Weinstein Named ACC Freshman Of The Year

Claire Weinstein competed in 5 completely different finals in her first NCAA Championships.

WSWIM4/9/2026 1:54 PM | By: Cal Athletics

National Champion Adds Another Accolade

Claire Weinstein of the California girls’s swimming & diving workforce was named the ACC Women’s Freshman of the Year, the convention introduced Thursday.
 

Weinstein turns into the primary Golden Bear to win a significant ACC award and does so on the finish of a memorable first season in collegiate swimming. The 2024 Team USA Paris Olympian headlined the 2026 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships for Cal, successful a nationwide championship within the 500-yard freestyle with a school-record time of 4:30.09. It was this system’s first particular person title since 2019.
 
Weinstein additionally dropped 15.76 seconds off her private finest to take second place within the 1,650 free, took eighth within the 200 free, and helped the Bears to a third-place end within the 800 free relay. In all, she competed in 5 completely different NCAA finals incomes 5 First-Team All-America honors and led Cal to a fourth-place end within the workforce standings, its highest in 5 years.
 
Over the course of her first season, Weinstein etched her identify on Cal’s top-10 listing in 5 completely different occasions, gained 12 races and hit 26 podiums.
 
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