No. 5 Cal To Host Triple Distance Meet

WSWIM11/5/2025 3:03 PM | By: Cal Athletics

Bears Face No. 3 Stanford

The No. 5 California girls’s swimming & diving staff is again at Spieker Aquatics Complex on Friday to host No. 3 Stanford in a triple distance meet. The first race is ready for 1 p.m. PT.

The meet requires every swimmer to compete in three distances of the identical stroke, with people racing the 50, 100 and 200-yard iteration of every occasion. Distance freestylers will race the 200, 500 and 1,000 whereas particular person medley specialists will swim the 100, 200 and 400 variations of the occasion. There will even be relay occasions.

The Golden Bears are coming off a stable outing of their tri-meet with No. 3 Stanford and No. 18 ASU the place they defeated the Sun Devils 233-107 however fell to the Cardinal 190.5-147.5. Cal gained eight complete occasions within the two-day meet, all of which have been gained by underclassmen.

Meet Information

Friday, Nov. 7

Cal vs. No. 3 Stanford | 1 P.M. PT | Spieker Aquatics Complex | Berkeley, Calif.

Live Stream: ACCNX

Live Results: Meet Mobile

 

Weinstein Named ACC Swimmer Of The Week

Freshman Claire Weinstein earned her first ACC Swimmer of the Week award on Oct. 28 after an exceptional weekend in Cal’s tri-meet with No. 3 Stanford and No. 18 Arizona State. The freshman gained two particular person races and helped her relay groups to a first-place end and two second-place finishes.

Weinstein took gold within the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:42.52, which was the seventh-fastest time in Cal historical past and the third-fastest within the nation this season. She adopted that up by successful the 500-yard freestyle with the fifth-fastest time within the nation this season at 4:39.23. Both marks are NCAA qualifying occasions. Weinstein added a 3rd NCAA qualifying time by taking fourth within the 100-yard freestyle at 48.33.

Weinstein helped Cal flip within the high time within the nation this yr within the 800-yard freestyle as she, Mia West, Teagan O’Dell and Ella Cosgrove gained the occasion with an NCAA qualifying time of 6:55.18. Weinstein’s break up of 1:42.90 was the quickest on the staff.

The Las Vegas native discovered the rostrum twice extra as she additionally led her staff to a second-place end within the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:28.36) with the fifth-fastest time within the NCAA this season and within the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:13.08) with the third-fastest time.

Returners

Cal returns a handful of difference-makers this season like sophomore Mary-Ambre Moluh, a 2024 Paris Olympian for Team France, who etched her identify into this system’s high 10 lists six completely different occasions as a freshman final yr together with the quickest 100 backstroke time in Cal historical past at 49.68. Her countryman, senior Lilou Ressencourt, additionally returns after a stellar 2024-25 through which she broke into this system’s  high 10 in each the 100 and 200 butterfly. Abby Herscu is in her senior season and leads the breaststroke group after qualifying for the A Final on the 2025 NCAA Championships. She owns the third-best time by a Bear at 2:07.60.

New Faces

In addition to these acquainted faces, a powerful group of newcomers have joined the roster, together with the highest recruiting class the game has ever seen, in keeping with SwimSwam. Cal is bringing in three of the highest 5 and 5 of the highest 20 recruits within the nation, headlined by U.S. National Team members Teagan O’Dell and Weinstein, who’re ranked second and third, respectively, by SwimSwam. O’Dell involves Berkeley with occasions that will already qualify for the NCAA A last within the 200 IM, 200 backstroke and 200 freestyle, and holds the highest occasions in her class in 4 completely different occasions. Weinstein is coming off of a silver-medal end on the 2024 Paris Olympics as the primary leg of the 800 freestyle relay staff and has a various talent set, being aggressive in freestyle races of all distances.

Fifth-ranked recruit Annie Jia joins the Bears with spectacular occasions within the 100 butterfly and 100 freestyle, and Twelfth-ranked Elle Scott comes because the quickest 100 breaststroker within the class. Ella Cosgrove, who’s ranked 18th, reveals promise within the 200 and 500 freestyle.

Coming in at No. 5

The Bears started the season with their highest preseason rating since 2019 at No. 5 within the CSCAA ballot.

2024-25 Recap

The Bears had their greatest season in three years, putting eighth on the 2025 NCAA Championships. Cal accrued 16 All-American certificates on the meet and set a faculty file within the 200-yard medley relay. Senior Leah Polonsky had a memorable meet with two top-five finishes, and her 38 complete factors scored was the third most by a Cal girls’s swimmer at NCAAs prior to now 10 years. In its first season competing within the ACC – arguably the highest convention within the nation – Cal positioned fourth within the staff standings of the convention meet and produced 5 All-ACC performers. Senior Isabelle Stadden closed out a superb profession with one other robust season, together with setting Spieker Aquatics Complex data in each the 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke.

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