Nathan Adrian

Following Cal’s Triple Distance Meet against Stanford, the Bears look to the Minnesota Invite where they will compete against nationally ranked Texas, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

More than 600 members of UC Berkeley’s Class of 2018 readied themselves for their final moments as undergraduate students as friends, family and faculty gathered at Haas Pavilion on Saturday morning to cheer them on and offer parting advice.

Durden, an assistant for the United States at the 2016 Olympics, helped lead a group that featured six Cal swimmers who combined for eight gold and 11 total medals in Rio de Janeiro.

Adrian, who is an eight-time Olympic medalist, was announced as the commencement speaker Monday. Adrian swims the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle and relay freestyle for the U.S. Olympic swim team. According to a Berkeley News press release, Adrian is preparing for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and trains full-time with the Cal swim team.

Three-time Olympic swimmer and UC Berkeley alumnus Nathan Adrian has been named as the 2018 winter commencement speaker by the UC Berkeley Senior Class Council.

Baker wasn’t the only Cal swimmer to find success in the backstroke events for Team USA. Although Murphy won the Olympic gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke last summer, he barely managed to get onto the podium by earning a bronze medal behind China’s Jiayu Xu and fellow Team USA member Matt Grevers.