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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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…

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Journey of Hope: Cindy Tran’s Upbringing

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…

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Freshman star, but Cal women’s swimming falls to third at Pac-12s

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…

Women's Swimming

Cal splits against USC, UCLA

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…

Women's Swimming

Cal welcomes No. 1 USC, No. 12 UCLA to Spieker

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…