WSWIM1/31/2016 1:48 AM | By: Cal Athletics
No. 3 Cal Rebounds With Win Over No. 19 UCLA
LOS ANGELES – The No. 3 Cal women's swimming & diving team set a UCLA pool record in the 400 freestyle relay in defeating the 19th-ranked Bruins 185-114 on Saturday at Spieker Aquatics Center.
The Bears' 400 freestyle relay team of Rachael Acker, Kristen Vredeveld, Biquist and Farida Osman set the new pool standard, winning in a time of 3:20.78.
Freshman Amy Bilquist just missed the pool record in the 100 backstroke, winning in a time of 52.75. The facility record of 52.69 was set by Stanford on Friday night.
Cal was back in action Saturday afternoon less than 24 hours after a narrow loss in a dual meet at No. 7 USC on Friday evening.
“The girls did a nice job of rebounding from a late meet last night and coming back and being tough today,” Cal coach Teri McKeever said. “I'm proud of the way we raced in a short amount of time.”
Cal dominated the short freestyle events, sweeping the top three places in both the 50 free and 100 free. Junior Farida Osman, Valerie Hull and Kristen Vredeveld were the top three finishers in the 50 free while Bilquist, junior Rachael Acker and Vredeveld swept the top spots in the 100 free. Sophomore Noemie Thomas, senior Rachel Bootmsa and Osman were also the top three finishers in the 100 butterfly.
Thomas was another multiple winner, taking the 200 butterfly as well.
Senior Anne Kastler won the 3-meter diving event with a score of 288.38.
The Bears will close out the dual meet season on Feb. 13 at No. 2 Stanford before getting ready for the Pac-12 Championships at the end of the month.
“I'm looking forward to finishing up the dual meet portion of the season with Stanford in a couple weeks,” McKeever said. “There is a lot of good stuff to build on. Now we'll get to have a break next weekend and go with the final push.