STANFORD, Calif. – Swimming the unique Triple Distance Meet format against Stanford that features three distances of each stroke, the Cal men's swimming team took advantage of an early November chance to do some racing as the Bears claimed five overall wins and swept both relays at Avery Aquatics Center.

Swimming a 50, 100 and 200-yard distance of each stroke, Cal showcased its depth throughout the afternoon. In the butterfly, Zheng Wen Quah rolled to three wins to easily take the overall title, compiling a final time of 2:53.66 to win the event.

In the backstroke, sophomores Bryce Mefford and Daniel Carr split the victories with Carr taking the 50 before Mefford took the 100 and 200 to claim the overall crown. Mefford's final time of 2:53.58 was almost seven seconds faster than the next closest competitor, Stanford's Patrick Conaton.

Freshman Reece Whitley rolled to a trio of wins in the breaststroke, finishing in a time of 3:14.35 to win the event while Michael Jensen used a strong 200 free to win the sprint free in 2:44.33. Pawel Sendyk earned a win in the 50 and 100 free but Jensen's time of 1:38.69 in the 200 proved decisive in the final standings.

The IM turned into a Cal battle from the very beginning as sophomore Trenton Julian and senior Mike Thomas dueled in all three events. Thomas claimed the 100, Julian took the 200 and Julian followed with a personal best time of 3:49.83 in the 400 that gave him the overall victory. His time of 6:28.61 edged Thomas' 6:32.89.

A pair of relays brought the day to the close and Cal claimed a sweep to wrap up the action. Carr, Whitley, Sendyk and Mefford combined to post a time of 1:27.59 in the 200 medley relay and Jensen, Ryan Hoffer, Quah and Thomas stopped the clock in 1:19.17 to win the 200 free relay.

"It's hard to flip the switch sometimes because your body gets adapted to a training mode and then to race three or four times, that can be a little bit different from what we would do on a Thursday," head coach David Durden said. "It was good to see our guys move through that.  I thought they moved through it well. I thought a little bit of our back end swimming was better than where it was a month ago. We've got to dig into some of the details of it, because there's a lot going on in a short amount of time, but all in all I think it was a good session for our guys."  

Thursday's meet represents the final local competition of 2018 for the Bears as they'll close out the calendar year with a trip to the Georgia Fall Invitational from Nov. 30-Dec.1.