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…
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…
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…
Fall season is usually the time to train for the NCAAs against other teams, but the Cal women’s swimming team decided it doesn’t need as many dual meets as it needs other opponents. This fall, the Bears (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) only competed in four dual meets. In contrast, No. 6 Read More…
Though the Cal women’s swimming team has won the NCAA championships three times in the last four years, the Bears are not necessarily making another championship their main goal. “I don’t necessarily think our only goal is to win,” associate head coach Kristen Cunnane said. “Out of the other hundreds Read More…
The Cal women’s swim team’s undefeated fall season came to a close as the Bears came in second behind host Georgia in the Georgia Fall Invitational last weekend. The No. 2 Bears finished with 876 points but fell to No. 3 Georgia by 115 points. Meanwhile, No. 10 Virginia took Read More…
In arguably Cal’s most important meet of the year so far, the Cal women’s swimming team heads to Georgia this Friday through Sunday for the Georgia Fall Invitational hoping to repeat its success in last year’s championship meet. Currently both undefeated, No. 2 Cal and No. 3 Georgia will also Read More…
When Caitlin Leverenz was 13 years old, she picked up a book that changed her life. “I read Natalie Coughlin’s book … and that was when I knew I wanted to go to Cal,” Leverenz says. Even before she read Coughlin’s biography, Leverenz adored the superstar. From the moment she Read More…
