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When seniors Marina Garcia, Celina Li, Farida Osman and Kristen Vredeveld step onto the blocks this weekend, it will be the last time they don their caps and goggles for a race at Spieker Aquatics Complex. Hayden Tavoda, the lone senior diver, will jump off the diving springboards one final
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With the entire bleachers filled by family, fans and friends, the No. 6 Cal women’s swimming and diving team’s dual meet against No. 4 USC was a dramatic show. Through 11 of the 16 overall events, the Bears and the Trojans traded leads before the Bears swept the top spot
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With the regular season coming to a close soon, the Bears will face a daunting challenge as their southern rivals come up north. After a dominating show in the desert last weekend, the No. 6 Cal women’s swim team will play host to No. 4 USC and No. 19 UCLA
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While Berkeley is ready to weather the rain for the week, the No. 6 Cal women’s swim team will travel this weekend to the desert areas of Tucson, Arizona, and Tempe, Arizona, for dual meets against Arizona and Arizona State. Arizona — the Bears’ opponent Friday afternoon — is a
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After winning the Georgia Fall Invitational, the Cal women’s swim and dive team can lay claim to being the best in the country. Nevermind Cal’s No. 10 national ranking. The Bears defeated three of the top 10 teams in the country, and it was not even close. Cal finished first
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When the Bears compete in the Georgia Fall Invitational this weekend, bittersweet memories from the previous season will almost certainly come to mind. The Cal women’s swim and dive team placed third in the 2016 NCAA Championships, falling just short to Georgia, the eventual champs. But a new season is
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The Daily Californian got in the pool with Egyptian swimmer Farida Osman, who spent months training through the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. She will compete in her second Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this week in the women’s 100-meter butterfly and 50-meter freestyle.
Being a champion is not about winning every game in the season or placing first in every race. It is about overcoming setbacks and defeats and continuing to push forward. A true example of a champion is Natalie Coughlin, a former Cal Bear and 12-time medaled Olympic swimmer who didn’t
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The Cal women’s swimming and diving team officially wrapped up its 2015-16 campaign with a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships in Atlanta, with its 358 point tally falling behind the NCAA champions, Georgia, 414, and second-place Stanford, 395. Cal’s most impressive individual swim of the tournament came courtesy of
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With its dual meet season now wrapped up, the pace of competition picks up for the Cal women’s swimming and diving team as it braces itself for the beginning of championship season. The team begins by squaring off against rivals such as Stanford and USC as the Bears look to
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