ATHENS, Ga. – Noemie Thomas won the 100-yard butterfly, Amy Bilquist claimed the 100-yard backstroke and Cal swept two more relay events on the second day of the Georgia Fall Invitational Saturday.
 
The Golden Bears grew their lead in the three-day event and now have 638 points to 565 for Georgia. Virginia (491), Michigan (404) and Florida State (284) round out the top five teams in a competition that features four of the top 10 schools in the country.
 
"Another really good day," head coach Teri McKeever said. "I'm really happy with with how the team is swimming. We need to keep it going for the final day tomorrow. There's really good energy. We've been working hard and it's nice to see them rewarded for their work. It gives us a lot of things we can work on the second half of the season."

Cal opened the night the way it began Friday with a relay victory, this time in the 200 medley relay. Bilquist, Abbey Weitzeil, Thomas and Farida Osman finished in 1:35.19, which ranks as the second-fastest time in the country so far this year and the third fastest in school history. Cal's B relay of Kathleen Baker, Marina Garcia, Maddie Murphy and Valerie Hull was fifth in 1:36.84 for another time that falls among the Bears' all-time top 10.
 
Thomas captured the 100 fly in personal-best 50.67 and now ranks No. 1 in the country and No. 4 all-time at Cal. Osman, the reigning Pac-12 champion in the event, was right behind in 51.20, while Baker was fourth in 51.85. Both Thomas and Osman swam under the NCAA A qualifying standard.
 
Bilquist earned a narrow win in the 100 back, touching in 51.12, which was just ahead of Georgia's Olivia Smoliga, who finished in 51.24. Freshman Keaton Blovad took third in 52.42 with Kristen Vredeveld sixth in 53.50.
 
The final event of the night was the 800 free relay, with Cal's Katie McLaughlin, Baker, Bilquist and Weitzeil placing first in 6:58.83, just over half a second ahead of runner-up Michigan. Baker gave the Bears the lead on her second leg, and Cal held onto the advantage the rest of the way.
 
In other finals, Celina Li finished third in the 400 individual medley in 4:07.50. Vredeveld took fourth in the 200 free (1:45.32) with Blovad seventh in 1:46.05, while in the 100 breaststroke, Garcia was fourth in 1:00.55 and Weitzeil seventh in 1:00.98.
 
Through Saturday night, the Bears have automatically qualified four relays for the upcoming NCAA Championships, and six individual swims have also been under the A standard.
 
Sunday's prelims begin at 6:30 a.m. PT, with finals at 12 noon PT. Complete results, as well as live statistics, can be found here.