NCAA Div. I Men: #7 Cal Knocks Off UOP

BERKELEY, Calif. Jan. 17. THE No. 7-ranked California men's swim team (3-1) defeated Pacific (8-10), 121-77, Monday afternoon at Spieker Aquatics Complex. The Bears won all of the meet's 11 events, although Cal swam the last two events – the 200 breast and 200 free relay – as exhibitions.

Individual winners for the Bears included senior George Wilkinson in the 1000 free (9:29.05), senior Matt Macedo in the 200 free (1:39.72), freshman Duje Draganja in the 50 free (20.23), senior Peter Aronsson in the 400 IM (4:01.79), sophomore Keith Vogelgesang in the 200 fly (1:52.54), junior Trent Holsman in the 100 free (45.89), sophomore Jeff Natalizio in the 200 back (1:51.37) and freshman Brooks Jenkins in the 500 free (4:44.11).

The Bears also won the 200 medley relay in 1:31.17
(Macedo, junior Daniel Kim, senior Mattias Ohlin, Holsman).

Cal is now 3-1 on the year; Pacific drops to 8-10.

Cal will next travel to The Dallas Morning News Invitational, Jan. 18-19, before hosting Arizona State Friday, Jan. 25 and Arizona, Saturday, Jan. 26 at Spieker Aquatics Complex to begin Pac-10 dual meet competition. The Cal-ASU meet will begin at 1 p.m. and the Cal-UA will begin at noon. Both the Bears men's and women's swim teams will be hosting the Arizona schools.

RESULTS

200 Medley Relay
1) Cal B (Matt Macedo, Daniel Kim, Mattias Ohlin, Trent Holsman) 1:31.17
2) Cal A (Lim, Aronsson, Draganja, Ervin) 1:31.40
3) UOP A (Cruzat, Wronski, Richardson, Martinez) 1:36.06

1000 Free
1) George Wilkinson (Cal) 9:29.05
2) Gruver (Cal) 9:39.68
3) Schmelzer (Cal) 9:42.88
4) Herlihy (UOP) 10:06.50
5) Smith (UOP) 10:16.04
6) Lamar (UOP) 10:19.11

200 Free
1) Matt Macedo (Cal) 1:39.72
2) Burny (Cal) 1:41.22
3) Flores (Cal) 1:42.34
4) Lim (Cal) 1:45.45
5) Russell (UOP) 1:47.77
6) Mills (UOP) 1:48.20

50 Free
1) Duje Draganja (Cal) 20.23
2) Martinez (UOP) 21.55
3) Messmer (Cal) 21.66
4) Ervin (Cal) 21.78
5) Schwendinger (UOP) 22.02
6) Serrano (UOP) 22.25

400 IM
1) Peter Aronsson (Cal) 4:01.79
2) Wronski (UOP) 4:02.34
3) K. Vogelgesang (Cal) 4:04.77
4) Jenkins (Cal) 4:06.52
5) Whitfield (UOP) 4:16.64
6) Basepayne (UOP) 4:22.13

200 Fly
1) Keith Vogelgesang (Cal) 1:52.54
2) Richardson (UOP) 1:59.63
3) Byma (Cal) 1:59.98
4) Mills (UOP) 2:00.42
5) McLaughlin (UOP) 2:02.58
6) Smith (UOP) 2:05.21

100 Free
1) Trent Holsman (Cal) 45.89
2) Gruver (Cal) 46.67
3) Messmer (Cal) 47.10
4) Martinez (UOP) 47.49
5) Uxa (Cal) 48.53
6) Schwendinger (UOP) 48.64

200 Back
1) Jeff Natalizio (Cal) 1:51.37
2) Cruzat (UOP) 1:56.29
3) Russell (UOP) 1:57.99
4) Raimondi (UOP) 2:00.84
5) Radcliffe (UOP) 2:06.38

500 Free
1) Brooks Jenkins (Cal) 4:44.11
2) Whitfield (UOP) 4:50.65
3) Johnson (UOP) 4:55.51
4) Herlihy (UOP) 4:57.49
5) Smith (UOP) 5:03.11

200 Breast
Daniel Kim (Cal) 2:03.68 exhibition
1) Wronski (UOP) 2:03.82
2) Basepayne (UOP) 2:13.06
4) Drusys (UOP) 2:26.70

200 Free Relay
Cal A (Matt Macedo, Duje Draganja, Anthony Ervin, Trent Holsman) 1:22.33 exhibition
1) UOP A (Johnson, Schwendinger, Mills, Serrano) 1:27.66
2) UOP B 1:28.82

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