FRESNO – Sarah Darcel, Katie McLaughlin and Abbey Weitzeil won two events apiece as Cal swept all 11 races on the first day of the Chick-fil-A Invitational Friday at Fresno State.
 
Darcel claimed first in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:00.72, leading a 1-2-3 Golden Bear finish, and she came back in the evening session to earn a victory in the 400 IM with a time of 4:15.32. McLaughlin posted her two wins in back-to-back races, capturing the 100 butterfly in 53.62 followed by a 1:46.65 victory in the 200 freestyle. Weitzeil took first in the 50 free in 22.17 and in the 100 breaststroke in 1:02.76.
 
Those three Bears also contributed to relay victories. Cal opened the morning session by taking the 200 medley relay as the foursome of Courtney Mykkanen, Weitzeil, Elise Garcia and McLaughlin touched first in 1:41.93. Later, Keaton Blovad, Garcia, McLaughlin and Weitzeil won the 200 free relay in 1:32.15. The Bears then closed out the night with a 12-second win the 800 free relay, as Alicia Wilson, Weitzeil, Darcel and Robin Neumann were timed in 7:19.70.
 
Other individual winners on the day were: Neumann in the 500 free (4:52.38) and Aislinn Light in the 100 back (55.80).
 
"Overall, I thought we did a nice job with some good, solid racing," head coach Teri McKeever said. "We had some different people step up, like Aislinn winning the 100 back. Sarah and Robin did a great job to kick off their sophomore years at Cal, and we saw great leadership from Katie and Abbey. It was also good to see three of our freshmen, Alicia, Ema (Rajic) and Elise, get off to a good start. I feel like we got some good information from a coaching perspective and see some things we can build on. We're looking forward to finishing strong on Saturday and getting ready to host Utah next week."
 
Cal leads the six-team invitational with 784 points, with San Diego State second with 658 and host Fresno State third in 283. Air Force (248), Washington State (233) and San Jose State (161) round out the field. The final seven events will be contested Saturday, starting at 10 a.m.