Unable to battle back from Michigan’s hot start, the second-ranked Cal men’s swimming team saw its dreams for a third consecutive NCAA title evaporate. The Wolverines led the meet from the very first race from last Thursday, and they never looked back in the three-day competition. Despite the star performances Read More…
By winning yet another Pac-12 Swimmer of the Meet accolade, senior standout Tom Shields added another milestone to his legacy while propelling the Bears to the top at the Pac-12s for the first time in 32 years. After the four-day meet spanning from March 3-6, the Cal men’s swimming team Read More…
For the first time in eight years, the Cal’s men swimming team is heading into the Pac-12 championship with an undefeated record. Heading into the meet, Cal is currently ranked No. 2 with stellar wins against top-tier teams like No. 7 Stanford, No.4 USC, and No.10 Arizona. From Sunday to 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…
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…
