2022 Pac-12 Men’s Championships Day 2 Prelims: Cal’s Bjorn Seeliger Throws Down 18.86 in 50 Free
The 2022 Pac-12 Men’s Swimming Championships continued from Federal Way, Washington with the Day 2 prelims.
The 500 freestyle, 200 IM and 50 freestyle will take place this session.
Stanford won the opening 200 medley relay as well to built its lead but Arizona State stole the show with a Pac-12 meet record in the 800 free relay but the Cardinal still lead the meet.
Here are the team scores after Day 1:
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 5 1. Stanford University 207 2. Utah, University of 183 3. University of Arizona 148 4. Southern California, Universit 137 5. Arizona State University 105 6. California University,Berkeley 64
Pac-12 Men’s 500 Freestyle
Stanford sophomore Preston Forst dropped nearly a half second from his seed time to take the top spot in the 500 freestyle for tonight’s finals.
He was a full second ahead of the field.
Arizona fifth-year Brooks Fail took the second seed in 4:14.83), followed by USC senior Victor Johansson (4:15.34).
Stanford ended up with three in the finals as junior Andrew Matejka took the fourth seed (4:15.39) and senior Grant Shoults was fifth (4:15.51).
Arizona State junior Andrew Gray took the sixth spot (4:15.64), dropping four seconds from his seed time to finish ahead of Cal senior Sean Grieshop (4:15.73), who was a second slower than his seed time, meaning he could have more left in the tank for finals.
Event 6 Men 500 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== NCAA: N 4:06.32 2/19/2020 Kieran Smith, Florida PAC-12: M 4:08.92 2009 Jean Basson, ARIZ PAC-12 Champ: P 4:09.49 2021 Trenton Julian, CAL 4:11.62 A Standard 4:23.34 B Standard Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Forst, Preston SO STAN 4:14.10 4:13.83 B r:+0.65 23.59 48.88 (25.29) 1:14.43 (25.55) 1:40.23 (25.80) 2:05.90 (25.67) 2:31.77 (25.87) 2:57.69 (25.92) 3:23.50 (25.81) 3:49.08 (25.58) 4:13.83 (24.75) 2 Fail, Brooks 5Y Arizona 4:10.32 4:14.83 B r:+0.56 23.64 49.22 (25.58) 1:15.26 (26.04) 1:41.49 (26.23) 2:07.71 (26.22) 2:33.64 (25.93) 2:59.29 (25.65) 3:25.00 (25.71) 3:49.93 (24.93) 4:14.83 (24.90) 3 Johansson, Vict SR USC 4:14.48 4:15.34 B r:+0.69 24.18 49.99 (25.81) 1:15.89 (25.90) 1:41.84 (25.95) 2:07.77 (25.93) 2:33.69 (25.92) 2:59.46 (25.77) 3:25.13 (25.67) 3:50.67 (25.54) 4:15.34 (24.67) 4 Matejka, Andrew JR STAN 4:23.71 4:15.39 B r:+0.79 23.61 49.02 (25.41) 1:14.80 (25.78) 1:40.76 (25.96) 2:06.56 (25.80) 2:32.54 (25.98) 2:58.50 (25.96) 3:24.49 (25.99) 3:49.74 (25.25) 4:15.39 (25.65) 5 Shoults, Grant SR STAN 4:15.75 4:15.51 B r:+0.66 23.40 48.96 (25.56) 1:15.17 (26.21) 1:41.23 (26.06) 2:07.19 (25.96) 2:33.18 (25.99) 2:58.94 (25.76) 3:24.93 (25.99) 3:50.67 (25.74) 4:15.51 (24.84) 6 Gray, Andrew