Top-ranked California moves into the next phase of its season this week with the Pac-12 Championships running Wednesday through Sunday. The swimming events will be held at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center on the University of Houston campus, while the diving events will take place at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

The Golden Bears are coming off a successful, if abbreviated, dual-meet campaign in which they swept USC, UCLA and Stanford in convincing fashion. To date, Cal swimmers have broken 11 school dual-meet records, 11 Spieker Aquatics Complex records and one school record.

The Bears have placed second at the Pac-12 Championships each of the past four years, and they own four all-time titles with the most recent coming in 2015. Cal swimmers have also captured a combined 142 individual and relay championships at the conference meet.

Finals from both swimming and diving will either be streamed through Pac-12.com and the Pac-12 Now app or shown over the linear Pac-12 Network. For the most up-to-date information, visit Pac-12.com.

Wednesday, Feb. 24
12:30 pm PT - 1-meter diving finals (Pac-12 stream)
4:00 pm PT - swimming finals (Pac-12 stream)

Thursday, Feb. 25
2:10 pm PT - 3-meter diving finals (Pac-12 stream)
4:00 pm PT - swimming finals (Pac-12 stream)

Friday, Feb. 26
2:05 pm PT - platform diving finals (Pac-12 stream)
4:30 pm PT - swimming finals (Pac-12 Network)

Saturday, Feb. 27
4:30 pm PT - swimming finals (Pac-12 Network)

A PEEK AT THE PSYCH SHEET: According to the Pac-12 meet psych sheet, Golden Bears are seeded first in 12 events. Leading the way is junior Isabel Ivey, the defending 100 back champion, who is first in the 100 free, 100 back and 100 fly. Cal holds down the top two spots in four events, including the top three in the 50 free (Emily Gantriis, Eloise Riley, Elise Garcia), 100 free (Ivey, Robin Neumann, Gantriis) and 100 back (Ivey, Isabelle Stadden, Alicia Wilson). The Bears also sit atop the charts in four relays.
 
IVEY A 2-TIME PAC-12 SWIMMER OF THE WEEK: Cal competed in dual meets on two weekends after the first of the year, and on both occasions, junior Isabel Ivey earned Pac-12 Swimmer of the Week honors. First, the Bears swept USC and UCLA in a pair of two-day meets Jan. 29-31 in Berkeley, with Ivey establishing Spieker Aquatics Complex and Cal dual-meet records in the 100 fly (51.54 vs. USC) and 100 free (then-PR 47.53 vs. UCLA), while also swimming a leg on four pool and dual-meet record-setting relays – the 200 and 400 free relay and the 200 and 400 free relay. Overall, Ivey won 11 of the 12 races she entered, with the only loss a runner-up finish to teammate Alicia Wilson, who set a pool record in the 200 individual medley against UCLA. Then at Stanford on Feb. 13, Ivey earned three individual wins - 100 back (51.12), 100 free (PR 47.24) and 100 fly (51.68) - and swam a leg on the Bears' victorious 200 medley relay. Both the 100 back and 100 free were new Cal dual-meet marks.

CAL ON THE NCAA BEST TIMES LIST: Entering this week's meet, Cal boasts 16 individual swims and four relays that rank among the top 16 in the country, including 12 among the top 8. The Bears have two swimmers ranked in five different events and have a trio of swimmers rated among the top 3.

100 free – 2. Isabel Ivey 47.24; 15. Robin Neumann 48.34
200 free – 9. Robin Neumann 1:44.01; 16. Isabel Ivey 1:44.93
500 free – 11. Ayla Spitz 4:39.86; 12. Robin Neumann 4:40.02
100 back – 4. Isabel Ivey 51.12; 6. Isabelle Stadden 51.24
200 back – 2. Isabelle Stadden 1:49.77
100 breast – 10. Ema Rajic 58.79
200 breast – 12. Ema Rajic 2:07.16
100 fly – 8. Isabel Ivey 51.54
200 fly – 5. Rachel Klinker 1:53.51
200 IM – 3. Alicia Wilson 1:53.58; 8. Isabel Ivey 1:55.08
400 IM – 4. Alicia Wilson 4:04.10
200 Free Relay – 5. Eloise Riley, Emily Gantriis, Elise Garcia, Isabel Ivey 1:27.57
400 Free Relay – 4. Robin Neumann, Emily Gantriis, Eloise Riley, Isabel Ivey 3:12.79
200 Medley Relay – 6. Isabelle Stadden, Ema Rajic, Isabel Ivey, Emily Gantriis 1:35.83
400 Medley Relay – 4. Isabelle Stadden, Ema Rajic, Isabel Ivey, Robin Neumann 3:29.22
 
RECAPPING THE 2020 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS: Cal posted its fourth consecutive runner-up finish at the 2020 Pac-12 Championships, bringing home four event titles along the way. Abbey Weitzeil set a conference meet record while winning the 50 free in 21.03, and Isabel Ivey earned her first individual Pac-12 victory in the 100 back (51.06). Ivey was also the runner-up in both the 100 fly and 200 IM. The Bears prevailed in the 400 medley relay when Keaton Blovad, Ema Rajic, Ivey and Weitzeil hit the wall in 3:27.26. And Eloise Riley, Blovad, Maddie Murphy and Ivey took the 200 free relay in 1:27.22.