Women's NCAA meet kicked off today and both relays received All-American nods.

200 Medley Relay - Stadden (23.58), Neser (26.33), Kragh (23.12) and Akakabota (21.52) combine for 4th place in 1:34.55.

800 Free Relay - Motekaitis (1:44.16), Klinker (1:44.03), Chavez (1:44.50) and Polonsky (1:42.49) combine for 9th place in 6:55.18, a season best.

Team looks really solid this morning!

500 free - Klinker (13th, 4:38.07) and Motekaitis (15th, 4:38.56) earn B-final swims tonight. Both are just off season/career bests in the 4:37s. Hazle finishes 38th in 4:43.40, just off her Pac-12 PB of 4:42.97.

200 IM - Polonsky returns to the B-final for the 3rd straight year in a 1:54.34 for 11th.

50 free - Sprinters really showed up. Eloise Riley (16th, 21.93) earns her first individual night swim, breaking 22 for the first time.
Akakabota (22nd, 22.04) right on her best time from Pac-12s; Stone was 30th with a 22.10, dropping from her last chance swim that earned her an invite; Brophy 36th with a 22.17 (0.3 drop from Pac-12s); Stadden 22.23 for 40th (drops time from midseason)

Was hoping Rachel would get into the A group. She was one of the few Bears picked to make the A group. Think she has had a long season..first swimming international for USA and then quickly jumping to the Pac 'ship.

Izzy Ivey is tearing up the competition for Florida as a Grad Transfer. The Gators won the freestyle relay and are sitting in 1st place overall.

swimmer19 said:

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Team looks really solid this morning!

500 free - Klinker (13th, 4:38.07) and Motekaitis (15th, 4:38.56) earn B-final swims tonight. Both are just off season/career bests in the 4:37s. Hazle finishes 38th in 4:43.40, just off her Pac-12 PB of 4:42.97.

200 IM - Polonsky returns to the B-final for the 3rd straight year in a 1:54.34 for 11th.

50 free - Sprinters really showed up. Eloise Riley (16th, 21.93) earns her first individual night swim, breaking 22 for the first time.
Akakabota (22nd, 22.04) right on her best time from Pac-12s; Stone was 30th with a 22.10, dropping from her last chance swim that earned her an invite; Brophy 36th with a 22.17 (0.3 drop from Pac-12s); Stadden 22.23 for 40th (drops time from midseason)

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Finals
500Fr Klinker moved up one spot to 12th and Motekaitis moved up to #14.

200IM Polonsky came in 15th
50 free Eloise came in 16th.

With diving & 200fr relay Cal in 9th place. Hopefully Cal does well in the relay but only seeded 12th.

200 FR - 1:26.88 but DQ'd due to early start from Brophy. Would have been 10th.

Splits: Riley 22.0, Akakabota 21.7, Brophy 21.6, Stone 21.4

Team standings- currently in 12th, but with relay points would have been 11th.

swimmer19 said:

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200 FR - 1:26.88 but DQ'd due to early start from Brophy. Would have been 10th.

Splits: Riley 22.0, Akakabota 21.7, Brophy 21.6, Stone 21.4

Team standings- currently in 12th, but with relay points would have been 11th.

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Loss of 6 pts. Every points matter. Hopefully no more hiccups. Considering Stadden being the only A level swimmer Cal so far swimming to their abilities

400 IM: Polonsky holds seed and is 10th (4:05.11) heading into finals. Hazle with the dreaded 17th, 4:08.26

100 fly: Kragh sneaks into top 8 (51.07). Brophy (21st, 51.49) and Cook (31st, 51.93) swim lifetime bests, with Klinker (32nd, 51.94) and Stone (41st, 52.30) round out our fly group. Worth noting that's Klinker's fastest 100 fly time since 2021.

swimmer19 said:

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400 IM: Polonsky holds seed and is 10th (4:05.11) heading into finals. Hazle with the dreaded 17th, 4:08.26

100 fly: Kragh sneaks into top 8 (51.07). Brophy (21st, 51.49) and Cook (31st, 51.93) swim lifetime bests, with Klinker (32nd, 51.94) and Stone (41st, 52.30) round out our fly group. Worth noting that's Klinker's fastest 100 fly time since 2021.

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Stadden 4th in the 100Bk. Cal will have two in the A finals. 2up/1dwn


100br Alicia Henry possibly in the dreaded 17th too currently tied but will have to have a swim off .

Former Bear Ayla Spitz 5Y at Northwestern #14 in 200fr.

Men's NCAA started.

Cal came in 4th for the 4x50 medley relay. Liam Bell splits 22.25 secs for the breaststroke leg, which might be the fastest ever in the NCAA. I don't recall anyone going faster than that.

solobear said:

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Men's NCAA started.

Cal came in 4th for the 4x50 medley relay. Liam Bell splits 22.25 secs for the breaststroke leg, which might be the fastest ever in the NCAA. I don't recall anyone going faster than that.

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1:21.01 might be a new school record --

California 1:21.67 1:21.01P 30
1) Seeliger, Bjorn SR 2) r:0.10 Bell, Liam 5Y
3) r:0.18 Rose, Dare SR 4) r:0.33 Alexy, Jack JR
r:+0.66 9.97 20.39 (20.39)
30.11 (9.72) 42.64 (22.25)
51.54 (8.90) 1:02.61 (19.97)
1:11.28 (8.67) 1:21.01 (18.40)

Top 10 list has the current record at 1:21.24 (20.29 from Seeliger, 22.99 from Bell, 19.85 from Rose, and 18.11 from Alexy).

solobear said:

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Cal won and broke the record for the 4x200 free relay. First won since Biondi!

