SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Senior Zheng Wen Quah is heading back to Berkeley with bragging rights after being crowned King of the Pool at California's 2019-20 season-opening competition at Cal Poly's Anderson Aquatic Center on Friday morning.
 
Quah came out on top of the unique five-race event that tasked Cal and Cal Poly swimmers with 100-yard races in the butterfly, backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke and individual medley. The senior posted the lowest five-race time (4:02.68) and bested the rest of the field by more than six seconds with wins in the 100 fly (46.34), 100 back (46.52), 100 free (43.80) and 100 IM (49.01).
 
The lone event Quah did not win was the 100 breast, which was claimed by sophomore Reece Whitley (53.59). Quah won the first and last two disciplines of the day, with Whitley's breaststroke win coming in the third race of the morning.
 
Fellow Bears Daniel Carr (4.08.86), Hugo Gonzalez (4:09.64), Whitley (4:11.64) and Chris Jhong (4:16.85) rounded out the top five overall finishers. Gonzalez, a redshirt sophomore transfer from Auburn, looked strong in his first races as a Bear, taking second place in the 100 breast (54.92) and 100 IM (49.35). Jason Louser was Cal's top freshman performer, using a four-place finish in the 100 breast (55.88) to take seventh overall.
 
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The Bears' next competition takes them to Stockton, Calif., for a dual meet at Pacific on Thursday, Oct. 3.
 
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