We are the champions

06 June 2001 | The Cal rugby team crushed Penn State last month to claim its 11th consecutive national title. The Bears smothered Penn’s Nittany Lions by a score of 86 to 5, capturing their 18th national championship in the process.

The victory pushed Jack Clark, now in his 18th season as the Bear’s head coach, over the 300 mark for collegiate wins.

Another national championship was won by the UC men’s crew team, its third in a row, this past weekend in New Jersey. The Bears, coached by new Athletic Director Steven Gladstone, also clinched the Pac-10 championship in May.

In other sporting news, men’s tennis head coach Peter Wright and baseball head coach David Esquer were named “Pac-10 Coach of the Year” for their respective sports.