Cal dominates in Pac-12 Championships, looks to continue noteworthy postseason
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For four days, Houston belonged to the Bears.
In a manner reflective of its dominant regular season, Cal men’s swim and dive swept the Pac-12 Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship, finishing the event with an impressive 970 points and securing the team’s fourth straight Pac-12 Swimming & Diving Championship. The team bested Stanford yet again, who came in second with 788 points. This is Cal’s sixth Pac-12 championship title under head coach David Durden.
The Bears entered Sunday’s swimming championships in last place after sophomore Tyler Wesson’s performance at the diving championships in Arizona just days prior. As Cal’s only male diver at the event, Wesson failed to qualify for any of the finals, placing second-to-last in the 1-meter and 3-meter dive, and last in the 5-meter dive during prelims. In direct contrast to Cal’s struggles, Stanford divers Conor Casey and
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Time’s up for USC, Cal men’s swim wins with a promising performance
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Just like water, time is fluid. Time trickles and rushes, stretches and compresses to fill its own space. It’s a universal truth: A 10-minute nap passes much faster than the last 10 minutes of your Friday afternoon class. Time ticks along at its own pace. Try as we might, we cannot control its current.
This is not the case, however, for competitive swimmers. In the pool, time becomes an indisputable fact, and every millisecond counts.
On Friday and Saturday, time was in the blue and gold’s favor. In Cal’s first scored meet of the season, the Bears managed to beat the USC Trojans 107-76, showing strong improvements and promise in the process.