Thai Units College Report On 3-Meter Dive

MSWIM1/30/2026 5:47 PM | By: Cal Athletics

Senior Breaks 400-Point Mark For First Time In His Career

STANFORD – Senior Joshua Thai set this system file within the 3-meter dive and Yamato Okadome was a double-winner throughout the No. 5 California males’s swimming & diving staff’s 189-119 loss at No. 8 Stanford on Friday afternoon that closed out the common season.

Thai posted a rating of 401.78, eclipsing the earlier file of 391.50 set by Thomas Selby in 2013. It additionally marked greater than a 12-point enchancment from Thai’s earlier private better of 389.60, which ranked No. 2 all-time at Cal.

“Ever since my freshman year, I’ve really wanted a school record and I’ve wanted to break 400 points,” Thai mentioned. “It means everything. It’s a culmination of four years of hard work. To do it at the end of my career with all of my teammates there, it just means the world.”

Thai now ranks within the prime 3 all-time in all three diving occasions at Cal. He is also second on platform (394.50) and third within the 1-meter occasion (345.90).

Thai mentioned he sometimes doesn’t verify his scores all through a meet, so though he felt like he was having a very good meet Friday, he did not know for certain he had set a program benchmark till after his remaining dive.

“I checked my score after my last dive and was just super happy,” Thai mentioned. “I went straight to Pei (Lin, Cal diving coach) and was jumping around. I got to tell all my teammates and hug them. It just felt great today.”

Okadome, who has established himself as certainly one of prime breaststrokers within the nation this season, gained the 100-yard breaststroke occasion in a time of 51.34. He was additionally a part of the Golden Bears’ profitable 200 medley relay staff, which completed with a mark of 1:23.68.

Cal now units its sights on the 2026 ACC Championships, that are set for Feb. 15-21 at Georgia Tech University.

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