JR ASU 4:19.35 4:15.64 B r:+0.73 23.07 48.31 (25.24) 1:14.07 (25.76) 1:40.06 (25.99) 2:06.28 (26.22) 2:32.46 (26.18) 2:58.79 (26.33) 3:24.64 (25.85) 3:50.35 (25.71) 4:15.64 (25.29) 7 Grieshop, Sean SR CAL 4:14.84 4:15.73 B r:+0.68 24.09 47.35 (23.26) 1:14.10 (26.75) 1:40.08 (25.98) 2:06.15 (26.07) 2:32.37 (26.22) 2:58.48 (26.11) 3:24.65 (26.17) 3:50.46 (25.81) 4:15.73 (25.27) 8 Matheson, Danie FR USC 4:19.11 4:15.77 B r:+0.55 23.87 49.41 (25.54) 1:15.17 (25.76) 1:41.16 (25.99) 2:07.18 (26.02) 2:33.20 (26.02) 2:58.96 (25.76) 3:24.87 (25.91) 3:50.66 (25.79) 4:15.77 (25.11) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Julian, Trenton SR CAL 4:17.42 4:15.84 B r:+0.62 23.67 49.87 (26.20) 1:16.27 (26.40) 1:42.70 (26.43) 2:09.12 (26.42) 2:34.88 (25.76) 3:00.52 (25.64) 3:26.24 (25.72) 3:51.73 (25.49) 4:15.84 (24.11) 10 Bresette, Liam SR ASU 4:18.78 4:15.97 B r:+0.63 23.60 49.24 (25.64) 1:15.06 (25.82) 1:41.27 (26.21) 2:07.37 (26.10) 2:33.30 (25.93) 2:59.07 (25.77) 3:24.97 (25.90) 3:50.74 (25.77) 4:15.97 (25.23) 11 Roberts, Will SR CAL 4:22.02 4:18.47 B r:+0.69 23.59 49.02 (25.43) 1:14.91 (25.89) 1:40.99 (26.08) 2:06.96 (25.97) 2:33.30 (26.34) 2:59.51 (26.21) 3:25.68 (26.17) 3:52.10 (26.42) 4:18.47 (26.37) 12 Hill, Julian JR ASU 4:13.23 4:18.62 B r:+0.61 23.75 49.77 (26.02) 1:15.99 (26.22) 1:42.41 (26.42) 2:08.90 (26.49) 2:35.35 (26.45) 3:01.70 (26.35) 3:27.55 (25.85) 3:53.29 (25.74) 4:18.62 (25.33) 13 Kopp, Tyler SO CAL 4:24.27 4:19.93 B r:+0.63 24.19 50.36 (26.17) 1:16.63 (26.27) 1:42.89 (26.26) 2:09.52 (26.63) 2:36.17 (26.65) 3:02.54 (26.37) 3:28.76 (26.22) 3:54.93 (26.17) 4:19.93 (25.00) 14 Fenlon, Matt FR STAN 4:25.09 4:20.34 B r:+0.68 23.75 49.85 (26.10) 1:16.13 (26.28) 1:42.57 (26.44) 2:08.87 (26.30) 2:35.38 (26.51) 3:01.68 (26.30) 3:28.26 (26.58) 3:54.44 (26.18) 4:20.34 (25.90) 15 Holt, Evan JR Arizona 4:23.27 4:20.93 B r:+0.67 23.79 49.71 (25.92) 1:16.02 (26.31) 1:42.38 (26.36) 2:08.76 (26.38) 2:35.06 (26.30) 3:01.53 (26.47) 3:27.89 (26.36) 3:54.37 (26.48) 4:20.93 (26.56) 16 Mason, Gordon JR ASU 4:19.25 4:20.95 B r:+0.53 24.32 50.36 (26.04) 1:16.66 (26.30) 1:42.98 (26.32) 2:09.28 (26.30) 2:35.46 (26.18) 3:02.10 (26.64) 3:28.63 (26.53) 3:55.16 (26.53) 4:20.95 (25.79)
Pac-12 Men’s 200 IM
Arizona State took the top two seeds in the 200 IM heading into finals. Leon Marchand took the top seed in 1:40.90 nearly a full second ahead of senior teammate Grant House (1:41.74).
Stanford freshman Ron Polonsky took the third seed in 1:41.95, ahead of a Cal trio.
Cal senior Hugo Gonzalez took the fourth seed in 1:42.04, ahead of sophomore teammate Destin Lasco (1:42.07) and junior Jason Louser (1:42.19).
Stanford also ended up with three in the finals as Jonny Affeld took the seventh spot (1:42.52) and Rick Mihm took the eighth spot (1:43.13).
