FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Cal continued its dominance in the relays with its third win in as many tries, while junior Kathleen Baker captured first place in the 200-yard individual medley on the second night of competition at the Pac-12 Championships.
 
The Golden Bears won both the 200 medley relay and the 800 free relay on Wednesday. Then on Thursday, Cal came through again, this time setting an American record in the 200 free relay with a finish of 1:25.87. Maddie Murphy got the Bears started with a 21.96 leadoff leg, and Amy Bilquist, Katie McLaughlin and Abbey Weitzeil brought it home to out-touch runner-up Stanford by nearly a full second.

Cal's school and NCAA record in the 200 free relay stands at 1:25.59, but the squad that set it last March included Egyptian Farida Osman on anchor. The old American record was 1:25.91 by Stanford in 2017.
 
In the 200 IM, Baker led a 1-2 finish for the Bears, finishing in 1:52.69 – the No. 2 time in the country this season – with teammate Sarah Darcel right behind in a personal-best 1:54.50. Both times are below the NCAA "A" qualifying standard. In addition, Keaton Blovad swam a PR 1:55.72 to take sixth place.
 
"I'm having a lot of fun with my teammates, and having freshman Sarah Darcel come in and get second right behind me is incredible," Baker said after the race. "It sets a great tone heading into NCAA's. I can't wait to go out there and kill it there."
 
In the 50 free, Weitzeil came up a close second to Stanford's Simone Manuel, falling 21.20 to 21.41. Weitzeil's time was just one one-hundredth shy of her collegiate best. Taking third was Bilquist, who posted a lifetime-best of 21.74 – No. 4 all-time at Cal – while Murphy came in sixth in 22.10.
 
Cal had a pair of finalists in the 500 free, as Chenoa Devine placed sixth in a PR 4:40.62 and Robin Neumann took eighth in 4:40.92.
 
Diving also got underway Thursday with the 1-meter springboard, and Phoebe LaMay came through in sixth place with a score of 280.00 in the final.
 
Stanford leads the overall team standings with 611.5 points, with Cal second with 510.5 and Arizona State third with 354. Racing resumes with prelims Friday at 10:30 a.m., and finals will begin at 6 p.m.