Courtesy: Cal Athletics
BERKELEY – The California males’s swimming & diving group appears to be like to reclaim its place as nationwide champions whereas extending its present streak of 14 consecutive top-two finishes because the 2024-25 season begins at Cal Poly within the annual King of the Pool duel in San Luis Obispo on Friday. Friday’s meet is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. on the Anderson Aquatics Middle.
The distinctive pentathlon meet will characteristic every swimmer collaborating in 5 100-yard races, together with butterfly, breaststroke, particular person medley, backstroke, and freestyle. The swimmer with the perfect mixed time from every faculty might be topped King of the Pool.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
Cal at Cal Poly | 12 p.m. PT | Anderson Aquatics Middle | San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Stay Stream: None
Stay Outcomes: None
LAST TIME IN THE POOL
Final day trip, Cal secured a second-place end on the 2024 NCAA Championships with a group rating of 444.5, which marked 14 consecutive years with prime two finishes. Eleven Golden Bears earned All-American honors final season, together with a pair of divers for the primary time in Director of Swimming & Diving Dave Durden’s 17 years as head coach. Cal claimed nationwide titles in a number of occasions, together with the 800-yard freestyle relay, 200-yard IM, 200 backstroke and 100-yard breaststroke.
The Bears set the NCAA, meet, U.S Open, pool and program data with a time of 6:02.26 within the 800 free relay with the cadre of Gabriel Jett, Destin Lasco, Jack Alexy and Robin Hanson. Lasco took residence the 200-yard particular person medley title after setting the American report with a time of 1:37.91 whereas additionally setting the American, NCAA, U.S Open, pool and program report in successful his third consecutive 200-yard backstroke championship with a time of 1:35.37. Liam Bell set an American, U.S Open, NCAA, meet and program report to say the nationwide title within the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 49:53.
HOW IT FEELS TO BE KING
Over the past 13 years of the King of the Pool meet between Cal and Cal Poly, eight completely different Bears have been topped. The earlier winners embrace Marcin Tarczynski (2010-12), Ryan Murphy (2013), Will Hamilton (2014), Matthew Josa (2017), Andrew Seliskar (2018), Zheng Quah (2019), Hugo Gonzalez (2021), and Destin Lasco (2022-23).
WELCOME BACK
Cal returns 30 student-athletes from a season in the past, 11 of whom have earned All-American honors of their careers, together with Jack Alexy, Robin Hanson, Matthew Jensen, Gabriel Jett, Keaton Jones, Tyler Kopp, Destin Lasco, Dare Rose, Bjorn Seeliger, Joshua Thai, Geoffrey Vavitsas.
