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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Worldwide recognition and dominance for the Cal men’s swimming and diving team did not cease when the calendar year changed. In the early days of 2017, the head of the program was awarded a big honor, and the Bears showed their prowess among Pac-12 competition. Cal head coach David Durden
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