Pac-12

Former Cal Head Coach Nort Thornton Dies At 87

Thornton guided the Bears to the 1979 and 1980 NCAA team championships and built the program into a consistent national contender.

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Latest Tests Show That Jeff Julian Is Cancer Free

Jeff Julian, head coach of Rose Bowl Aquatics, has announced that latest tests have shown no evidence of the disease in his body.

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Andrei Minakov on Making his First Olympic Team

Minakov takes us through the Russian Trials as well as how he’s adjusted to studying at Stanford (remotely from Russia).

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NBAC Sprinter Fiona Schere (2022) Makes Verbal Commitment to UCLA

Fiona Schere, with a Summer Juniors standard in the 50 free, will make her home in Westwood, California beginning in the fall of 2022.

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Optimism On Stanford Sport Reinstatements After President Meets With Alum Group

Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne met with alumni advocacy group 36 Sports Strong, sparking optimism that 11 sports could be reinstated.

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Zach Yeadon Analyzes LCM Performances, Explains Mullet

Yeadon took a win in the 400m freestyle at the Pro Swim in Mission Viejo and was also sporting a fashionable new hairstyle

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NCAA to Lift Division I Dead Period, Allow In-person Recruiting on June 1

The NCAA Division I Council voted to allow the resumption of regular recruiting activities beginning on June 1, 2021.

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Destin Lasco Shares What Made his Freshman Season So Successful

Lasco reveals he focused a lot on academics, especially his second semester, saying that if his grades were taken care of, then the rest takes care of itself

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Reece Whitley Reflects on NCAA Season

Reece doesn’t sugarcoat the fact that he’s not stoked on how NCAAs went, but he is grateful that he and the bears had the opportunity to race in Greensboro

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Hugo Gonzalez on Training at Cal: “They just go hard every day”

Mission Viejo’s 200 Back final felt like Pac-12s, as the Cal bears went 1-2-3-4-6-8, with Gonzalez placing 2nd at 1:57.51

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Emma Nordin Details 30×100 LCM Holding 1:04-1:05s

Nordin broke through for third in the 800 free with a 8:29.67, which is her first time under 8:30 and a massive lifetime best by over seven seconds

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Colorado’s Indigo Armon Verbally (2022) Commits to Arizona State

Elevation Athletics’ Indigo Armon, who recently notched PBs in the 50/100 free, has verbally committed to swim for the Sun Devils in 2022-23.

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Hoffer, Lasco Highlight Pac-12 Men’s Swim and Dive Awards

Ryan Hoffer claimed his second straight Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year Award as Cal swept the end of the year swimming awards for the conference.

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Arizona State Earns Verbal Commitment from AIA State Champion Evan Nail

With year-over-year drops of nearly 7 and 9 seconds in the 200 and 400 IM, Evan Nail announced his verbal commitment to the in-state Sun Devils for 2022.

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Firsts, Fasts, and Anomalies: Our Favorite Stats from Women’s NCAAs

Stanford senior Brooke Forde won an NCAA title in the 400 IM, which adds to the deepest single-event legacy in NCAA D1 women’s swimming & diving.

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