2021 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS • MARCH 24-27 • GREENSBORO, N.C. CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS MEET NOTES 2020-21 SCHEDULE GOLDEN BEAR NOTES Overall: 2-0 • Pac-12: 2-0 HELLO, GREENSBORO NCAA SUCCESS UNDER DURDEN DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULTS Reigning national champion California will compete at In addition to the four team national titles and 10 Nov. 14 #11 Stanford NTS the 2021 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Champi- consecutive top-two finishes at NCAAs during Dave Nov. 21 at #7 Stanford NTS onships this week, March 24-27, at the Greensboro Durden’s 14-year tenure at Cal, the Bears have Jan. 29-30 USC * W, 107-76 Feb. 19 #14 Stanford * W, 167.5-130.5 Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. totaled 43 event wins (29 individual, 14 relay). Feb. 24-27 at Pac-12 Diving Championships ! -- Feb. 28-Mar. 3 at Pac-12 Swimming Championships @ 1st This is the first year that the men’s championship FIRST-TIMERS Mar. 24-27 at NCAA Championships + All Day meet will be hosted in Greensboro. The most recent Among Cal’s first-time NCAA swimmers are 2020 NCAA Championship meet was held in Austin, Texas, in qualifier Chris Jhong, sophomores Colby Mefford and * » Pac-12 Conference Dual Meet 2019. The 2020 NCAA Championships were canceled Sebastian Somerset, freshmen Tyler Kopp, Destin Lasco, ! » at Hillenbrand Aquatic Center (Tucson, Ariz.) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dare Rose and Björn Seeliger and senior Nate Biondi, @ » at Campus Recreation & Wellness Center (Houston, Texas) who will compete in relay events. + » at Greensboro Aquatic Center (Greensboro, N.C.) HOW TO WATCH BOLD » Home meet at Spieker Aquatics Complex All morning and evening sessions from the four-day PSYCH SHEET OBSERVATIONS meet will be broadcast live on ESPN3. Tape-delayed Cal enters the national meet with 29 swims – 24 QUICK FACTS coverage of the meet will air on ESPNU at 4 p.m. individual and five relays – that rank among the top-16 COACHING STAFF (PT) on Tuesday, April 13. Prelims start at 7 a.m. (PT) in the country according to the NCAA psych sheet. Head Coach David Durden (14th season) beginning Thursday, while finals will start at 3 p.m. Assistant Coach Chase Kreitler (3rd season) (PT) each of the four days of competition. » 50 free: Hoffer (2nd, 18.81); Seeliger (3rd, 18.84) Diving Coach Derek Starks (5th season) » 100 free: Hoffer (2nd, 41.57); Volunteer Assistant Coach Roman Willets (1st season) Wednesday, March 24 » 200 free: Julian (8th, 1:32.29) Head Coach Emeritus Nort Thornton 800 free relay » 500 free: Julian (4th, 4:09.49); Yeadon (5th, 4:10.61) Thursday, March 25 » 1650 free: Yeadon (4th, 14:33.69) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY 200 free relay, 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, » 100 back: Lasco (11th, 45.21); Carr (14th, 45.35); B. Name California or Cal 400 medley relay Mefford (15th, 45.38) Location Berkeley, California Friday, March 26 » 200 back: Lasco (2nd, 1:38.13); Carr (3rd, 1:38.81); Nickname Golden Bears 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, B. Mefford (4th, 1:39.85); C. Mefford (10th, 1:40.50); Chancellor Carol T. Christ 200 medley relay Somerset (11th, 1:40.62) Director of Athletics Jim Knowlton Saturday, March 27 » 100 breast: Whitley (8th, 51.38) » 200 breast: Whitley (1st, 1:48.53) Facilities Spieker Aquatics Complex + Legends Aquatic Center 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, 400 free relay » 100 fly: Hoffer (9th, 45.22) » 200 fly: Julian (1st, 1:38.53); Rose (13th, 1:42.13) TEAM INFORMATION 10-YEAR RUN » 200 IM: González (2nd, 1:41.05); Carr (9th, 1:42.34) 2019 NCAA Finish 1st Cal has finished in the top two at the past 10 NCAA » 400 IM: González (2nd, 3:37.31); Grieshop (9th, 3:41.30) 2021 Pac-12 Finish 1st Championship meets - the longest current streak in NCAA Team Championships 6 (‘79, ‘80, ‘11, ‘12, ‘14, ‘19) the country. The run includes four national titles in PAC-12 FOUR-PEAT NCAA Individual/Relay/Diving Champions 91 (64/27/0) 2011, ‘12, ‘14 and ‘19. The Bears are fresh off of winning their fourth NCAA Swimmers of the Year 5 consecutive Pac-12 Championship on Feb. 28-March NCAA Coaches of the Year 5 EXPERIENCED GROUP 3 in Houston, where they won a program-record 17 Pac-12 Team Championships 8 (‘80, ‘81, ‘13, ‘14, ‘18, ‘19, ‘20, ‘21) Of the 16 swimmers representing Cal in Greensboro, swimming events – 12 individual, five relays – across Pac-12 Individual/Relay/Diving Champions 243 (159/78/6) eight have previously competed at NCAAs in 2018 and/ the four-day championship meet. Ryan Hoffer was Pac-12 Swimmers of the Year 13 or 2019. Five Cal seniors – Daniel Carr, Sean Grieshop, named the swimmer of the meet for the second Pac-12 Swimming Coaches of the Year 13 Ryan Hoffer, Trenton