• Date: Saturday, Feb. 11
• Time: 12 noon
• Location: Berkeley, Calif.
• Site: Spieker Aquatics Complex (swimming), Legends Aquatic Center (diving)
• TV: Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Amy Van Dyken)

California, ranked No. 2 in the most recent CSCAA poll, hosts its annual showdown with Stanford this week, with the top-ranked Cardinal visiting Spieker Aquatics Complex Saturday for a 12 noon meet that will be televised on the Pac-12 Network. Admission is free and gates will open at 11 a.m.

The first 200 fans to arrive at Spieker will receive a free pair of Shattuck Shades Sunglasses, courtesy of Hotel Shattuck Plaza, the official Hotel and & Restaurant of Cal Aquatics.

The dual serves as the final home appearance for five Cal seniors - Marina Garcia, Celina Li, Farida Osman, Hayden Tavoda and Kristen Vredeveld. Together, they have helped the Bears to a pair of Pac-12 championships and the 2015 NCAA title, and each has been named a CSCAA Scholar All-American for work in the classroom.

Cal is coming off a sweep of No. 5 USC and No. 21 UCLA and stands at 7-1 in dual meets this year. The Bears sport 15 swims that have reached the NCAA A qualifying standard, including all five relays. Three individuals lead the country in their specialties - Noemie Thomas (100 fly), Amy Bilquist (100 back) and Kathleen Baker (200 back) - the 200 free relay and 400 medley relay also at the top of the charts.

• LAST TIME OUT: CAL HANDLES USC, UCLA
Cal swept dual meets the weekend of Jan. 27-28, first defeating USC, 165-135, and then taking care of UCLA, 165-128. Against the Trojans, sophomore Kathleen Baker set a pool record in the 200 back and the Bears, after being up two points at the midway point, won the last four swimming races and finished 2-3 in 1-meter diving to open up the 30-point final margin. In their victory over UCLA, five Bears won two events apiece and Cal swept both the 200-yard medley and 200 free relay.

• 20 SWIMS AMONG NCAA TOP 16
Cal has 20 individual swims that currently rank among the top 16 nationally. The Bears are strongest in the 100 fly where junior Noemie Thomas leads the country at 50.67, while senior Farida Osman fourth (51.20), sophomore Kathleen Baker 10th (51.85) and freshman Maddie Murphy 12th (52.01). Cal also has three ranked in the 50 free - No. 2 freshman Abbey Weitzeil (21.64); No. 10 Osman (21.96); and No. 16 sophomore Amy Bilquist (22.18). Baker (1:49.83) and Bilquist (1:50.06) are first and second, respectively, in the 200 back.

• BEARS SECOND WITH 15 'A' SWIMS 
Cal ranks second nationally with 15 NCAA "A" qualifying swims and is the only school in the country with all five relays ranked among the top three. Sophomore Amy Bilquist leads the country in the 100 back (50.85), while sophomore Kathleen Baker ranks first in the 200 back (1:49.83) and junior Noemie Thomas tops the charts in the 100 fly (50.67). In addition, Cal's 200 free relay of Abbey Weitzeil, Bilquist, Valerie Hull and Farida Osman has gone a nation's best 1:26.31, while Bilquist, Marina Garcia, Thomas and Weitzeil have covered the 400 medley relay in 3:28.33 to set the NCAA pace.

• LaMAY PAC-12 DIVER OF THE MONTH
Sophomore Phoebe LaMay, who has set a pair of school records already this year, was named the Pac-12 Diver of the Month for November. LaMay won the 1-meter board competition in Cal's dual meet against Texas Nov. 11, and her score of 314.18 snapped her own Golden Bear mark of 313.25 reached during her freshman season (since broken). At the Texas Diving Invitational two weeks later, LaMay totaled 335.80 on 3-meter, edging the previous record of 334.15 by Anne Kastler in 2014. LaMay is Cal's third Pac-12 Diver of the Month, and first since Kastler earned the honor in January 2014.

• BEARS EARN NEWMARK GPA AWARD
In October, the Bears learned they had won the Newmark Award for having the highest GPA among all 30 of Cal's intercollegiate athletic teams for the 2015-16 academic year. When combined for the 24 women on the squad, the figure came to an impressive 3.376. The Bears have also been named a CSCAA Scholar All-America team for their academic performance during the fall 2016 semester.

• BEARS ON TV
Cal will make a pair of appearances on the Pac-12 Network this season - vs. Stanford on Saturday, Feb. 11 and all four days of the Pac-12 Championships Feb. 22-25. In addition, ESPN3 will stream Friday and Saturday events from the NCAA Championships, while tape-delayed coverage will be shown on ESPNU at 4 p.m. PT on March 28.

• 8 IN A ROW AMONG NCAA TOP 3
Cal has finished among the top three at the NCAA Championships eight years in a row - the longest current streak in the country. Included in the run are four national titles, coming in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015. The Bears were also second in 2013 and third in 2010, 2014 and 2016. Last year, Rachel Bootsma completed her collegiate career as a three-time champion in the 100-yard backstroke, while the foursome of Farida Osman, Kristen Vredeveld, Valerie Hull and Amy Bilquist - all returnees for this season - captured the 200 free relay title.

• LEGENDS AQUATIC CENTER OPENS
The Legends Aquatic Center, which features a pool with a bulkhead and diving tower, locker rooms and a team room, opened in mid-October. The facility, which was completely funded by private donations, will primarily host training sessions, giving Cal Aquatics student-athletes more flexibility with class scheduling and opening up additional time for campus use at Spieker Aquatics Complex.