BERKELEY – Heavy rains in the Bay Area did not stop the third-ranked California men's swimming & diving team from capturing its first win of the 2024 year. The Golden Bears soundly defeated No. 20 Arizona by a final score of 183-110 on Friday afternoon at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
 
Cal won 12 events and swept four. Destin Lasco was victorious in the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly. Other winners on the day were Robin Hanson (50 free), Keaton Jones (500 free), Trent Frandson (1000 free), Bjorn Seeliger (100 backstroke), Colby Mefford (200 back), Sean Swift (100 breaststroke), Jacob Soderlund (200 breast), Gabriel Jett (200 butterfly), and Joshua Thai was victorious in the 1-meter dive.
 
The top race of the afternoon was in the 200 freestyle. Lasco came from behind to out-touch Jack Alexy for first with a season-best time of 1:32.68. Alexy also recorded a season-best time, finishing 1:32.74 – both of those times were good enough for NCAA B qualifying marks.
 
Seeliger's finished the 100 back with a time of 44.99 – two tenths off an NCAA A qualifying mark – and a season-best time. Soderlund's time in the 200 breast was 1:55.36, a season-best time for him and improves his NCAA B qualifying time. Forrest Fraizer raced as an exhibition in the 100 breast, his time of 53.41 was a season-best.
 
In the 1-meter dive, Thai finished with 325.65. Geoffrey Vavitsas finished second in the 3-meter dive with a score of 325.88.
 
Cal returns to action tomorrow morning at 11:30 a.m. PT when the Bears host No. 1 Arizona State. Saturday's meet will be streamed on the Cal Live Stream, fans can also follow live results via Meet Mobile.  
 
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