STANFORD, Calif. – Two of the nation's top-ranked teams met for the first time in 2022-23 at Avery Aquatics Center on Friday afternoon. The top-ranked Cal men's swimming & diving team displayed its impressive depth taking three of the six events and the two relays in the annual Triple Distance Meet against Stanford.
 
A non-team-scoring meet, the Triple Distance Meet splits swimmers into event groups (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, sprint freestyle, distance free, and individual medley) and requires swims at three different distances within the event: 50, 100, and 200 yards in the fly, breast, back, and spring free; 200, 500, 1,000 in the distance free; 100, 200, and 400 in the IM.
 
The Golden Bears won three of the six events and both relays. Sweeps by Gabriel Jett in the back (50: 21.99; 100: 46.89; 200: 1:43.30; Total 2:52.18) and Destin Lasco in the IM (100: 50.13; 200: 1:45.73; 400: 3:51.03, Total: 6:28.89) highlighted the Bears' strong showing down on The Farm.
 
Robin Hanson was victorious in the sprint free group for the second consecutive year. After finishing sixth in the 50 free (20.27) and third in the 100 (43.92), he was victorious in the 200 (1:36.37) to finish with a total time of 2:40.56, finishing ahead of Stanford's Luke Maurer and Rafael Gu. Bjorn Seeliger finished seventh overall in this event, however, he was the winner in the 50 (19.76) and 100 (43.57).
 
Matthew Jensen won the 100 fly (48.15), but was fourth overall in the event. Dare Rose was second in the fly group taking second in the 50 (21.96), third in the 100 (48.41), and second in the 200 (1:47.50) to finish with a total time of 2:57.87 – three-tenths of a second behind top finisher Jonathan Affeld (2:57.55).
 
Jett won the back group, he finished ahead of teammate Colby Mefford who finished second overall with a total time of 2:55.13. Mefford was fifth in the 50 (23:29), third in the 100 (48.30), and second in 100 (1:43.54).
 
The Bears finished the afternoon with a terrific showing in both relays. Cal finished first and second in the 200 medley. The Bears' "B" quartet of Jett, Luke Rodarte, Liam Bell, and Seeliger finished with a time of 1:27.41. Right behind the "B" team was the "A" team, consisting of Kai Crews, Jacob Soderlund, Rose, and Colby Hatton who finished with a time of 1:28.22.
 
In the free relay, Cal's "B" relay team of Jack Alexy, Lasco, Hanson, and Jensen finished first with a blistering time of 1:19.33.
 
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Cal's divers will get their chance to shine next when they travel to Los Angles for the Trojan Diving Invitational hosted by USC at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center Nov. 11-13. Cal's swimmers will be off until the end of the month when they travel to Minneapolis, MN to participate in the prestigious Minnesota Invitational Nov. 30-Dec. 3 at the Jean K. Freeman Center.
 
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