On March 22 at the NCAA championships, Marcin Tarczynski was basking in glory. Led by his 200 IM individual title, Tarczynski propelled Cal to the NCAA title in back-to-back years. The crowd at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash. fervently cheered Tarczynski. But when he turned Read More…
Even though the Stanford triple distance meet did not count toward the overall dual meet record of both teams, the highly-touted swimmers of Stanford and Cal competed to be champions of six different categories. This meet counted individual winners instead of a single team score. The swimmers of the two Read More…
Wednesday hosts a head-to-head collision between No.3 ranked Stanford, who boasts the No. 2 recruiting class in the nation, and the back-to-back NCAA champions Cal. The Cal men’s swimming team will battle Stanford in the unconventional triple distance format that features six different categories. The rivalry meet will take place Read More…
With seven different Bears grabbing first in their respective events, Cal turned in another solid performance against the Badgers on Saturday and improved to 2-0 . The Bears were not in full force due to sickness of certain swimmers and the absence of Tom Shields, who has not joined the Read More…
The Cal men’s swimming team will use Saturday’s duel with Wisconsin, a top-25 team in last year’s final poll, as a tune-up for the fast approaching Pac-12 season. The Badgers are Cal’s most formidable opponents so far this fall season. As the competitive swimming season kicks off Nov. 30, Cal Read More…
Coming into the last turn of the 200 breast race, Cal freshman Josh Prenot was behind senior teammate Trevor Hoyt by only an arm’s length. With a powerful push off the wall followed by long dolphin dives underwater, Prenot overtook Hoyt in the last 25 yards and won his first Read More…
With limited meets in the fall, the Cal men’s swim team’s first home meet of the year will be invaluable to determine player progression and lineups. On Wednesday at 1 p.m., the Bears will host their first dual meet of the year against Pacific at Spieker Aquatics Complex. Rather than Read More…
Men’s swimming The women’s swimming team might have a couple of stars, but the men’s swimming team has a more balanced team from top to bottom. The national champions have revamped with the No. 2 recruiting class in the nation. Tom Shields is the unanimous leader on this team full Read More…
For the first four races in this weekend’s Cal Poly invite, teammates Marcin Tarczynski and Will Hamilton matched each other stroke for stroke. Separated by only half a second heading into the last event, Cal men’s swimming team’s Tarczynski prevailed over sophomore Hamilton in the individual medley. Tarczynksi was crowned Read More…
The Cal men’s swimming team’s biggest competition this weekend will be itself. Due to Cal’s stacked talent, the swimmers will largely compete against each another in the first invite meet this season against Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Sept. 21 to 22. The event will be hosted at Anderson Read More…
