{"id":367625,"date":"2019-05-06T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=367625"},"modified":"2019-05-05T23:56:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T06:56:02","slug":"swimming-world-presents-cals-golden-bears-the-complete-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-cals-golden-bears-the-complete-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “Cal’s Golden Bears: The Complete Package”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cal’s Golden Bears: The Complete Package<\/span><\/h1>\n

Andrew Seliskar won three individual titles at the men\u2019s NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, March 27-30, and anchored the Golden Bears\u2019 200 free relay winning team. He moved to second all-time in the 200 yard IM, fourth all-time in the 200 free and third all-time in the 200 breast.<\/p>\n

Seliskar and his talented Cal teammates scored 560 points to hold off three-time defending champion Texas (475), Indiana (385.5), NC State (307) and Louisville (212).<\/p>\n

In his first individual race of the meet, Seliskar won the 200 IM in a meet record 1:38.14, just 1-hundredth off Caeleb Dressel\u2019s NCAA\/American\/U.S. Open record of 1:38.13 set at the 2018 SEC Championships. Few had expected Dressel\u2019s record to be touched for years, but Seliskar very nearly took it down.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means a lot,\u201d Seliskar said. \u201cI kind of thought I could be close to that time or faster than that time. I kind of just try to go off feel on all my swims. I try not to get too caught up in all the splits. I just tried to keep my tempo going. It was a fun swim. <\/span>Just having the support from my coaches…they\u2019re great about knowing what works and what doesn\u2019t work. I think that\u2019s been one where I\u2019ve been seeing little incremental drops every time I swim it, and I knew I was due for a good one.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In one of the most highly anticipated races of the meet, Seliskar rose to the occasion in the 200 free final, swimming a 1:30.14 to take down Texas senior Townley Haas, who had won the past three years.<\/p>\n

To read more about the Cal Golden Bears at the NCAA D1 Champs,
\ncheck out the May 2019<\/a><\/span> issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, available now!<\/p>\n

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