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NCAA Record!!!

Splits: Jett- 1:30.32, Lasco- 1:29.6 (!!!!), Alexy- 1:30.5 (!!), Hanson- 1:31.84

Go Bears!!!!! All momentum heading into individuals tmrw.

I just looked at the spec sheets (or whatever they're called). Barring some kind of catastrophe, I don't see how anybody beats ASU. Regardless, I'll root hard for the Bears.

swimmer19 said:

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Splits: Jett- 1:30.32, Lasco- 1:29.6 (!!!!), Alexy- 1:30.5 (!!), Hanson- 1:31.84

Go Bears!!!!! All momentum heading into individuals tmrw.

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what a phenomenal start for the Bears! Coach Durden got them swimming at their peak. Lasco's 1:29.6!!!!

HBear said:

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solobear said:

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Men's NCAA started.

Cal came in 4th for the 4x50 medley relay. Liam Bell splits 22.25 secs for the breaststroke leg, which might be the fastest ever in the NCAA. I don't recall anyone going faster than that.

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1:21.01 might be a new school record --

California 1:21.67 1:21.01P 30
1) Seeliger, Bjorn SR 2) r:0.10 Bell, Liam 5Y
3) r:0.18 Rose, Dare SR 4) r:0.33 Alexy, Jack JR
r:+0.66 9.97 20.39 (20.39)
30.11 (9.72) 42.64 (22.25)
51.54 (8.90) 1:02.61 (19.97)
1:11.28 (8.67) 1:21.01 (18.40)

Top 10 list has the current record at 1:21.24 (20.29 from Seeliger, 22.99 from Bell, 19.85 from Rose, and 18.11 from Alexy).

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Dare's fly leg pretty mediocre though no way they would had beaten Florida.

The same could be said about Alexy's anchor leg, 3/10s slower than last year. Unfortunately Rose is about as good as it gets in terms of our fly options.

Off topic, but good to see coaches taking Saleem and Rivers to the meet even though they are on the alternate list. Nice opportunity for them to get the meet experience and hope to have them qualify next year.

swimmer19 said:

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The same could be said about Alexy's anchor leg, 3/10s slower than last year. Unfortunately Rose is about as good as it gets in terms of our fly options.


True on Alexy's leg. He should had caught NC state. Maybe saving himself for the 800R.

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Bears head into tonight with all of the usual suspects picking up A final swims:

500 free: 1/2 ASU, 1/0 Cal (Jett seeded fourth behind Georgia's Magahey, Marchand, and UT's Hobson)
200 IM: 3/0 ASU, 1/0 Cal (Lasco top seed by over a second)
50 free: 2/1 ASU, 2/0 Cal (Alexy and Seeliger seeded third and fifth)

Alexy knocks off 0.3 for a big PB. Bell (B-finalist last year) unfortunately tied with a few other folks for 19th, right out of the B-final/alternate positions.

The high-end depth of ASU is unbelievable.

Josh Thai places 21st in the 1m springboard diving prelims today. Well done!
Geoffrey Vavitsas will make his NCAA debut tomorrow, joining Thai on the 3m event. They will also compete in platform on Saturday, where they are both expected to score.

Destin sets american record to win the 200IM 1:37.91A

Jett takes 4th in the 500.

Alexy 3rd in 50 18.38 and Seeliger 18.54

Cal in 2nd plc with 135pts to 169 ASU. Both Cal & ASU have no divers making the final, so it will be 200Fr to close off their competition.

Cal finished second in the 200m freestyle relay with ASU third. It appears that the Bears are in a battle for the runner-up spot this year with Florida and maybe others. Tomorrow (Friday), ASU will really pull away in the first couple of events. Leon Marchand is incredible and will win the 400 IM and I doubt Cal will score in that event. I hope that I am wrong but the Bears don't have the depth that they had last season, for example. GO BEARS!

This morning races are the most important for the Bears.

Tyler Kopp made the B final. (3:40.90) in 400 IM

Rose made A final in 100 Fly

In the 200 Free, 2 made A final, 2 made B.
Alexy 1:30.38
Jett 1:31.28
Jones 1:32.13
Hanson 1:32.15

solobear said:

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Rose made A final in 100 Fly

In the 200 Free, 2 made A final, 2 made B.
Alexy 1:30.38
Jett 1:31.28
Jones 1:32.13
Hanson 1:32.15

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Great day for the Bears@

100 Breast: Bell tops the A final.
Bell 50.52

100 Back:1 tops A, and 1 made B.
Lasco 44.00
Seeliger 44.80

The Bears did great although a couple of races could have been better.

Mathew Jensen in the dreaded 17th plc in 100 fly

So far tonight, Kopp takes 17th in the 400 IM. Rose ties for 7th in the 100 fly, and in the 200 free, Cal takes 2nd, 7th, 15th, and 16th.

Alexy has a great swim - goes under 1:30 in the 200 free and breaks the school record (Seliskar)!

Bell won and broke the record for the 100 breast

Incredible - Bell breaks the 6-year old AR (Finnerty) to break 50s in the 100 breast. Another national title for the Bears! 49.53. Wins by over a second.