Despite a second-place finish in the NCAA Tournament, the Cal men’s swimming team can find solace in being kings of the Pac-12 and ending Stanford’s 31-year reign as conference champions. The Bears started off the season red-hot, finishing the dual meet season undefeated. In the past years, Cal has been 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 the past 31 years, the Cal men’s swimming team dethroned rival Stanford as Pac-12 Champions with a 825-800 score. At Federal Way, Wash., the Bears was able to end Stanford’s streak by getting tremendous contributions from senior Tom Shields and the relay teams. Cal relied 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…
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…
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…
