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Jordan Ash Staying Local with Verbal Commitment to Cal for 2024-25

Jordan Ash will keep swimming close to home in college after the Bay Area native verbally committed to Cal beginning in the 2024-25 season.

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NCAA D1 All-America Team Breakdown: Cal and Texas Men, Stanford Women lead the charge

The Cal and Texas men were tied atop the All-America list with 15 athletes each, and Stanford topped the women’s list with 14.

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Cal Adds Stanford All-American Kim Williams to Men’s & Women’s Swimming Coaching Staff

Former Stanford NCAA Champion and Northwestern volunteer assistant Kim Williams has found her way to a third academically-elite program: Cal.

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Dave Durden Named Pac-12 Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year For 12th Time

Durden, who just wrapped up his 16th season as the Bears’ head coach, was also named the 2023 CSCAA National Men’s Coach of the Year for the seventh time.

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Dave Durden Accredits Cal’s Consistency to “our families, our fabric, our community”

Durden has lead the Bears to top-4 finishes every year since he took over the program in the 2008 season, and they haven’t placed out of top-2 since 2010.

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2023 Swammy Awards: NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships

Leon Marchand somehow surpassed sky-high expectations by clocking the fastest times ever in six different events within the span of 72 hours.

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Destin Lasco on Winning 200 Back, Nearly Breaking Ryan Murphy’s Record

Destin Lasco, the reigning champion in the 200 back, won it again last night with a time of 1:35.87, only .14 seconds off of Ryan Murphy’s record from 2016.

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2023 Men’s Division I NCAA Champs: Nights 1 & 2 Photo Vault

The Men’s NCAA Championships have been nothing short of historic thus far. It was hard to narrow them down, but here’s a selection of my favorite photos.

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2023 Swammy Awards: NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships

The University of Virginia women came home from Knoxville with their third national championship in as many years after breaking six NCAA records this week.

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Overreacting To Day 1 Of The 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships

As shown by their drops in the 200 medley and 800 free relays, the Dave Durden effect is showing for the Cal women at this NCAA Championships.

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From NAIA Golfer To Pac-12 Swimming Medalist: The Story Of Lucas Henveaux

Henveaux, the NCAA’s big second-semester breakout star, had been ready to give up swimming for an entirely different sport when he was a teenager.

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2023 W. NCAA Previews: Berkoff Battles Walsh, Curzan In Pursuit of 100 Back Three-Peat

American record holder Katharine Berkoff takes aim at a third-straight NCAA title in the 100 back in a rematch with Gretchen Walsh, the #2 performer all-time.

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2022-2023 NCAA Women’s Power Rankings: Final Edition

Will the Virginia dynasty continue? Can Texas win an upset title? See how our writers picked the finishing order at the Women’s NCAA Championships.

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Bullismo, Molestie E La “N-Word” Teri McKeever Licenziata Dalla CAL

Dopo 8 mesi di indagine l’allenatrice di nuoto più importante degli Stati Uniti è stata licenziata dalla Cal per abusi, bullismo e razzismo

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Cal Fires Teri McKeever After 8-Month Investigation into Allegations of Bullying

Teri McKeever, who led Cal’s women’s swimming team to four NCAA team titles during 29 years as head coach, was fired by the university on Tuesday. 

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