STANFORD – The No. 1 California men's swimming & diving team completed a stellar performance Friday in the annual Triple Distance Meet against No. 7 Stanford. In his first appearance this season, senior Jack Alexy swept the sprint freestyle events.
 
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 sprint free; 200, 500, 1,000 in the distance free; and 100, 200 and 400 in the IM.
 
The Golden Bears won 10 of the 20 events, including the sweep by Alexy in the sprint free (50: 19:60, 100: 43:39 and the 200: 1:37.16). The Bears fell short of the sweep in the breast, back and distance events. 
 
Freshman Yamato Okadome nearly cliched a sweep in the breaststroke after winning the 100 (53.74) and 200 (1:56.52). Okadome placed second in the 50 with a time of 24.83, a mere 0.13 seconds behind the first-place finisher.
 
Graduate student Bjorn Seeliger had a great night in the backstroke events after claiming first in the 50 (22.13) and 100 (48.03). He missed out on the sweep after placing fourth in the 200 with a time of 1:46.09. Senior Ziyad Saleem edged out a second-place finish with a time of 1:45.64.
 
Junior Matthew Chai shined in the distance free events after winning the 500 (4:24.27) and 1000 (9:03.55) while taking third place in the 200 (1.42.16).
 
In the 200-yard freestyle, the "A" group of Alexy, graduate student Matthew Jensen, senior Robin Hanson and freshman Lucca Battaglini claimed first with a time of 1:19.35.
 
Cal will have a layoff until their tri-meet against Arizona State and Stanford on Nov. 7.