California at Arizona State/Arizona
Friday-Saturday, Jan. 25-26 | 1:00 PM/11:00 AM PT | Tempe, Ariz./Tucson, Ariz.
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Cal gets into the heart of its dual-meet season with a visit to Arizona this week, facing Arizona State Friday in Tempe followed by a match-up vs. Arizona Saturday in Tucson. The Cal-ASU meet will be streamed live through Pac-12.com. This weekend marks the Bears' final road duals of the year as USC (Feb. 1), UCLA (Feb. 2) and Stanford (Feb. 16) all make the trip to Berkeley next month. Cal is off to a 3-1 start after out-pointing San Jose State in mid-December, 163-63. 

• ACADEMIC HONORS ROLL IN FOR BEARS
With a 3.43 GPA for the fall semester, Cal has been named a CSCAA Scholar All-America team for the 18th consecutive semester - every time the coaching association has presented the award. The announcement comes of the heels of a fall release that showed the Bears with a 100% Graduation Success Rate according to the most recent data. Cal also claimed the athletic department's Newmark Award for having the highest GPA among all 30 Golden Bear programs with a 3.429 GPA for the 2017-18 academic year.

• ABBEY WEITZEIL NAMED PAC-12 SWIMMER OF THE MONTH
After posting NCAA-leading times in the 50 (21.46) and 100 free (46.49), including a school record in the 100, at the Georgia Fall Invitational, junior Abbey Weitzeil was named the Pac-12 Swimmer of the Month for November. In addition, she tied her own Cal dual-meet record in the 50 free (22.04) and won the 100 free in a meet with Texas on Nov. 10, and set a pool record in the 100 free (49.42) in a dual at Washington State Nov. 3.

• IVEY, CLARK JOIN BEARS FOR 2019
Cal has added a pair of swimmers to the roster for 2019, with both Isabel Ivey and Chloe Clark enrolled for the spring semester that began earlier this week. Ivey, from Gainesvllle, Fla., was rated the nation's No. 1 recruit. She is a two-time Florida state Swimmer of the Year and a member of the U.S. Junior National team in three events - 100 and 200 free and 100 fly. Clark hails from Granite Bay, Calif., and was SwimSwam's 12th-ranked recruit. She is a two-time state champion, having won the 100 back as a junior and 200 IM as a sophomore.

• BEARS ON THE NCAA BEST-TIMES LIST
Heading into this week's action, Cal has 14 individual swims, plus all five relays, ranked among the top 16 on the NCAA best-times list. Abbey Weitzeil leads the nation in the 50 free and 100 free, while she is seventh in the 200 free. Senior Katie McLaughlin appears in the top 16 in four events - 100 free (16th), 200 free (15th), 100 fly (11th) and 200 fly (9th). Sophomore Robin Neumann (4th, 200 free; 14th, 500 free), junior Keaton Blovad (13th, 100 back; 13th, 200 IM), sophomore Sarah Darcel (15th, 200 IM; 16th, 400 IM) and freshman Alicia Wilson (11th, 200 IM) round out the Cal individuals.

• GOLDEN BEAR NOTES ...
Former Cal swimmer Kathleen Baker, who set a world record in the 100-meter back over the summer, earned a Golden Goggle Award for Female Race of the Year ... Cal has finished among the top 3 at the NCAA Championships the last 10 consecutive years ... head coach Teri McKeever was inducted into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame this past fall.