FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Cal put a firm stamp on its performance in the final event at the Pac-12 Championships Saturday night, swimming away with the 400 free relay in an NCAA-record time of 3:07.41. The result meant Bears swept all five relays at the meet for the first time ever.
 
Leading the way individually for the Golden Bears was junior Abbey Weitzeil, who lowered the Pac-12 meet record and her own Cal school record in the 100 free when she touched in 46.35. The victory added to her individual wins in the 50 free and 200 free earlier in the meet, and she was named the Pac-12 Swimmer of the Meet for her efforts.
 
"I feel we are in a really good place," head coach Teri McKeever said. "We now need to refocus, stay healthy and see what we can do in a couple of weeks at NCAAs. It's going to be exciting."
 
In the 100 free, Weitzeil rushed out to the lead and never looked back, finishing in 46.35. Her time, which stands at the fastest in the country this year, broke the meet record of 46.36 by Stanford's Simone Manuel in 2017.
 
And, as the Golden Bears did in the 200 free final Friday, they swept the top three positions in the 100 free. Right behind Weitzeil was senior Amy Bilquist, who raced to a personal-best 47.01, while sophomore Robin Neumann was third in a PR 47.78.
 
Cal picked up its ninth and final event title of the championships in the 400 free relay. Neumann led off and was followed by Katie McLaughlin, Bilquist and Weitzeil. By the time the Bears reached the final wall, they had broken the NCAA and U.S. Open mark of 3:07.61 set by Stanford in 2017.
 
In the 200 backstroke, junior Keaton Blovad lowered her time to 1:51.73 to place fifth and put herself sixth on Cal's all-time list in the event. Freshman Alicia Wilson also reached the A final and took eighth in 1:55.11, with sophomore Sophie Krivokapic-Zhou earning the B final victory (9th overall) in 1:55.05.
 
Freshman Ema Rajic claimed victory in the B final of the 200 breaststroke, moving up to fifth all-time at Cal in 2:10.47. Sophomore Sarah Darcel led the Bears in the 200 butterfly, touching fifth in 1:55.55, and Cassidy Bayer joined her in the A final and placed seventh in 1:56.12.
 
In platform diving, sophomore Briana Thai led the Cal contingent with a 13th-place showing.
Cal's nine event victories came in all five relays – 200, 400 and 800 free relay, 200 and 400 medley relay – along with individual wins by Weitzeil (50, 100 and 200 free) and Bilquist (100 back).
 
Stanford earned the team title with 1,775 points, with Cal taking second with 1,352 points. USC was third (1,183.5), with Arizona State (932.5) and Arizona (837) rounding out the top five.
 
Cal returns to action March 20-23 at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas. The Bears have finished among the top three at the national meet each of the past 10 years – the longest current streak in the country.