Event 7 Men 200 Yard IM ================================================================== NCAA: N 1:38.13 2/15/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida PAC-12: M 1:38.14 2019 Andrew Seliskar, CAL PAC-12 Champ: P 1:40.07 2015 Dave Nolan, STAN 1:41.34 A Standard 1:46.77 B Standard Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Marchand, Leon FR ASU 1:40.80 1:40.90 A r:+0.53 22.20 47.45 (25.25) 1:16.56 (29.11) 1:40.90 (24.34) 2 House, Grant SR ASU 1:42.05 1:41.74 B r:+0.52 21.79 47.49 (25.70) 1:17.28 (29.79) 1:41.74 (24.46) 3 Polonsky, Ron FR STAN 1:42.32 1:41.95 B r:+0.66 22.67 48.90 (26.23) 1:17.59 (28.69) 1:41.95 (24.36) 4 Gonzalez, Hugo SR CAL 1:42.16 1:42.04 B r:+0.64 22.33 48.26 (25.93) 1:17.36 (29.10) 1:42.04 (24.68) 5 Lasco, Destin SO CAL 1:41.53 1:42.07 B r:+0.54 22.88 47.84 (24.96) 1:17.84 (30.00) 1:42.07 (24.23) 6 Louser, Jason JR CAL 1:45.20 1:42.19 B r:+0.65 22.50 48.30 (25.80) 1:16.89 (28.59) 1:42.19 (25.30) 7 Affeld, Jonny SO STAN 1:45.40 1:42.52 B r:+0.64 22.60 49.16 (26.56) 1:17.79 (28.63) 1:42.52 (24.73) 8 Mihm, Rick SO STAN 1:44.52 1:43.13 B r:+0.52 22.75 48.08 (25.33) 1:17.99 (29.91) 1:43.13 (25.14) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Colson, Alexand JR ASU 1:46.28 1:43.81 B r:+0.62 21.99 48.07 (26.08) 1:18.89 (30.82) 1:43.81 (24.92) 10 Blinkman, Shane JR STAN 1:46.64 1:44.37 B r:+0.60 23.13 49.62 (26.49) 1:19.24 (29.62) 1:44.37 (25.13) 11 Liang, Alex SR STAN 1:45.50 1:44.39 B r:+0.65 22.62 48.65 (26.03) 1:19.27 (30.62) 1:44.39 (25.12) 12 Dillard, Ben SO USC 1:44.55 1:44.42 B r:+0.66 22.72 49.03 (26.31) 1:18.46 (29.43) 1:44.42 (25.96) 13 Maric, Ognjen JR Arizona 1:47.66 1:44.61 B r:+0.64 22.35 48.02 (25.67) 1:19.21 (31.19) 1:44.61 (25.40) 14 Pellini, Trent 5Y USC 1:44.29 1:45.08 B r:+0.66 22.43 49.85 (27.42) 1:19.06 (29.21) 1:45.08 (26.02) 15 Taner, Brooks JR Arizona 1:46.41 1:45.12 B r:+0.62 22.66 48.76 (26.10) 1:19.10 (30.34) 1:45.12 (26.02) 16 Schlicht, David JR ASU 1:43.30 1:45.22 B r:+0.62 22.98 49.37 (26.39) 1:19.44 (30.07) 1:45.22 (25.78)
Pac-12 Men’s 50 Free
Cal sophomore Bjorn Seeliger dropped 16 hundredths of a second from his seed time to claim the top seed in the 50 freestyle in 18.86 seconds. It is six hundreths off the meet record.
Stanford freshman Andrei Minakov took the second spot in 19.24, followed by Arizona State’s Jack Dolan (19.33) and Cody Bybee (19.37).
Arizona’s Marin Ercegovic took the fifth seed in 19.42, ahead of USC’s Artem Selin (19.45), Cal’s Jack Alexy (19.47) and Arizona’s Tai Combs (19.51).
================================================================= NCAA: N 17.63 3/22/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida PAC-12: M 18.33 2021 Ryan Hoffer, CAL PAC-12 Champ: P 18.80 2014 Brad Tandy, ARIZ 18.96 A Standard 19.96 B Standard Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Seeliger, Bjorn SO CAL 19.02 18.86 A r:+0.53 8.96 18.86 (9.90) 2 Minakov, Andrei FR STAN 19.13 19.24 B r:+0.50 9.25 19.24 (9.99) 3 Dolan, Jack JR ASU 19.12 19.33 B r:+0.61 9.35 19.33 (9.98) 4 Bybee, Cody SR ASU 19.47 19.37 B r:+0.62 9.27 19.37 (10.10) 5 Ercegovic, Mari SR Arizona 19.54 19.42 B r:+0.67 9.35 19.42 (10.07) 6 Selin, Artem FR USC 19.38 19.45 B r:+0.65 9.32 19.45 (10.13) 7 Alexy, Jack FR CAL 19.70 19.47 B r:+0.71 9.38 19.47 (10.09) 8 Combs, Tai SR Arizona 19.86 19.51 B r:+0.54 9.41 19.51 (10.10) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Swift, Carter SR ASU 19.53 19.52 B r:+0.60 9.49 19.52 (10.03) 10 Carr, Daniel SR CAL 19.67 19.57 B r:+0.52 9.42 19.57 (10.15) 11 Rico Peng, Marc JR CAL 20.00 19.58 B r:+0.65 9.42 19.58 (10.16) 12 Hanson, Robin FR CAL 19.95 19.63 B r:+0.60 9.45 19.63 (10.18) 13 Jensen, Matthew SO CAL 19.93 19.69 B r:+0.64 9.46 19.69 (10.23) 14 Maurer, Luke SO STAN 20.07 19.71 B r:+0.62 9.65 19.71 (10.06) 14 Perham, Ryan SO Arizona 19.80 19.71 B r:+0.61 9.48 19.71 (10.23) 16 Miller, Seth SO Arizona 20.24 19.72 B r:+0.60 9.34 19.72 (10.38)
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