In light of the recent National Championship Week, I decided to meet up with Katie Morgan and find out what she has been up to since winning the 2008 NCAA pole vault crown.

So far life has been pretty good for the senior; after winning the title she had some down time and even had the chance to head out to England to meet her brother.

Now she is back in school at Berkeley, hitting the books and doing some light offseason workouts.

Our interview actually took place right before Katie was to jump in the pool for a swim. She admittedly is not quite sure what to do once in the water, but nevertheless swimming keeps her off the feet and away from potentially injuring her troublesome knee.

And oh, by the way, if you didn’t know what she looked like before, you’ve probably at least caught a glimpse of Katie. She along with the other Cal champs were featured on banners prominently located across campus. Katie has been getting tons of flack from her teammates about the banners and may in fact be glad that they have been since taken down.

Slated this Saturday for the Cal men’s water polo team is the annual alumni match, which follows a more serious game against the Pacific Tigers. For anyone hoping to see a fun ol’ water polo match with absolutely nothing but bragging rights riding on the line, it will be an event worth watching.

The game is always a highly-anticipated affair for both sides: the young’uns have a chance to push around some out-of-shape alums while the older fellas get to relive their glory days.

As has been tradition, coach Kirk Everist will don a Speedo and head back into the pool, but don’t expect the two-time Olympian to be treated with any respect from his players. In a quick sit-down, senior co-captains Trent Calder and Frank Reynolds unveiled their game plan for keeping Everist in check; expect a few cheap shots from the pair as well as some entertaining trash-talk (fyi in the video Calder’s description of Everist is PG-13).