The No. 6-ranked California men's swimming and diving team started off the 2009 Pac-10 Championships on a high note by winning the meet's first event, the 200 medley relay, in a Pac-10 meet and Golden Bear school record time of 1:23.98. The Cal team of senior backstroker David Russell, sophomore breaststroker Damir Dugonjic, sophomore butterflyer Graeme Moore and senior freestyler Bennett Clark topped the former conference meet record of 1:24.82 set by Stanford in 2005, and the former Bear record of 1:24.50 set last year at the NCAA championships. More...