BERKELEY, CALIF. The No. 11-ranked California men's swimming and diving team topped Pac-10 opponent Arizona State, 159.50-123.50, Saturday afternoon at Spieker Aquatics Complex. The Golden Bear swimmers had eight different individual winners and captured the 200 medley relay (1:29.16, David Russell, Damir Dugonjic, Jernej Godec, Joe Whittington). Standout junior diver Sam Helvie also won the one-meter competition for the second day in a row with a score of 351.52. He had won the one-meter board Friday versus Arizona with a score of 346.65.

Cal, under the direction of first-year coach David Durden, improved its dual meet record dropped to 3-1 overall and 2-1 against Pac-10 competition. The Sun Devils dropped to 2-7 and 1-3 in conference dual meet action. Saturday was Senior Day as the Bears honored this years 11 seniors Whittington, Godec, Richard Hunter, Louis Vayo, Dominik Meichtry, Dominic Cathey, William Copeland, Eric Dunipace, Mark Eckert, Michael Jafari and Justin Pollard.

Veterans Vayo, Godec, Whittington and Eckert all won races in their final home meet. Vayo placed first in the 200 free with a season-best 1:37.04, Godec won the 50 free in 20.28, Whittington won the 100 free in 44.96 and Eckert captured the 200 back in a season-best 1:45.00. Other individual winners for Cal included junior David Russell in the 100 back (50.09), freshman Damir Dugonjic in the 100 breast (54.74), junior Matt Scanlan in the 200 fly (1:48.16) and sophomore Sean Mahoney in the 200 breast (2:00.87).

Anytime you compete in a Pac-10 dual meet you want to win,said Durden. And, to send a group of seniors swimming in their last home meet out on a good note is important. Our guys did a really nice job of racing the last two days. We are content where we are at this point of the season, but we are also looking at getting a couple more guys healthy and continuing to get better.

Cal will next travel to Southern California to swim at Division II powerhouse Cal State Bakersfield on Thursday, Feb. 7 and at No. 20 USC on Friday, Feb. 8 at McDonalds Swim Stadium.

The fifth-ranked California womens swimming team rebounded from its loss to Arizona yesterday with a 158-129 victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils on Saturday in Pac-10 dual meet competition on senior day at Spieker Aquatics Complex. Cal improved its dual meet record to 3-1 (2-1 in league play).

Senior Emily Silver capped off her final home meet of the season in style, earning victories in the 50 (23.03), 100 (49.93) and 200 (1:48.57) freestyle relays to earn the freestyle trifecta.

Even though Arizona State began the day with a victory in the 200 IM, Cal won the next three events in the 1000 free (Blake Hayter, 10.09.20), 200 free (Silver) and 100 back (Lauren Rogers, 54.67). Rogers also dominated the 200 back, touching the wall with a time of 1:59.26, nearly four seconds ahead of second place finisher Rikka Brunner (2:03.52) of Arizona State.

Dana Vollmer led a Golden Bear 1-2-3 finish in the 200 fly with a first-place time of 1:58.31. Amanda Sims (2:00.18) and Tara Thomas (2:03.24) finished second and third respectively. Vollmer also captured a first-place finish in the 100 fly with a mark of 53.33

Senior Rachel Ridgeway placed third in the 100 back with a time of 56.81.

Sophomore Heather White celebrated her birthday with a victory in the 400 IM with a blistering time of 4:19.19 seven seconds better than her opponent Ashley Evans.

Alexandra Ellis captured the 200 breast with a time of 2:18.68, while Lauren Boyle secured a 500 free victory with a winning time of 4:52.71.

Samantha Young accumulated a score of 255.37 to capture a 1-meter diving board victory, while Laura Sanford tallied a 266.40 to place second in the 3-meter diving board.

The Bears resume Pac-10 action next weekend at USC on Feb. 1 and at UCLA on Feb. 2.