Since the Cal men’s swim team began its long season five months ago, coach David Durden has preached patience and pragmatism. Training has taken priority over placement in meets. With March’s NCAA Championships in mind, the Bears have kept their focus on gradual, individual improvement — not the other guys Read More…
In a matchup of teams ranked just a spot apart in the national rankings, No. 5 USC and No. 6 Cal were supposed to play it close. If either team was to blow the other out of the water, it would be the higher-ranked Trojans. But in Friday’s dual meet Read More…
The USC men’s swim team consistently ranks among the best in the nation. In the 11 dual meets against Cal since 2000, the Trojans have been nationally ranked all but twice, reaching the top 10 seven of those years. Yet in spite of USC’s perennial talent, the Cal men’s swim Read More…
Facing relentless rain, shivering cold and the top-ranked team in the country, the No. 6 Cal men’s swim team left its home pool looking drenched, exhausted and overmatched for the first time all year. It’s a good thing for the Bears that it’s only January. Cal (3-1) lost its first dual Read More…
It has been more than 47 days since the Cal men’s swimming team last competed. But when the Bears hit the pool at Spieker Aquatics Center this weekend, it will be for their last two home meets of the season. In No. 1 Arizona, the Bears will face their greatest Read More…
The Cal men’s swim team will be over 2,000 miles from Berkeley this weekend, its four-day trip to Georgia as far as any Bear will travel this season. So it makes sense that No. 6 Cal will be making the most out of its trip. Current and former Bear swimmers Read More…
The rain at Spieker Aquatics Center is relentless. As the Cal men’s swim team finishes its practice, the players and coaches stream towards the exit. After over an hour in the pool, the swimmers clearly prefer pool water to rainwater. It’s odd how water from the sky affects these swimmers Read More…
Stanford’s Chad La Tourette is a world-class long-distance swimmer. An NCAA champion in the 1650 free and an All-American in all three years on the Cardinal squad, the senior also finished sixth at last year’s NCAA Championships in the 500 free. At Wednesday’s Triple-Distance Meet between Cal and Stanford, La Read More…
After three events in the 2011-12 season, the Cal men’s swimming team has yet to face true competition from swimmers they don’t see in practice every day. At the Cal Poly “King of the Pool” meet in September, Bear swimmers swept the top 15 spots on the leaderboard. In the Read More…
On the eve of being honored for the accomplishments of last year’s national championship, the Cal men’s swimming team didn’t appear fazed at all. The Bears defeated Pac-12 newcomer Utah, 158-119, on Friday in the first conference dual meet of the season, turning in a variety of solid performances on Read More…
