Sarah DiMeco

Cal made a big splash in its last home dual meet of the season: The Bears drowned both USC and UCLA, coming away with two wins.

Swimming away from the defeat Cal suffered last weekend against Arizona State, the Bears will have their last home dual meets against USC and UCLA Friday and Saturday.

The Bears’ fiercest, competitor No. 1 University of Texas, posted many NCAA qualifying times, but Cal women’s swim tallied up multiple championship times.

The women’s swim and dive team has been rolling through its season, creating significant waves for its competition.

At the Chick-fil-A Invitational in Fresno, the Bears swam their way into first place, making history and breaking pool records.

For the first time in six years, the Bears outswam the Cardinal in a 178-117 landslide at Stanford’s own Avery Aquatic Center.

In this special joint meet, the Bears raced both USC and UCLA twice. Styled after the Pac-12 championship meet, this arduous weekend opened and closed with the Bears on top.

At the end of the regular season, the Bears had 14 swimmers and one diver qualify for the NCAA championships and all have been named All-Americans.

This is it. Cal’s back is up against the wall now. They are in must win mode as the only meet left is the National Championships.

To say that Cal swam well together would be an understatement. Two of five pool records were broken during relays where the Bears swept the competition.