Julian and Bryce Mefford – consecutive year after sweeping his three individual Olympians 62 amassed 178 combined individual points at the 2019 events (50 free, 100 free, 100 fly) and contributing to Olympic Medals 47 meet as sophomores, helping power Cal to its sixth-ever four relay wins. Hugo González, Trenton Julian, Destin 2020-21 Dual Meet Record 2-0 (2-0 Pac-12) national title. All five also competed at the 2018 meet. Lasco and Reece Whitley also won multiple events at Hugo González (2018), Reece Whitley (2019) and Zach the Pac-12 Championships. SOCIAL MEDIA Yeadon (2018, 2019) round out the Cal swimmers with Twitter @CalMenSwim NCAA scoring experience. Facebook /CalMensSwimmingAndDiving/ Instagram @CalMenSwim 2021 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS INVITEES ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS » Daniel Carr » 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM » Bryce Mefford » 200 IM, 100 back, 200 back Men’s Swimming & Diving Contact Gerrit Van Genderen » Hugo González » 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 breast » Colby Mefford » 200 free, 200 back Phone (510) 697-7235 » Sean Grieshop » 500 free, 400 IM, 1650 free » Dare Rose » 200 fly Email [email protected] » Ryan Hoffer » 50 free, 100 fly, 100 free » Björn Seeliger » 50 free Associate AD, Communications Herb Benenson » Chris Jhong » 400 IM » Sebastian Somerset » 200 back Email [email protected] » Trenton Julian » 200 free, 500 free, 200 fly » Reece Whitley » 100 breast, 200 breast » Tyler Kopp » 400 IM, 1650 free » Zach Yeadon » 500 free, 1650 free SID Office 355 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 94720-4422 » Destin Lasco » 100 back, 200 back CAL MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING • NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS • MARCH 24-27 • GREENSBORO, N.C. NCAA CHAMPIONS UNDER DURDEN GOLDEN BEAR NOTES 2019 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS JULIAN SCORCHES 200 FLY AT PAC-12s 50 Freestyle Ryan Hoffer 18.63 Trenton Julian saved his best for last in the final individual event of the 2021 Pac-12 Championships on March 3, finishing 200 Freestyle Andrew Seliskar 1:30.14 the 200 fly in 1:38.53 to set a new Pac-12 record and a new Cal school record (previously held by Zheng Wen Quah since 200 Breaststroke Andrew Seliskar 1:48.70 200 Individual Medley Andrew Seliskar 1:38.14 2017, 1:38.83). It was the nation’s fastest time this year and ranks Julian as the third-fastest butterflier in NCAA history, 200 Freestyle Relay Pawel Sendyk, Ryan Hoffer trailing just Texas’ Jack Conger and Joseph Schooling. Michael Jensen, Andrew Seliskar 1:14.46 WHITLEY SEEDED ATOP 200 BREAST 2017 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Junior breaststroker Reece Whitley is aiming for his first individual NCAA title this week, and has the chance to do so in the 100 Backstroke Ryan Murphy 43.99 100 and 200 breast events. Whitley is the top seed in the 200 breast event after swimming 1:48.53 back in November in 200 Backstroke Ryan Murphy 1:36.75 Cal’s first competition of the 2020-21 season. The time was not only a Pac-12 record & Cal school record, but the third- 2016 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS fastest swim in history behind Texas’ Will Licon, who swam 1:47.91 and 1:48.12 at NCAA meets in 2017 & 2016. 100 Backstroke Ryan Murphy 43.49 200 Backstroke Ryan Murphy 1:35.73 HOFFER AIMING FOR 50 FREE REPEAT 400 Individual Medley Josh Prenot 3:35.82 Ryan Hoffer is the lone member of Cal’s NCAA squad that has won an individual event at the national meet. The senior sprinter won the 50 free (18.63) in 2019 as well as swimming an 18.43 split in the Bears’ 200 free relay national title. 2015 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Hoffer set Cal’s school record in the 50 free (18.58) during the morning prelims at the 2019 NCAAs. 100 Backstroke Ryan Murphy 44.17 200 Backstroke Ryan Murphy 1:36.77 200 Medley Relay Ryan Murphy, Chuck Katis IMPACT ADDITION Justin Lynch, Tyler Messerschmidt 1:22.40 Senior Zach Yeadon, a transfer from Notre Dame, is a three-time NCAA qualifier (2018-20) and scored at both the 2018 and 2019 championship meets while with the Fighting Irish. After equaling Notre Dame’s best-ever finish at the 2018 2014 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS NCAA Championships (4th, 1650 free; 14:35.98), Yeadon took 14th in the 500 free (4:14.84) and 13th in the 1650 free 100 Backstroke Ryan Murphy 44.63 (14:42.90) in 2019. He’s a seven-time All-American. 200 Backstroke Ryan Murphy 1:37.35 200 Freestyle Relay Tyler Messerschmidt, Ryan Murphy IN THE RANKINGS Tony Cox, Seth Stubblefield 1:15.27 200 Medley Relay Ryan Murphy, Chuck Katis Cal is ranked second nationally in the most recent CSCAA TYR Top25 poll (March 11) with 289 points, trailing only Texas (299).