Cal vs. Utah Dual Meet
Wednesday, Oct. 10 | 4:30 PM | Spieker Aquatics Complex | Berkeley
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California opens its home schedule on Wednesday by welcoming Utah to Spieker Aquatics Complex for a co-ed dual meet that begins at 4:30 p.m. The Bears are 5-0 all-time against the Utes, including a victory in Salt Lake City last year when Cal freshmen accounted for five individual victories - two by Ali Harrison (100 and 200 breast) and one each by Briana Thai (1-meter diving), Sophie Krivokapic-Zhou (200 back) and Sarah Darcel (200 IM). This year's meet marks the first time the Bears' current crop of freshmen will suit up at home for a dual.

• LAST TIME OUT: CAL WINS CHICK-FIL-A INVITATIONAL IN FRESNO
Swimming 18 events over two days in a championship format, Cal set 10 facility records on its way to winning the six-team Chick-fil-A Invitational last weekend at Fresno State. Junior Abbey Weitzeil captured three individual races - 50 free, 100 free and 100 breast - all in record times, while she also contributed to five relay victories. In addition, senior Katie McLaughlin had three wins of her own in the 100 and 200 fly and the 200 free.

• 10 IN A ROW AMONG NCAA TOP 3
Coming off a national runner-up finish, Cal has placed among the top three at the NCAA Championships 10 years in a row - the longest current streak in the country. Included in the run are four national titles, coming in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015. The Bears were also second in 2013, 2017 and 2018, and third in 2010, 2014 and 2016.

• GOLDEN BEAR TRIO ON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM
Three Golden Bears have been chosen to represent the United States at the 2019 World Championships in South Korea - senior Katie McLaughlin, junior Abbey Weitzeil and Kathleen Baker. McLaughlin, who will swim the 100-meter butterfly, returns to Worlds for the first time since 2015 when she earned gold in the 800 free relay. Weitzeil will be competing in her third World Championships, which included a bronze medal in the 400 free relay in 2015, and will swim the 50 free and on the 400 free relay. Baker is one of three swimmers on the roster to qualify in four events - 50, 100 and 200 back and 200 individual medley - and she will likely be on the medley relay. She earned three medals at the 2017 world meet - gold (400 medley relay), silver (100 back) and bronze (200 back).

• THREE BEARS NOMINATED FOR GOLDEN GOGGLES
A trio of Golden Bears – Katie McLaughlin, Kathleen Baker and head coach Teri McKeever – are nominees for USA Swimming's Golden Goggles Awards, which will be presented on Nov. 19 during a ceremony in New York. McLaughlin is a candidate for the Perseverance Award, while Baker is nominated for Female Athlete of the Year and Female Race of the Year after setting a world record in the 100-meter backstroke over the summer. McKeever is one of five in the running for Coach of the Year. Fans can have a say in who wins the awards by voting through usaswimming.org through Nov. 9.

• TERI McKEEVER TO BE INDUCTED INTO CAL ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME
Head coach Teri McKeever, now in her 27th season at Cal, will be enshrined into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame at an Oct. 26 ceremony and will be introduced on the field with her fellow inductees during the Cal-Washington football game the following day. The 2012 U.S. Olympic head coach, McKeever has guided the Bears to four NCAA team championships and four Pac-12 team titles, among many other honors.