In 1975, 14-year old Mark Tran was forced out from his childhood home in Phnom Penh by the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge forced him, his mother and four of his nine siblings out of their family home in the Cambodian capital under the false pretense that the Americans were Read More…
After the second day concluded at the NCAA Championship meet on March 22, the Cal women’s swimming team found themselves on the opposite end of a familiar situation. In 2011 and 2012, the Bears held a slim lead over the Bulldogs at the end of the second day and went Read More…
Heading into the NCAA championships at Indianapolis from Thursday to Saturday, Cal women’s swimming is facing an intriguing problem. The Bears have the talent to claim their fourth national championship in five years, but they may suffer from having too many of their stars competing against each other. Cal has Read More…
Though No. 2 Cal finished third in the Pac-12 championships on Saturday, the Bears sent a message that the freshman class will be a threat for many more years. Freshman Elizabeth Pelton led the Bears in the effort to defend their Pac-12 title by setting an American record in the 200 back for the title. Earlier in the competition, Pelton defeated teammate Caitlin Leverenz by two hundredths of a second in the 200 IM. Read More…
After dropping to No. 7 earlier this month, the Cal women’s swimming team is back to a No. 2 ranking in time for the most important stretch of the season. In the last few weeks, the top five has been experiencing some shifts. In Cal’s final dual meet against No. Read More…
In front of a jam-packed home crowd including Cal Olympians Natalie Coughlin and Nathan Adrian, Cal women’s swimming led Stanford by a mere one point with only two more events to swim. The Bears had been here before. The No. 7 Bears found themselves in a similar situation two weeks Read More…
With two events left to swim on Friday at the Spieker Aquatics Complex, the Cal women’s swimming team was only 16 points behind USC with one of its best events left. Freshman Elizabeth Pelton and senior Caitlin Leverenz came into the 200 IM with the two top times in the Read More…
After losing its undefeated record last weekend, the No. 3 Cal women’s swimming team will attempt to bounce back in its next meet against the best team in the country. After last weekend’s disappointing loss against No. 6 Arizona, the Bears spent the week working on both technical and mental Read More…
On Saturday, it was all up to senior co-captains Christoffer Konigsfeldt and Riki McLachlan to win the dual match for the Cal men’s tennis team this weekend at the ITA Kick-Offs. If either of the two seniors lost his singles match, the tournament would go to No. 20 Michigan, and Read More…
As the defending two-time national champions, the Cal women’s swimming team always has a target on its back. On Friday, after eight weeks’ break from competitive swimming, the Bears forgot, and the Wildcats took their aim. “Arizona was definitely ready to go,” associate head coach Kristen Cunnane said. “We’re the Read More…
