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Keaton Blovad won her 200 back race while also finishing second in the 100 back vs. UCLA.
WSWIM1/27/2018 2:41 PM | By: Cal Athletics
Bears Sweep LA Trip with 183-111 Win Over UCLA
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.
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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.
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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.
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"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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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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