BERKELEY, Calif. - The Arizona Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving teams fell short against Cal Friday afternoon. The men suffered their first loss of the season by a score of 166-123 while the Wildcat women fell 196-101.

Hannah Cox and Brooks Fail led the way for the Wildcats, as both of them took home first place honors in the women and men's 500 and 1000 Freestyle races. The Freshman Axana Merckx had a career day as she placed 2nd in the 200 Back and 200 IM while also claiming 3rd place in the 100 Back. Fellow Freshman Diver Bjorn Markentin continues to dominate has he took home gold in the men's 1-meter and 3-meter dives this afternoon. 
 

Hannah Cox takes the first individual event of the day in the women's 1000 Free!!!?????? pic.twitter.com/0mwrS28Eg2

— Arizona Swim & Dive (@ArizonaSwimDive) January 24, 2020

The Cats will be back in action tomorrow when they take on Stanford at 1 p.m. MST.

WILDCAT TOP-3 FINISHES
 
Women

200 Medley Relay 
3. Arizona B (Axana Merckx, Jade Neser, Hannah Farrow, Jamie Stone)

1000 Free
1. Hannah Cox
3. Ayumi Macias 

100 Back 
1. Aria Bernal 
3. Axana Merckx

100 Breast 
2. Ellie Jew
3. Jade Neser

50 Free
2. Kayla Filipek

200 Back 
2. Axana Merckx

200 Breast
2. Francesca Neubauer
3. Ellie Jew

500 Free
1. Hannah Cox
3. KIrsten Jacobsen

200 IM 
2. Axana Merckx

200 Free Relay
3. Arizona A (Kayla Filipek, Alayna Connor, Taylor Nations, Madison Blakesley)

Men

200 Medley Relay
3. Arizona A (Thomas Anderson, Ryan Foote, Brendan Meyer, Marin Ercegovic)

1000 Free
1. Brooks Fail 

200 Free
3. Jorge Iga

100 Back 
3. Thomas Anderson 

100 Breast 
3. Ryan Foote

200 Fly
2. Brooks Fail 
3. Brendan Meyer

100 Free
2. Noah Reid
3. Jorge Iga

500 Free
1. Brooks Fail 
3. Isaac Stump

100 Fly
3. Noah Reid

200 Free Relay 
2. Arizona A (Marin Ercegovic, Tai Combs, Thomas Anderson, Noah Reid)