GREENSBORO, N.C. – The No. 3 California men's swimming & diving team recorded a pair of podium finishes Friday and continues to lead the overall team standings heading into the final day of the 2025 ACC Championship at Greensboro Aquatic Center.

Graduate student Dare Rose reached the podium for the second straight night after placing second in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:39.47. Rose led for most of the race before being overtaken by winner Andrei Minakov of Stanford over the final 25 yards. Rose was third in the 100 butterfly on Thursday.

Senior Gabriel Jett just missed the podium in the 200 fly with a fourth-place finish at 1:40.28 - .16 out of third place.

Freshman Yamato Okadome registered his first career podium finish by taking third place in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 51.12.

Sophomore Geoffrey Vavitsas advanced to the finals of the platform diving event and placed fifth (370.30 points) and freshman Mewen Tomac was also fifth in the 100 backstroke with the ninth-fastest time ever at Cal (45.16).

The Golden Bears' 400 medley relay team of Jett (backstroke), Okadome (breaststroke), Rose (butterfly) and Tomac (freestyle) placed second but with the 10^th-fastest time ever at Cal (3:01.92).

Heading into the final day of the meet, the Bears continue to hold the lead as they look to become Cal's first program to win an ACC team championship. Cal leads with 885.5 points while Stanford is in second place at 822 points. North Carolina is in third place with 741.

Saturday's schedule includes the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and 400 free relay.


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