Bears Sweep LA Trip with 183-111 Win Over UCLA
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Keaton Blovad won her 200 back race while also finishing second in the 100 back vs. UCLA.

Bears Sweep LA Trip with 183-111 Win Over UCLA

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LOS ANGELES – Cal extended its dual-meet record to a perfect 9-0 on the season with a 183-111 victory at UCLA Saturday as the Golden Bears won 15 of 16 events on the afternoon.
 
Thirteen different Bears earned a first-place finish in individual events, with junior Amy Bilquist prevailing twice – in the 100- and 200-yard freestyle. Cal also won both the 200 medley relay and 200 free relay.
 
The result comes one day after the Bears downed USC, 169-131, to give them a sweep of their Los Angeles trip. Cal's final dual meet of the year is at Stanford on Feb. 10, followed by the Pac-12 Championships at the end of February and the NCAA meet in mid-March.
 
"I thought we did a nice job coming back and building on what we did yesterday," head coach Teri McKeever said. "Now, it's about staying healthy, focusing on finishing up the dual-meet season and getting as many people qualified for NCAAs as we can."
 
On Saturday, the foursome of Kathleen Baker, Abbey Weitzeil, Maddie Murphy and Bilquist touched first in the opening 200 medley relay in 1:39.85. Chenoa Devine then won the 1000 free in 9:58.33 before Bilquist took first in the 200 free in 1:47.06. In the 100 back, Baker (53.62) led a 1-2-3 Cal finish, as teammates Keaton Blovad (54.93) and Sophie Krivokapic-Zhou (55.55) touched in succession.
 
Ali Harrison earned a victory in the 100 breaststroke in 1:03.14, along with Noemie Thomas in the 200 butterfly (1:57.88), Weitzeil in the 50 free (22.85) and Phoebe LaMay on the 3-meter springboard (305.93) to complete the first half of the meet.
 
After a break, Bilquist came through in the 100 free in 49.34 and Blovad reached the wall first in the 200 back (1:58.95). Harrison just missed her second win, falling 0.15 behind UCLA's Emma Schanz in the 200 breast.
 
However, the Bears won the next four individual events – Robin Neumann in the 500 free (4:54.28), Katie McLaughlin in the 100 fly (53.47), Briana Thai on the 1-meter board (288.08) and Sarah Darcel in the 400 IM (4:16.82).
 
Murphy, McLaughlin, Bilquist and Weitzeil closed things out with a time of 1:30.95 to win the 200 free relay.
 
 
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