of the 2024 PCSC Championships preliminaries began at 9:30 a.m. with fast swims from swimmers who continued to break their respective school records in the 200-yard backstroke, followed by the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard butterfly, 400-yard freestyle morning relays, and morning time trials, and wrapped up with the 1650-yard freestyle. 

Before the last finals of this year’s championships began, each participating school with graduating seniors and students recognized those students during the Senior Recognition presentation. In total, 83 student-athletes were recognized by their coaches for their achievements in class and the pool. For more detailed information on these student-athletes, please visit PCSC’s Senior Recognition page.

Going into the finals of the last day of the championships, Biola Men’s and Women’s teams were on top. On the Women’s side, the Biola Eagles had 893 points, number two Azusa Pacific Cougars had 823 points, and Cal State East Bay Pioneers were in third place overall with 786 points. On the Men’s side, Biola men were leading the Banana Slugs of UC Santa Cruz by a mere two points with 519.5 and 517.5 respectively. Rounding out the top three placement on the men’s standing before going into the finals were the Sunbirds of Fresno Pacific University with 439 points. During the 200-yard butterfly events, the Pioneers of Cal State East Bay overtook the lady Eagles of Biola University and sealed the deal by winning the Women’s 400-yard Freestyle Relay, widening the points gap. In total, CSU East Bay earned over 1,200 points to take the crown over Biola University’s 1175 points. The Cougars of the Azusa Pacific University posted 1,115.5 and placed third place overall. For the men after the 200-yard butterfly, the last individual event of the championships, the Biola University Eagles were ahead of UC Santa Cruz by 46 points which shut the door for the Banana Slugs’ chance of winning the Men’s Championship because the last event of the championships, the 400-yard relay, is worth 40 points. Biola men amassed 749.5 points while UC Santa Cruz posted 705.5 and Fresno Pacific University earned 633.5 points to round out the top-3 finish. 

The following is the list of schools that posted updates on Day 4 of the 2024 PCSC Championships. To read about each school's recap, click on the name of the school:

Congratulations to the Men’s Biola Swim and Dive Team and the CSU East Bay for their 2024 Conference Championships!

For more detailed information, complete results, recorded live stream, and conference awards, please visit the 2024 PCSC Championships Central.

Save LMU Sports

Before the final relays began, the Lions of Loyola Marymount University put on a special presentation to honor their coaches, Bonnie Adair, and Erik Matheson, along with their current and past swimmers to bring awareness of six athletic programs being cut by the LMU athletic department at end of this school year which included their swim and dive program. Many alumni attended the finals to partake in this special presentation. In honor of the LMU Lions, the male swimmers of the Concordia University Irvine swam an exhibition 400-yard freestyle relay wearing the LMU swim caps and won first place. To learn more about and help the effort to save LMU sports, please visit the Save LMU Sports Website, Instagram, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter). #ReinstateThe6 #SaveLMUSports #WeStandTogetherWithLMUSwimDive