Cal men’s swim scores huge win in first dual meet
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The Bears continue to dominate for their second straight competition, winning all 14 events and beating Pacific in a landslide 187-74 win last Thursday.
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Cal athletics has itself to blame for continual mediocrity
In a conversation with a British coworker a while back, he told me, “If you ever go to England, don’t say you went to ‘Cal.’ Nobody knows what the fuck ‘Cal’ is. Say you went to Berkeley, though, and they’ll know exactly what you’re talking about.”
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Cal emerges victorious from shootout against USC
In a stormy Friday afternoon showdown that could leave only one team undefeated, the Cal men’s swim team bested USC and prevented the Trojan horse from knocking down the walls of Berkeley’s Spieker Aquatics Complex.
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Cal men’s swim traveling separately for split-squad competitions
Cal came into the season ranked No. 2 in all of collegiate swimming behind rival Stanford. But after kicking off the season with victories in every meet, the Bears dethroned the Cardinal and claimed their rightful place as the nation’s top-ranked program.
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‘An awesome and tremendous honor’: Campus community looks ahead to Olympic swimmer Nathan Adrian’s commencement speech
Adrian, who is an eight-time Olympic medalist, was announced as the commencement speaker Monday. Adrian swims the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle and relay freestyle for the U.S. Olympic swim team. According to a Berkeley News press release, Adrian is preparing for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and trains full-time with the Cal swim team.
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Cal men’s swimming and diving starts season with King of the Pool meet
The long journey to the March NCAA Championships in Minneapolis begins with an in-state visit to Cal Poly. The Cal men’s swimming team will dive into its 2017-18 season Friday for the King of the Pool meet. It’s a most unusual meet, in which all swimmers participate in four 100-yard
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Cal men’s swim set on maintaining No. 1 status
Their season kicks off Friday with a trip to Cal Poly for the King of the Pool, a unique event featuring four 100-yard races of each stroke and 100-yard individual medley. Cal will also participate in several dual meets, facing off against Pacific and Utah in mid-October, and hosting Stanford in November.
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Cal men’s swimming and diving seeks to uphold its No.1 rank going into NCAA Championships
There is a lot to consider in a fight between a California Golden Bear and a Texas Longhorn. Surely if the showdown took place in forested and hilly home territory, the bear has the advantage, but the answer to that question becomes a lot more convoluted if both the colossal
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Connor Callahan secures 3 berths at NCAA Diving Championships for Cal men’s swimming, diving
When your mind is focused on a flip or a tuck that you have three seconds to complete before hitting the water, there is little time to reflect upon the team of 17 NCAA-bound swimmers counting on you to qualify for the national championships. Apparently reflection is not what freshman
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No. 15 USC comes to No. 2 Cal for big rematch
In the swim world, there is no such thing as a buzzer beater. There is no final Hail Mary play that can be organized when a team is down going into the last events. A win in a dual meet is not just composed of a few huge wins, but
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