Recap hasn't been posted from Cal W Swim, nothing on Meet mobile or Live Stats either - so this will have to do for now
Am out & abouts, so if anyone has a more informative update, please post, cheers!
Just wanted to throw these ones in whilst I'm here...
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- Update #1-> RESULTS
- Update #2->
Katie McLaughlin won the 100 and 200 free, as well as the 100 fly, vs. Arizona Saturday.
McLaughlin's 3 Wins Lift Cal Over Arizona
TUCSON - Senior Katie McLaughlin won three events and Cal out-pointed Arizona, 179-118, to wrap up the Golden Bears' final road dual meet of the season with a decisive victory Saturday.
Amy Bilquist and Sarah Darcel also claimed two events apiece for Cal, which returns home to host UCLA and USC next Friday and Saturday at Spieker Aquatics Complex. The Bears' final home dual is Feb. 16 vs. Stanford.
After the Bears touched first in the opening 200-yard medley relay, McLaughlin posted Cal's first individual win of the afternoon with a time of 1:46.81 in the 200 free. In the following race, Bilquist earn the victory in the 100 back in 54.06, just ahead of freshman Isabel Ivey, who swam the first of her three second-place finishes with a time of 54.98.
Abbey Weitzeil, the nation's leader in the 50 free, beat the field to the wall with a time of 22.68, with Maddie Murphy right behind in 23.22.
McLaughlin added a win in the 100 free (49.29) and a later victory in the 100 butterfly in 52.59, while Darcel's two wins were in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.04) and 400 individual medley (4:20.23). Cal closed out the day with a first-place result in the 400 free relay.
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- Update #3->
The Bears' "big three" of this weekend consisted of Katie McLaughlin, Amy Bilquist and Abbey Weitzeil. The three swimmers shared a total of 13 event wins across Cal's two dual meets against Arizona and Arizona State.
A new face on the Cal roster is midyear enrollee Isabel Ivey, who made her debut against Arizona State. The No. 1 recruit in the nation in 2018 according to SwimSwam.com, the freshman out of Florida made a strong case for herself as she took home the 100 fly and contributed to wins in the 200 medley and free relays. Ivey turned in another solid performance the next day against Arizona, notching three second-place finishes behind her teammates Bilquist and McLaughlin. Fans can expect that Ivey, after successfully breaking into the team, will see more action in important meets as the season winds down.
The trip to the desert marks Cal's final dual meet away from home, as the Bears will return to Spieker Aquatics Complex to wrap up the regular season by hosting three strong squads in USC, UCLA and two-time reigning champion Stanford. For its most important duals of the year,
Cal will need to replicate its performance from last weekend and then some - the Bears will have their work cut out for them when they host the undefeated Trojans and Bruins on Feb. 1 and 2.
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