Cal Men Spring Swim and Weights Practice: Photo Vault

SwimSwam’s Jack Spitser took a trip up to Berkeley, CA back in the spring to capture images of both a swim and weights workout of the 2019 NCAA Champion Cal Bear Men. On Friday afternoon, the team had an hour long workout in the weight room, followed with an hour-long power swim, utilizing their parachutes. The following day, the distance group had a tough set of 300s, while the sprinters and mid-distance worked on fast 50s, 75s and 100s. It was a lot of fun to watch.

Matthew Josa working on his handstand (photo: Jack Spitser)

Andrew Seliskar doing a graceful leap to the flags (photo: Jack Spitser)

Dave Durden doing what he does best (photo: Jack Spitser)

Ethan Young (photo: Jack Spitser)

Hugo Gonzalez having a great Friday afternoon (photo: Jack Spitser)

Jarod Hatch (photo: Jack Spitser)

Michael Jensen. The team loves to do creative leaps into the pool before practice (photo: Jack Spitser)

Nate Biondi working the biceps. (photo: Jack Spitser)

Michael Jensen (photo: Jack Spitser)

Karl Arvidsson (photo: Jack Spitser)

Justin Lynch (photo: Jack Spitser)

Even Dave Durden works on lane lines. (photo: Jack Spitser)

Connor Hoppe (photo: Jack Spitser)

Daniel Carr (photo: Jack Spitser)

Warm down kick set. (photo: Jack Spitser)

The infamous Berkeley Squirrel (photo: Jack Spitser)

Bryce Mefford cheering after a great rep (photo: Jack Spitser)

Karl Arvidsson (photo: Jack Spitser)

Michael Jensen (photo: Jack Spitser)

Zheng Quah (photo: Jack Spitser)

Down under. (photo: Jack Spitser)

Sean Grieshop (photo: Jack Spitser)

Ryan Murphy #tokyo2020 (photo: Jack Spitser)

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Dcswim
5 years ago

So so dope

Swam
5 years ago

Does anyone know what snorkel is Shields using?

Bearsfan00
Reply to  Swam
5 years ago

Looks like a speedo bullet to me

Superfan
5 years ago

Excellent work!

Ice Age Swimmer
5 years ago

Great photos Jack!

About Jack Spitser

Jack Spitser

Jack Spitser is a San Diego based photographer and entrepreneur who swam for UC San Diego under Olympic coach David Marsh and current coach Marko Djordjevic. He graduated in 2020, and ended his collegiate swimming career at the NCAA D2 Championships in March. Working for years as both a businessman …

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