Cal Aquatics

Dana Vollmer goes 1:00.0 in 100 fly in first swim since 2013 Worlds

Olympic champ and world record-holder Dana Vollmer made her much-anticipated return to competition this morning, going 1:00.05 in the 100 fly at the L.A. Invite.

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Missy Franklin officially turns pro, signs on with sports agent

Missy Franklin is wasting no time in jumpstarting her professional swimming career. A day after wrapping up her college career with three individual NCAA titles and a team championship, Franklin has signed with an agent known for his work with Olympic athletes.

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Rachel Bootsma Video Interview: I’m loving the sport more than ever

Video Produced by Coleman Hodges Reported by Tony Carroll.  100 BACKSTROKE – FINALS NCAA – 49.97 – Natalie Coughlin, California –…

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Cal Head Coach Teri McKeever on Bears’ Day 2 (Video Interview)

Video Produced by Coleman Hodges.  Reported by Jared Anderson.   As a whole, the Pac-12 won 9 of 13 finals…

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Video Interview: Cierra Runge fights for 2nd in loaded 500 final

Runge picked up second place points with her time of 4:33.82, dropping a second and a half from her prelim swim

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VIDEO INTERVIEW: Leverenz talks marriage and honeymoon training trip

SwimSwam caught up with Caitlin Leverenz over the weekend at the Arena Pro Swim Series at Orlando to talk everything from the 400 IM to her recent marriage to training alongside a college program.

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Holy Underwaters: Watch Natalie Coughlin and Tom Shields Race in 100 Yard Back

Natalie Coughlin Swam her best time int he 100 yard backstroke in over 3 years on Friday in an exhibition race.

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Edinburgh International Swim Meet Gets Another Boost With Confirmation of American, Italian, French Stars

Natalie Coughlin had great success on her last European trip to the Bolzano meet in Italy. She’ll hope to do it again in March.

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Video Interviews: Cal Talks After Big 169-74 Victory at Stanford

Cal Head Coach Dave Durden and seniors Jeremy Bagshaw and Marcin Tarczynski talk after defeating host Stanford 169-74. Video edit – Coleman Hodges

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Carly Geehr’s on-deck report: Stanford Women Overpower Cal at Home, 167-133

Missy Franklin won 3 events, but Stanford swam away with a decisive victory less than 2 weeks out of the Pac-12 Championships.

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Winter Nationals wraps up with stellar American record for Ledecky, relay wins for Cal

Katie Ledecky tore the old American record to pieces in the 1650, going an insane 15:15.17 to open up the night.

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Pelton tops Franklin, Adrian leads loaded 100 free field at Day 3 prelims of Winter Nationals

Teammates Liz Pelton and Missy Franklin will go head-to-head tonight in the 200 back final.

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Winter Nationals: Multiple American records for Thoman on day 2, Franklin beats Ledecky in 200

Missy Franklin won twice for California, including an intense showdown with fellow Olympian Katie Ledecky in the 200 free.

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Ledecky Tops Missy in 200 Free; Missy Tops Bootsma in 100 Back in Day 2 Prelims at Winter Nationals

Cindy Tran and the Cal medley relays were off to a very good start on Friday morning, taking the top two spots in the 200 medley relay.

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