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Cal completes dominating performance at Tritons Invitational
MSWIM10/13/2024 5:17 PM | By: Cal Athletics
Cal Completes Dominating Performance At Tritons Invitational
Bears Earn Top Six Finishes in 100-Yard Breaststroke and 200-Yard Freestyle
LA JOLLA – The No. 1 California men's swimming & diving team completed a dominating performance on day two at the Tritons Invitational after having a clean sweep of first-place finishes at the two-dual meet to earn the 389-167 victory on Saturday.
Sophomore
Humberto Najera got things going after placing first in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 3:52.74.
Graduate student
Matthew Jensen touched first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 46.76.
The Bears took the top six spots in the 200-yard freestyle, led by senior
Robin Hanson with a time of 1:34.36, followed by freshman
Nans Mazellier (1:34.76), sophomore
Keaton Jones (1:34.82), junior
Matthew Chai (1:37.84), sophomore
Nikolas Antonious (1:38.05) and freshman
Thackston McMullan (1:38.89).
Freshman
Yamato Okadome placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke, while six other Bears filled out the top seven spots. Okadome also touched first in the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 1:52.85.
Senior
Ziyad Saleem secured a first-place finish in a time of 1:41.99 in the 200-yard backstroke.
Junior
Matthew Chai placed first in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 14:58.22, while Mazellier took the honors in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 43.05.
Cal ended the day with a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay as Mazellier, freshman
Lucca Battaglini, junior
Colby Hatton and Jenson finished in a time of 1:19.52.
Cal returns to the pool Friday at Stanford.