Bryce Mefford

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USA Swimming Olympic Trials came to an end Sunday, and three more Cal swimmers qualified to swim in the Olympics later this summer.

Cal men’s swim and dive team came home with its fourth straight Pac-12 championship, and will head to North Carolina for the 2021 NCAA Championships.

Cal finished the regular season with a 167.5-130.5 win against Stanford. The team now heads to Tucson, Arizona, for the Pac-12 Diving Championships scheduled from Wednesday to Saturday.

Cal men’s swim dominated in its home opener, the Triple Distance Meet against Stanford, while Nick Hart put up a solid dive debut at USC.

Along with Cal defending its Pac-12 Championship title, Seliskar also won Pac-12 Swimmer of the Meet for the second year in a row.

All team members seemed to play their parts in Cal’s win over Stanford. Performing well as a team, with everyone stepping up and contributing, is more important than having a few individual talents when it comes to winning NCAAs.

At the beginning of the season, the Bears sat in the second slot in the national rankings, but after a couple of stellar performances early in the year, they were escalated to the status of the best in the U.S.

On his final 1-meter dive of the day, junior Connor Callahan performed a 2 1/2 somersault tuck that earned him a score of 72.08. This score pushed his total to a whopping 379.28, breaking Sam Helvie’s school record, 375.92, that had stood since 2006.

Both relay races went to the home squad, with Carr, Hoppe, Quah and Lynch combining to take the 200 medley relay. Sophomore Pawel Sendyk, Jensen, Hoffer and Josa all swam legs under 20 seconds to help the Bears win the 200 free relay.