Bears Set 2 Pool Records in Win at WSU

Bears Set 2 Pool Records in Win at WSU

Cal Earns 158-95 Victory After Taking 13 Of 14 Events

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PULLMAN, Wash. – Katie McLaughlin, Abbey Weitzeil, Cassidy Bayer and Ema Rajic won two events apiece and Cal set a pair of Gibb Pool records en route to a 158-95 dual-meet victory over Washington State Saturday.
 
The Golden Bears started things off with a pool mark in the 200-yard medley relay as the foursome of Sophie Krivokapic-Zhou, Rajic, Weitzeil and Alicia Wilson touched in 1:42.51 to lower the record by 0.01 seconds. Weitzeil also put her name in the record book individually with her time of 49.42 in the 100 free later in the meet.
 
Bayer, a freshman, picked her two individual victories in the 1000 free (10:14.01) and the 200 butterfly (1:59.39), while fellow freshman Rajic earned her first-place finishes both breaststroke events, taking the 100-yard distance in 1:03.39 and the 200-yard race in 2:15.45.
 
Weitzeil added the 100 backstroke (54.91) to her 100 free title, and McLaughlin won the 50 free in 23.09 – more than a second ahead of runner-up Robin Neumann – and the 400 individual medley (4:20.03).
 
Courtney Mykkanen (200 back, 2:02.26), Neumann (500 free, 4:57.67) and Elise Garcia (100 fly, 55.52) also claimed individual victories, and the 200 free relay of Bayer, Jenna Campbell, Ali Harrison and Weitzeil closed the meet with a winning time of 1:34.83. Overall, the Bears prevailed in 13 of 14 events – all but the 200 free.
 
"Overall, we had fairly good day," head coach Teri McKeever said. "We're learning more about each other as a group and the things that we need to work on with every meet. We're looking forward to having Texas come in next week and more good racing."
 
Cal returns to action next Saturday in a showdown of top teams when Texas visits Berkeley for a 12 noon start at Legends Aquatic Center. The Bears were the NCAA runner-ups last year, while the Longhorns finished sixth at the national meet. Admission is free.
 
 
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