Cal Swimming Tops USC in Pac-12 Women’s Showdown

With senior Abbey Weitzeil and sophomore Alicia Wilson picking up two wins apiece, the Cal swimming & diving team extended its dual-meet record to 6-0 with a tough, 161.5-136.5 victory at USC Friday.

The meet was close throughout as the Golden Bears won nine of 16 events and the Trojans taking the other seven. However, Cal used its depth to keep its record perfect on the year, particularly with 1-2-3 sweeps of the 200-yard free, 200-yard back and 500-yard free.

After the Trojans edged the Bears in the 200 medley relay and freshman Sarah DiMeco claimed the 1000 free, Robin Neumann paced Cal’s contingent in the 200 free with a time of 1:47.26. She was closely followed by Wilson (1:47.98) and freshman Ayla Spitz (1:48.06), who nipped USC’s Louise Hansson by .12 seconds for the third position.

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Wilson then led the Cal swimming trifecta in the 200 back with a comfortable win in 1:57.09. Senior Keaton Blovad took second in 1:59.85 and senior Courtney Mykkanen was third in 2:00.60. Later, Spitz earned a four-second victory in the 500 free in 4:52.43, as DiMeco was second (4:56.59) and Neumann third (4:57.24).

Weitzeil kept up her torrid pace in the sprint freestyle events this season. Her winning time of 21.90 in the 50 free was the second-fastest time ever by a Cal swimmer in the event, topped only by her record 21.73 set last weekend vs. Arizona State. She then claimed the 100 free in 48.07.

Wilson added her second victory in the 200 IM in 1:59.59, while freshman Rachel Klinker continued her strong start to 2020 with a two-second win in the 200 fly in 1:58.80. The Bears closed out the meet when Eloise Riley, Elise Garcia, Maddie Murphy and Weitzeil reached the wall first in the 200 free relay in 1:30.13, Cal’s fastest time in a dual meet this year.

Cal swimming continues its Los Angeles trip on Saturday with a noon meet at UCLA and wrap up their dual-meet season at Stanford on Feb. 15.

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