SAN LUIS OBISPO – Graduate student Isabelle Stadden won her third straight Queen of the Pool title as the California women's swimming & diving team opened the 2024-25 season on Friday afternoon at Cal Poly's Anderson Aquatic Center.

Stadden, the reigning Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year, amassed an aggregate time of 4:40.36 over five 100-yard events to outdistance freshman teammate Mia West, who came in second place with a combined mark of 4:46.46. Senior McKenna Stone finished in third place (4:48.62) for the second straight season.

The Queen of the Pool, the traditional season-opening meet for the Golden Bears, features 100-yard races in the freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke and individual medley. The swimmer with the best combined time of the five events is crowned the winner.

Stadden, who was the NCAA runner-up in the 100 back last season, won the event Friday in a time of 52.86. She finished second in the freestyle and individual medley, third in the breaststroke and fourth in the butterfly.

Senior Lizzy Cook won the butterfly (54.32), Alicia Henry easily captured the breaststroke (1:02.88), freshman Olympian Mary-Ambre Moluh won the freestyle (50.59) while Stone took the individual medley (56.93).

Cal is now off until it competes in its first dual meet of the season at UC San Diego on Oct. 11.