BERKELEY - The Cal men's swimming team takes a mid-week trip to Stanford on Wednesday to compete in the two teams' annual Triple Distance Meet at Avery Aquatic Center. The Triple Distance format, which started as a modified practice between the two schools, features individual swimmers competing in three different distances of one event. In most events, swimmers compete at distances of 50, 100 and 200 yards while distance freestylers will compete in the 200, 500 and 1,000. The meet will be streamed live at GoStanford.com as well as on Twitter beginning at 2 p.m.

Wednesday's trip to Stanford will be Cal's third competition of the fall and first with a nearly full squad in the pool. The Bears defeated Pacific in their season-opening dual meet and took a smaller group to Stockton to compete in the final day of the Pacific Invitational. Cal will wrap up an incredible 2016 calendar year on Dec. 2-4 when it competes at the Georgia Fall Invitational.

Stanford got its fall season started at the Pacific Invitational and enjoyed plenty of success. Sam Perry (100 free), Maxwell Williamson (200 breast) and True Sweetser (500, 1,650 free) each won events for the Cardinal. 

LAST TIME OUT
A small but motivated bunch of Bears took the trip to Stockton to compete in the Pacific Invitational and several came home with wins under their belts. Michael Thomas, Connor Hoppe, Justin Lynch and 'Aukai Lileikis teamed up to win the 400 medley relay and the team of Lynch, Pawel Sendyk, Dillon Williams and Hoppe closed the day by winning the 200 free relay. Lynch won the 100 fly and took second in the 200 breast while Thomas continued a strong start to the season by winning the 200 fly and placing second in the 200 IM. Senior Hunter Cobleigh almost earned a win of his own, taking second in the 200 breast.

A SUMMER TO REMEMBER
What began at U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha carried right through the 2016 Rio Olympics as Cal men's swimmers made an unforgettable impact on the world's biggest stage. Cal swimmers brought home 11 medals as Nathan Adrian (two gold, two bronze), Ryan Murphy (three gold), Anthony Ervin (two gold), Tom Shields (one gold) and Josh Prenot (one silver) combined with Jacob Pebley, Damir Dugonjic (Slovenia), Long Gutierrez (Mexico) and coaches David Durden and Yuri Suguiyama (United States) to make up one of the most memorable groups of Cal Olympians in history.

WORLD RECORD HOLDER
Ryan Murphy didn't return to Berkeley with just medals, he also brought with him a piece of swimming history. By swimming the leadoff leg of the 400-meter medley relay in 51.85 seconds, he broke Aaron Peirsol's world record of 51.94 in the 100 backstroke that Peirsol set in 2009. Murphy is the seventh Cal men's swimmer in history to set a world record and the first to do it since Nathan Adrian helped the United States' 400-meter freestyle relay team do it at the 2008 Olympics.

STAYING CONSISTENT
By finishing second at the 2016 NCAA Championships, the Bears ensured their seventh-straight season in the top two under head coach David Durden. Ryan Murphy won both the 100 and 200-yard backstroke for the third consecutive year and was named the CSCAA co-National Swimmer of the Year along with former high school teammates Caeleb Dressel of Florida and Joe Schooling of Texas. Josh Prenot capped a phenomenal college career with his first NCAA title, outdueling Texas' Will Licon to win the 400 individual medley.

7 STRAIGHT YEARS AMONG NCAA TOP 2
After placing second at the 2016 NCAA Championships, Cal carries a remarkable run of success with it into the 2016-17 season. Head coach David Durden's squad has finished first or second in the nation in each of the last seven seasons and has never placed lower than fourth in his nine seasons as coach. During that run, the Bears own three NCAA championships (2011, 2012, 2014) and two Pac-12 titles (2013, 2014).

AWARD WINNER
Before the 2016 collegiate season began, Cal head coach David Durden was recognized by the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) as the 2016 National Coach of the Year. Durden led the way as five current members of California Aquatics qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics, won nine medals and set a world record (Ryan Murphy).