This post today will concentrate solely on the two defending national champions in crew. Check back this weekend for tomorrow’s preview/livethread for Cal Women’s Gymnastics in the Fayetteville Regional. Sunday, there will be a preview/gamethread for the Big Splash between No.5 Cal Women’s Water Polo and No.2 Stanford.
For only the second time in school history, 2016 saw both Cal men’s and women’s crew won national championships in the same year (2006 is the other other year). Fortunately for the Golden Bears, we might not have to wait until 2026 to pull off this feat again. Both Cal men’s and women’s crew are perennial favorites to win the national championships; 2017 is no exception with the teams having that X-factor of the championship winning experience.