Ema Rajic swam to the No. 2 200-yard breaststroke time in school history Saturday.
WSWIM12/7/2019 7:14 PM | By: Cal Athletics
Cal Completes Relay Sweep In Minnesota
Bears Win 400 Free Relay; Weitzeil Earns 100 Free Victory
MINNEAPOLIS – Senior
Abbey Weitzeil won her third individual race and Cal finished off a sweep of the relay events with a victory in the 400-yard free relay, as the Golden Bears completed four days of events Saturday at the Minnesota Invitational.
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Weitzeil set an American record in the 50 free Thursday (20.90) and captured the 200 free Friday (1:42.25). On Saturday, she came within an eyelash of the Cal record in the 100 free when she won in 46.52, missing the mark by a mere 0.17 seconds and good for the No. 2 time in the country. Weitzeil led four Bears in the A final, as
Robin Neumann was fifth (48.59),
Ayla Spitz seventh (49.12) and
Eloise Riley eighth (49.79).
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The 400 free relay closed out the meet and the foursome of
Isabel Ivey,
Keaton Blovad, Neumann and Weitzeil posted a time of 3:10.99, which rates as the fastest in the country this year. The win made Cal 5-for-5 on relays with earlier victories in the 200 and 800 free relays and the 200 and 400 medley relays. The Bears rank first or second among NCAA schools in each race.
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In the 1650 free, freshmen
Sarah DiMeco and
Anna Kalandadze posted sixth and seventh fastest times in school history, respectively. DiMeco finished the distance event in 16:11.14, good for fourth place on the afternoon, while Kalandadze was fifth in 16:12.01. Both of their marks place them among the top 20 in the country this season.
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Sophomore
Ema Rajic put up a personal-best time during her runner-up finish in the 200 breaststroke, touching the wall in 2:08.23, which makes her the No. 2 performer in Cal history behind only Caitlin Leverenz's 2012 school record of 2:04.76. It's also ties her for sixth nationally this season. In addition.
Ali Harrison was fourth in 2:12.65.
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Rachel Klinker, who swam to ninth place in the 1650 free earlier in the day, took second in the 200 butterfly in 1:55.07 to become the eight-best performer in the country this year.
Sarah Darcel claimed the B final in 1:57.65.
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Senior
Keaton Blovad led three Bears in the final of the 200 back with a fifth-place finish in 1:54.02.
Alicia Wilson was sixth in 1:54.17 and
Isabel Ivey seventh in 1:55.78. In addition,
Courtney Mykkanen earned first place in the B final in 1:55.23.
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Briana Thai had a strong result in platform diving, taking third place with 227.60 points, her highest score in the event in two years. Freshman Graham was 10th with 189.05 points.
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Overall, Cal captured the Minnesota Invitational team title with 1,158.5 points. Michigan was second with 813.5 and Texas third with 586. Arizona, Minnesota, Harvard and Iowa rounded out the field.
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The Bears will remain in Minneapolis for a long-course time trial on Sunday before returning to Berkeley to host San Jose State on Dec. 21 at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
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