Bears Set To Host Annual Triple Distance Meet

Cal faces off in opposition to Stanford in distinctive competitors

MSWIM11/5/2025 12:13 PM | By: Cal Athletics

Cal Faces Off Against Stanford In Unique Competition

The No. 4 California males’s swimming & diving crew will host No. 8 Stanford for the annual non-scoring Triple Distance Meet on Friday at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
 
The Triple Distance Meet requires swimmers to compete in three distances of every of the six disciplines, which embrace dash freestyle, distance freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and particular person medley. Both groups may even compete in a pair of relay occasions.

FRIDAY, NOV. 7

Cal vs. Stanford | 1 PM PT | Spieker Aquatics Complex | Berkeley, Calif.

Live Stream: TBA

Live Results: Meet Mobile

 

LAST TIME OUT

Last trip, Cal fell to No. 3 Arizona State (139-198) and No. 8 Stanford (134-205) within the two-day tri-meet. The Bears earned 4 first-place finishes in the course of the occasion. Despite a second-place end, Ryan Erisman set the varsity report in the course of the first day of the occasion after clocking a time of 8:43.48 within the 1000-yard freestyle, which is the fourth quickest time within the nation this season. Diver Jack Clark took the one-meter dive with a rating of 324.40, which strikes him as much as fifth on Cal’s all-time high 10 record. Yamato Okadome took first within the 100-yard (51.11) & 200-yard breaststroke (1:51.66), that are each among the many high two instances within the nation this yr. Erisman clocked a 4:15.76 within the 500-yard freestyle to the touch first with the fourth-fastest time within the nation this season.

 

AMONGST THE BEST IN THE NATION           

500 freestyle – No. 10: Ryan Erisman (4:15.50)

1000 freestyle – No. 4: Ryan Erisman (8:43.48)

1650 freestyle – No. 2: Freddy Klein (15:17.06)

1650 freestyle – No. 9: Julien Rousseau (15:29.02)

200 backstroke – No. 10: Humberto Najera (1:41.61)

100 breaststroke – No. 2: Yamato Okadome (51.11)

200 breaststroke – No. 1: Yamato Okadome (1:51.66)

400 particular person medley – No. 6: Ryan Erisman (3:44.88)

800 freestyle relay – No. 3: Ryan Erisman, Keaton Jones, Max Goettsch, Nans Mazellier (6:20.11)

 

REIGNING CONFERENCE KINGS

In its first season as a member of the ACC, Cal showcased its dominance all through the 2024-25 season. The Bears received their first-ever ACC title in a wire-to-wire end, which included six occasion crowns on the 2025 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships. Cal had 9 student-athletes obtain All-ACC honors in a minimum of one occasion whereas in complete the Bears completed among the many high three in 12 completely different occasions. Cal additionally swept the convention’s swimming awards – Lucas Henveaux and Yamato Okadome had been tabbed the ACC Swimmer of the Year and Freshman of the Year, respectively, whereas David Durden walked away with ACC Coach of the Year honors.

 

KEY RETURNERS

Cal returns 27 student-athletes from a season in the past, eight of whom competed on the 2025 NCAA Championships, together with Keaton Jones, Nans Mazellier, Humberto Najera, Yamato Okadome, Evan Petty, Hank Rivers, Joshua Thai and Geoffrey Vavitsas. 

 

NEW BEARS IN TOWN

The Bears welcomed the fifth-ranked recruiting class of 2025, in accordance with SwimSwam, that includes 14 freshmen. Ryan Erisman led the pack because the No. 16-ranked recruit, adopted by No. 19 Kenny Barnicle. A trio of standout worldwide swimmers, which incorporates Casper Pugaard, Jack Brown and Martin Wrede. Irish swimmer Nathan Wiffen, a two-time finalist on the European Aquatic Championships over the summer time and the dual brother of Olympic champion Daniel Wiffen, has additionally joined the Bears for the 2025-26 season.

 

U.S NATIONAL TEAM

Seven present and former Bears had been named to the 2025-2026 U.S National Team roster, introduced by USA Swimming. The roster contains Jack Alexy, Ryan Erisman, Gabriel Jett, Keaton Jones, Trenton Julian, Destin Lasco and Dare Rose.

 

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