BERKELEY – In its final home dual-meet of the season, Cal picked up six victories, including a pool record in the 100 free from Abbey Weitzeil, but the Golden Bears fell to Stanford, 192-107, Saturday on a raining afternoon at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
 
Cal got off to a strong start with wins in three of the first four events, beginning with the 200-yard medley relay. Amy Bilquist, Ema Rajic and Maddie Murphy handled the first three legs, but Stanford held a lead by nearly three-quarters of a second when Weitzeil hit the water for her anchor leg. With a 21.07 split on her 50 free, she brought the Bears all the way back, touching first in 1:37.36.
 
Seniors Katie McLaughlin and Bilquist then gave Cal back-to-back victories in the 200 free and 100 back. McLaughlin, teammate Isabel Ivey and Stanford's Brooke Forde were locked in a title battle throughout the 200 free, and the trio all finished within 0.11 seconds of each other. McLaughlin got her hand in first in 1:45.59 to Forde's 1:45.62 and Ivey's 1:45.70.
 
Bilquist then led from the start in her 100 back. Finishing in 52.16, she established a season best and was only 0.01 off her own Cal dual-meet record from 2017.
 
Cal closed out the first half of the meet when Weitzeil sprinted to victory in the 50 free. Her time of 21.99 is the second fastest ever by a Golden Bear in a dual meet, topped only by her 21.92 from the Cal-USC dual two weeks ago.
 
Weitzeil followed up with an even more impressive swim in the 100 free, covering the distance in 48.06. Not only did her time match the Cal dual-meet record first set by Natalie Coughlin in 2003, but it broke the Spieker Aquatics Complex mark of 48.17 by Stanford's Simone Manual from two years ago.
 
The Bears' final win of the afternoon came in the 100 fly, when McLaughlin earned her second victory of the meet. She finished in 52.66, with Ivey taking third in 53.56 and Murphy fourth in 53.89.
 
The meet served as the final home competition for five Golden Bear seniors – Bilquist, McLaughlin, Alexa Cacao, Jenna Campbell and Phoebe LaMay.
 
Cal next moves into the championship portion of its season, going to the Pac-12 Championships Feb. 27-March 2 in Federal Way, Wash., before traveling to Austin, Texas for the NCAA Championships March 20-23.