LA JOLLA, Calif. – The No. 5 California women's swimming & diving team came out on top of the season-opening Triton Invitational after another dominant showing on day two of the meet. The Golden Bears tallied 1,202 points in the five-team meet that took place at Canyonview Aquatic Center in La Jolla. 
 
The final standings reflected that of the day-one leaderboard with No. 3 Stanford (898.5) in second, host UC San Diego (619.5) in third, Hawai'i (517) in fourth, and UC Santa Barbara (454) in fifth.
 
The day began with Teagan O'Dell winning the first race of her collegiate career. The freshman finished the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:10.33 and sophomore Camille Henveaux came in third at 4:18.75. O'Dell would go on to win the 200-yard backstroke as well touching the wall at 1:55.72 and Henveaux posted a 16:30.2 to win the 1650-yard freestyle.
 
The Bears took the top two spots in the 100-yard butterfly with Mia West setting a personal record of 52.13 and junior Ava Chavez finishing right behind her with a time of 53.18. That was one of two PR's set by West as the sophomore finished second in the 100-yard freestyle at 48.67.
 
Freshman Silje Slyngstadli had a strong NCAA debut winning both the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke with times of 1:00.01 and 2:11.23.
 
The first meet of the year concluded with another relay win as Cal's 'A' 200-yard freestyle team of Sydney Griscavage, Mary-Ambre Moluh, Femke Hoppenbrouwer, and West came in at 1:30.23, just 0.43 seconds ahead of the Cardinal's top quartet.
 
The Bears now look ahead to their tri-meet with Stanford and No. 18 Arizona State on Oct. 24 & 25. Day one will take place on the farm and day two will be hosted at Spieker Aquatics Center.