Women's Swimming

Missy Franklin takes home six gold medals at world championships

Missy Franklin (right) stands next to Cal women's swimmer Elizabeth Pelton (left) before the 200 IM at the 2013 Santa Clara Grand Prix.
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Missy Franklin (right) stands next to Cal women's swimmer Elizabeth Pelton (left) before the 200 IM at the 2013 Santa Clara Grand Prix.

18-year-old swimming phenom Missy Franklin is quickly taking over as the face of Team USA after superstar Michael Phelps retired last year. The future Cal women’s swimmer, who burst onto the international swimming scene after posting four gold-medal wins at the 2012 London Olympics, recently garnered the title of most Read More…

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Sports in Brief — August 11, 2013

Valerie Arioto leads Team USA to gold in Mayor’s Cup Cal softball alum Valerie Arioto is stealing all the spotlight recently. The U.S. women’s national softball team took home its first gold medal of the summer on Friday at the Mayor’s Cup in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Led by Arioto’s Read More…

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Sports in Brief — July 28, 2013

Several women Bears haul in medals at Worlds Future Cal women’s swimmer Missy Franklin and Cal alumna Natalie Coughlin both led Team USA to the top on Sunday at the 2013 FINA World Swimming Championships, held at the Palau Saint Jordi in Barcelona, Spain. On the first day of Worlds, Read More…

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Sports in Brief — July 14, 2013

Cal swim takes home bronze and silver in World University Games Cal men’s and women’s swimmers posted impressive performances this past week at the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia. On the first day of competition, Cal women’s swimmers Rachael Acker and Liv Jensen led the United States to Read More…

Women's Swimming

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Power Rankings: No. 3 women’s swim

At the beginning of the season, the Cal women’s swimming team displayed an incredible amount of potential to defend its national championship title for the third year in a row. Despite losing eight seniors to start the season, such as multiple-NCAA winner Liv Jensen and Olympic silver medalist Sara Isakovic, Read More…

Sports

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Power Rankings: No. 6 women’s crew

Editor’s Note: Over summer, the Daily Californian will be releasing its power rankings of Cal’s sports as decided by the Daily Cal sports staff. Stay tuned for No. 4 and No. 3 next week! The Cal women’s crew team has always been one of Cal’s more impressive varsity teams, despite Read More…

Men's Tennis

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Power Rankings: No. 8 men’s tennis

Considering that the Cal men’s tennis team started its season plagued with injuries, the squad’s No. 17 overall finish is pretty impressive. So it’s no surprise that the squad made The Daily Californian’s list of the top 10 Cal sports teams ranked at No. 8. I mean, they were good Read More…

Men's Golf

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Michael Kim finishes U.S. Open at No. 17

As Michael Kim stood on the 15th green at the U.S. Open on Saturday, the Cal men’s golfer glanced up at the leaderboard and smiled. The 19-year-old rising junior wasn’t looking to see where his four birdies in the past six holes put him up on the board. He wasn’t Read More…

Men's Golf

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Michael Kim wins prestigious Haskins award

Cal men’s golf superstar Michael Kim has done it again. The sophomore can now add “winner of the Haskins award” to the hefty list of achievements he has garnered throughout the season. The Haskins Award — college golf’s most coveted accolade — is voted on by college golfers, coaches and Read More…