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Cal Women Lead UC San Diego After First Day Behind Isabelle Stadden

Cal Women Lead UC San Diego After First Day Behind Isabelle Stadden The No. 7 California women's swimming & diving team took at least the top two spots in three different events Friday afternoon as the Golden Bears opened up a 162-66 lead after the first day of an invitational-style dual meet at UC ...

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Cal Men Sweep First Place Finishes on First Day vs UC San Diego

Cal Men Sweep First Place Finishes on First Day vs UC San Diego The No. 1 California men's swimming & diving team had a dominating start to the Tritons Invitational after having first-place finishes in each event Friday afternoon to take a 144-81 lead after the first day of the invitational-style du...

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Cal Men's Swimming Dynasty Continues with Fifth-Year Power Plan

It should be no surprise that the Cal men's swimming and diving team sits atop the national rankings. And it should be no surprise that the team is led by a group of fifth-year seniors. The Golden Bears have finished first or second at every NCAA men's championships since 2010, including winning six...

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ACC Additions of Cal, Stanford, SMU Bring Only Positives for Swimming

ACC Additions of Cal, Stanford, SMU Bring Only Positives for Swimming Within the wider world of college athletics, Friday's additions of Cal, Stanford and SMU to the no-longer-appropriately-named Atlantic Coast Conference brought about a shaky new status quo to college athletics. This period of conf...

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Isabel Ivey Powers Cal 'On a Mission' into Pac-12 Championships

Isabel Ivey was devastated that the 2020 NCAA swimming championships were canceled. The Cal swimmer decided to escape and take a long weekend break at home before returning to refocus. It seemed like a brilliant plan except the COVID-19 pandemic was just getting started. Ivey’s long weekend turned i...

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Dani Korman Promoted to Cal Women's Swimming Associate Head Coach

Dani Korman has been elevated to associate head coach for the Cal women's swimming & diving team, head coach Teri McKeever announced on Friday. Korman, a former head coach of the men's and women's teams at MIT with more than 13 years in collegiate coaching, is completing her first full year with the...

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Reece Whitley: 2020 Was ‘The Fastest NCAAs that Nobody Ever Saw’

Reece Whitley, like the rest of the Cal swimmers — and swim fans around the country — were looking forward to a showdown with Texas. The two teams had put up head-turning performances all season, which looked to culminate into one of the best head-to-head showdowns in the history of the NCAA Champio...

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Teri McKeever Agrees to Extension at Cal through 2023-24 Season

Teri McKeever isn’t leaving Berkeley anytime soon, the legendary women’s swimming and diving coach agreeing Monday to a contract extension through the 2023-24 season. McKeever is in her 28th season at the helm of the Golden Bears. She was the Pac-12 and CSCAA National Coach of the Year in 2018-19, h...

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Olympian Alex Shackell De-Commits from Cal; Plans to Defer For a Year

Olympian Alex Shackell De-Commits from Cal, Plans to Defer For a Year Olympian Alex Shackell has de-committed from Cal and will defer a year before starting her college career. Shackell, who had committed to Cal for next year, will remain in Carmel, Indiana, and swim at the Carmel Swim Club with coa...

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Brooks Curry Announces Move to Cal Training Group

Olympic gold medalist Brooks Curry is heading further west. After becoming an NCAA champion at LSU, the sprint freestyle specialist announced he was moving to Cal to join the pro training group with the Golden Bears. Curry posted on social media that he was making the move and now has arrived in Ber...

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Cal, Stanford Men's Swimming Add Rivalry Dual Meet to Schedule

The Cal and Stanford men’s swimming & diving team has added a dual meet to its 2020-21 schedule. The Golden Bears will host the Cardinal at 1 p.m. PT Friday, Feb. 19. Competition will take place at Spieker Aquatics Complex and Legends Aquatic Center. Cal and Stanford previously competed in a pair of...