BERKELEY – In the final home meet for four Golden Bear seniors, Cal came through with a near perfect afternoon, winning all 16 events en route to a 195-96 victory over Arizona Saturday at Spieker Aquatics Center.
 
Senior Noemie Thomas was one of nine Bears to take first place in at least one individual event, prevailing in the 100-yard butterfly in 52.28, a nearly third-of-a-second improvement from Friday's meet vs. Arizona State. She currently ranks third nationally in the 100 fly. Thomas also played a role by swimming the butterfly leg in the Bears' opening victory in the 200 medley relay.
 
"Top to bottom, we did a much better job today and were much more solid across the board," head coach Teri McKeever said. "I think acknowledging and celebrating the seniors brought out the best in everybody. We had a lot of great performances to build on and I can see us getting our racing confidence back."
 
Overall, four swimmers and one diver were double-winners on the afternoon. Junior Amy Bilquist claimed the 100 and 200 backstroke, sophomore Abbey Weitzeil won the 50 and 100 free, freshman Ali Harrison prevailed in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, freshman Briana Thai took first on the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards, and junior Katie McLaughlin won the 200 fly and 500 free.
 
Cal closed out the day by winning the 200 free relay in 1:30.94, while taking fifth in the race was an all-senior squad composed of Jasmine Mau, Thomas, Valerie Hull and Maija Roses.
 
The Bears return to action Jan. 26-27 when they travel to Los Angeles to face USC and UCLA.