On both sides of Haas Pavilion’s towering main entryway, two identical banners have recently been unfurled. “Cal National Championship Week,” the signs proclaim in bold tri-colored font. Each sign shows 18 pictures — one for each team or individual that won an NCAA title for Cal sports last year. Seven Read More…
If Hawaii presented a test for the Cal men’s swimming team in their first dual meet of the season Thursday, you might say the Bears passed not just with flying colors, but an entire rainbow of them. Cal swimmers — young and old, short-course and long-course —produced the fastest times Read More…
On Oct. 9, 2009, the Cal men’s swimming team opened the season against Hawaii with a 156-139 win. The narrow victory was the closest of the Bears’ five dual meet wins on the year, and Cal would go on to finish No. 2 at the NCAA championships, just missing out Read More…
How does a defending national champion enter the season as an underdog? The 2010-11 Cal men’s swim team capped one of the most spectacular seasons in the program’s history with a national championship, holding off Texas to win the Bears’ first team title since 1980. After finishing second to the Read More…
Cal men’s swimming is not the same as it was last year. Given the success of last year’s team, that might cause some to worry. Last year’s squad finished the 2010-11 season No. 1 in the country, culminating the year with its first NCAA team championship since 1980. But as Read More…
Editor: Hey, we need to run a feature soon. Got any ideas? Katie: I just realized we’ve never written one on Nathan Adrian. How could that be? The guy’s one of the most decorated athletes in Cal history. I’m looking at his bio right now: 11 national championships, seven conference Read More…
