FRESNO – Sophomore Isabel Ivey had a hand in five victories as Cal won 10 of 11 events overall on the first day of the Chick-fil-A Invitational Friday Fresno State.
 
Ivey claimed first place in a pair of events during the evening session, first with a time of 54.04 in the 100-yard butterfly and later with a time of 54.18 in the 100-yard backstroke. Both wins were by more than a second of the runner-up finisher. In addition, she swam a leg on three winning relays – 200 free relay, the 800 free relay and the 200 medley relay, which set a pool record by touching in 1:40.97.
 
Junior Robin Neumann posted a nearly five-second victory in the 500 free with her time of 4:51.58, while senior Abbey Weitzeil reached the wall first in her specialty, the 50 free, in 22.55. Sophomore Alicia Wilson also established a pool record with her finish of 2:00.59 in the 200 individual medley.
 
Other winners for the Bears were freshmen Sarah DiMeco in the 400 IM (4:24.89) and Ayla Spitz in the 200 free (1:50.26), while junior Briana Thai captured the 3-meter diving with a personal-best and pool-record score of 334.00.
 
"We had a lot of racing today and did a nice job of taking it one event at a time and giving our best effort," head coach Teri McKeever said. "We got to see a lot of new people race for the first time, which is really important. I was happy with our energy and attention, and we're looking forward to another good session in the morning."
 
In addition to Cal, the meet features teams from host Fresno State, San Diego State, New Mexico, Washington State, San Diego State and San Jose State.
 
The Chick-fil-A Invitational concludes Saturday with the final seven events, which will be streamed live by the Mountain West Network starting at 10 a.m.