No. 2 Cal Dominates Triple Distance Meet in Bakersfield

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. February 2. THE second-ranked California men's swimming team won 18 of 20 events, and five of six stroke categories, in a non-scoring, triple distance meet at Cal State Bakersfield on Thursday. Golden Bears senior Miguel Molina was the only swimmer to win three individual races –nthe 100-yard individual medley (53.08), the 200 IM (1:54.93) and the 400 IM (3:59.11). He subsequently won the IM category.

Cal sophomore Dominic Cathey won the 100 butterfly (50.19), was second in the 50 butterfly (22.67) and was third in the 200 butterfly (1:52.85) to take the butterfly category. Freshman teammate Ryan Emanuel was victorious in the backstroke after winning the 200 (1:49.51), taking second in the 50 (23.85) and placing third in the 100 (52.13). Cal junior Graham Lentz won the breaststroke after winning the 100 (57.38), taking second in the 50 (26.38) and placing second in the 200 (2:06.90). Bears senior Ryan Lean was the distance free champion after winning the 500 (4:38.81), winning the 1000 (9:27.07) and taking fourth in the 200 (1:44.95).

The Bears also won both relays: the 200-medley relay (sophomore Louis Vayo, sophomore Richard Hunter, sophomore Justin Pollard and junior Alexander Holdridge; 1:34.22) and the 200-free relay (the sophomore quartet of Garrett Wagner, sophomore Eric Dunipace, sophomore William Copeland and Bakersfield product Joe Whittington; 1:24.31).

Piotr Gegotek had the Roadrunners' only wins, taking the 100 (45.62) and 200 freestyles (1:41.51) to capture the sprint free category.

Cal, whose 5-0 (2-0 Pac-10) dual-meet record was unaffected by the Bakersfield competition, takes on ninth-ranked USC in a Pac-10 dual meet at 1 p.m. tomorrow in Los Angeles before ending its road trip with a non-scoring meet against UC Santa Barbara at 10 a.m. on Saturday in Santa Barbara.

California Results

50-Yard Butterfly
1. Jernej Godec 22.49. 2. Dominic Cathey 22.67. 4. Patrick O'Neil 23.55 6. Garrett Wagner 24.28.
7. Milorad Cavic 24.82.

50-Yard Backstroke
1. David Russell 23.42. 2. Ryan Emanuel 23.85. 3. Chris Gibson 24.05

50-Yard Breaststroke
1. Henrique Barbosa 26.35. 2. Graham Lentz 26.38. 3. Richard Hunter 26.44. 6. Paul Hernandez
28.86.

50-Yard Freestyle
1. Joe Whittington 20.62. 3. Jonas Tilly 21.42. 4. Eric Dunipace 21.44. 5. William Copeland 21.53.
6. Evan Lane 21.56. 7. Nate Rogers 21.81. 8. Dash Rothberg 21.95. 9. Alexander Holdridge 21.96.
14. Matt Lyon 23.55.

100-Yard Individual Medley
1. Miguel Molina 53.08. 2. Ian Lentz 53.66. 2. Louis Vayo 53.66. 7. Michael Jafari 58.20.

200-Yard Freestyle
1. Spencer Rodman 1:42.76. 2. Justin Pollard 1:43.48. 4. Ryan Lean 1:44.95. 7. Dominik Meichtry
1:50.49. 8. Daniel Lysaught 1:50.71.

100-Yard Butterfly
1. Dominic Cathey 50.19. 4. Patrick O'Neil 53.45. 5. Jernej Godec 54.40. 7. Garrett Wagner 54.87.
8. Milorad Cavic 57.31.

100-Yard Backstroke
1. Chris Gibson 51.91. 3. Ryan Emanuel 52.13. 5. David Russell 55.62.

100-Yard Breaststroke
1. Graham Lentz 57.38. 2. Richard Hunter 57.80. 4. Henrique Barbosa 1:00.75. 6. Paul Hernandez
1:03.58.

100-Yard Freestyle
2. Jonas Tilly 46.97. 3. Alexander Holdridge 47.52. 4. Nate Rogers 47.55. 5. Eric Dunipace 47.76.
7. Joe Whittington 48.09. 9. William Copeland 48.63. 10. Dash Rothberg 50.14. 11. Evan Lane 50.69.
14. Matt Lyon 52.03.

200-Yard Individual Medley
1. Miguel Molina 1:54.93. 2. Louis Vayo 1:56.70. 3. Ian Lentz 1:57.71. 8. Michael Jafari 2:04.42.

500-Yard Freestyle
1. Ryan Lean 4:38.81. 2. Justin Pollard 4:41.92. 4. Daniel Lysaught 4:48.67. 6. Dominik Meichtry
4:54.20. 8. Spencer Rodman 5:13.90.

200-Yard Butterfly
1. Patrick O'Neil 1:51.65. 3. Dominic Cathey 1:52.85. 4. Garrett Wagner 1:55.43. 7. Milorad Cavic
2:09.66. 8. Jernej Godec 2:12.30.

200-Yard Backstroke
1. Ryan Emanuel 1:49.51. 2. David Russell 1:52.38. 7. Chris Gibson 2:04.60.

200-Yard Breaststroke
1. Richard Hunter 2:06.63. 2. Graham Lentz 2:06.90. 4. Henrique Barbosa 2:08.78. 5. Paul Hernandez
2:14.76.

200-Yard Freestyle
2. Alexander Holdridge 1:43.72. 4. Nate Rogers 1:47.88. 7. Dash Rothberg 1:51.44. 8. Eric Dunipace
1:53.39. 9. Evan Lane 1:54.99. 10. Jonas Tilly 1:56.35. 11. Joe Whittington 1:57.48. 12. William
Copeland 1:59.24. 13. Matt Lyon 2:07.19.

400-Yard Individual Medley
1. Miguel Molina 3:59.11. 3. Louis Vayo 4:07.03. 4. Ian Lentz 4:13.40. 6. Michael Jafari 4:18.99.

1000-Yard Freestyle
1. Ryan Lean 9:27.07. 2. Justin Pollard 9:46.98. 4. Daniel Lysaught 9:54.77. 6. Spencer Rodman
10:17.94. 7. Dominik Meichtry 10:21.91.

200-Yard Medley Relay
1. Cal A (Louis Vayo, Richard Hunter, Justin Pollard, Alexander Holdridge) 1:34.22. 3. Cal C
(Chris Gibson, Miguel Molina, Michael Jafari, Spencer Rodman) 1:38.57. 4. Cal B (Ryan Emanuel,
Paul Hernandez, Ian Lentz, Ryan Lean) 1:39.73.

200-yard Freestyle Relay
1. Cal A (Garrett Wagner, Eric Dunipace, William Copeland, Joe Whittington) 1:24.31. 3. Cal B
(Jernej Godec, Dash Rothberg, Nate Rogers, Dominik Meichtry) 1:25.91.

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