2022 Pac-12 Men’s Championships Day 4 Prelims: Cal Loads 16 into Finals, Aims to Catch Stanford
The 2022 Pac-12 Men’s Swimming Championships kicked off from Federal Way, Washington with Day 4 prelims.
The session has the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly.
Cal had a big night on Thursday but still trails Stanford in the team standings heading into the final day. Cal put 16 swimmers into Saturday night finals while Stanford had just six.
2022 Pac-12 Men’s Championships Team Scores
1. Stanford University 579.5 2. California University,Berkeley 516.5 3. Arizona State University 459.5 4. University of Arizona 331.5 5. Southern California, Universit 313 6. Utah, University of 237
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Pac-12 Men’s 200 Backstroke
Stanford junior Leon MacAlister dropped a second from his seed time to take the top seed in the 200 bacsktroke. He finished in 1:39.36 to finish about a half second ahead of the close field.
In a huge move, Cal took seeds 2-3-4-5-6 as the Golden Bears look to catch Stanford on the final day.
Cal senior Daniel Carr took the second seed (1:39.71), ahead of sophomore Destin Lasco (1:40.22), junior Sebastian Somerset (1:40.70), senior Bryce Mefford (1:41.29) and junior Colby Mefford (1:41.49).
USC freshman Evangelos Makrygiannis took the seventh spot (1:41.86) ahead of Stanford freshman Aaron Sequeira (1:41.94).
Event 17 Men 200 Yard Backstroke ================================================================== NCAA: N 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, CAL PAC-12: M 1:35.73 2016 Ryan Murphy, CAL PAC-12 Champ: P 1:37.87 2020 Daniel Carr, CAL 1:39.13 A Standard 1:45.04 B Standard Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 MacAlister, Leo JR STAN 1:40.28 1:39.36 B r:+0.68 23.08 25.08 25.20 26.00 2 Carr, Daniel SR CAL 1:40.09 1:39.71 B r:+0.65 23.46 25.21 25.55 25.49 3 Lasco, Destin SO CAL 1:39.24 1:40.22 B r:+0.69 23.93 25.50 25.70 25.09 4 Somerset, Sebas JR CAL 1:43.55 1:40.70 B r:+0.63 23.77 25.29 25.45 26.19 5 Mefford, Bryce SR CAL 1:43.77 1:41.29 B r:+0.65 24.12 25.63 25.57 25.97 6 Mefford, Colby JR CAL 1:43.59 1:41.49 B r:+0.71 23.94 25.69 25.82 26.04 7 Makrygiannis, E FR USC 1:41.82 1:41.86 B r:+0.76 23.88 25.75 26.23 26.00 8 Sequeira, Aaron FR STAN 1:43.26 1:41.94 B r:+0.69 23.75 25.53 26.53 26.13 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Coen, Ty SR Arizona 1:43.84 1:42.45 B r:+0.62 24.27 25.85 26.34 25.99 10 Kirby, Jack JR USC 1:46.79 1:42.59 B r:+0.67 24.13 25.76 26.12 26.58 11 Boratto, Alex SR STAN 1:43.45 1:42.60 B r:+0.72 24.29 25.78 26.25 26.28 12 Maric, Ognjen JR Arizona 1:44.04 1:42.62 B r:+0.74 23.64 25.91 26.06 27.01 13 Blinkman, Shane JR STAN 1:45.80 1:43.12 B r:+0.70 24.23 25.78 26.19 26.92 14 Purdy, Ryan JR Arizona 1:44.80 1:44.18 B r:+0.62 25.01 26.69 26.29 26.19 15 Garstang, Ryan SO Utah 1:45.93 1:44.81 B r:+0.60 24.26 26.32 26.77 27.46 16 Retterer, Paul JR USC 1:45.67 1:45.04 B r:+0.83 24.80 26.39 26.86 26.99
Pac-12 Men’s 100 Freestyle
Cal had two swimmers tie for the top seed in the 100 freestyle and put four in the finals to continue their push toward Stanford, which did not put anyone in the 100 free finals.
Cal sophomore Bjorn Seeliger and freshman Jack Alexy each touched the all in 41.77 to tie for the top seed heading into tonight’s final.
Cal’s Matthew Jensen took the fifth spot (42.52) and Robin Hanson took the seventh seed (42.57).
Arizona State put three in the finals as senior Grant House took the third seed (42.15), senior Carter Swift took the fourth seed (42.30) and Jack Dolan took the sixth spot (42.53).
Event 18 Men 100 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== NCAA: N 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida PAC-12: M 40.76 2013 Vladmir Morozov, USC PAC-12 Champ: P 41.38 2013 Vladmir Morozov, USC 41.71 A Standard 43.80 B Standard Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Alexy, Jack FR CAL 43.12 41.77 B r:+0.68 9.50 10.36 10.94 10.97 1 Seeliger, Bjorn SO CAL 41.75 41.77 B r:+0.54 9.07 10.36 10.93 11.41 3 House, Grant SR ASU 42.06 42.15 B r:+0.53 9.61 10.73 10.98 10.83 4 Swift, Carter SR ASU 42.44 42.30 B r:+0.62 9.61 10.58 11.16 10.95 5 Jensen, Matthew SO CAL 43.08 42.52 B r:+0.63 9.54 10.84 11.09 11.05 6 Dolan, Jack JR ASU 42.26 42.53 B r:+0.68 9.54 10.54 11.22 11.23 7 Hanson, Robin FR CAL 43.33 42.57 B r:+0.51 9.45 10.60 11.07 11.45 8 Ercegovic, Mari SR Arizona 43.23 42.59 B r:+0.63 9.53 10.72 11.17 11.17 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Minakov, Andrei FR STAN 41.69 42.68 B r:+0.50 9.43 10.71 11.53 11.01 10 Maurer, Luke SO STAN 43.27 42.69 B r:+0.63 9.75 10.87 11.20 10.87 11 Hawk, Dylan SO CAL 43.92 42.84 B r:+0.70 9.85 10.67 11.19 11.13 12 Sammon, Patrick FR ASU 43.57 42.88 B r:+0.60 9.81 10.79 11.21 11.07 13 Bybee, Cody SR ASU 42.71 43.04 B r:+0.50 9.60 10.77 11.35 11.32 14 Rico Peng, Marc JR CAL 44.85 43.05 B r:+0.67 9.55 10.74 11.11 11.65 15 Miljenic, Nikol 5Y USC 42.25 43.15 B r:+0.65 9.59 10.67 11.43 11.46 15 Gonzalez, Mason SR STAN 43.75 43.15 B r:+0.68 9.81 10.84 11.22 11.28
Pac-12 Men’s 200 Breaststroke
Cal continued its last-day surge by taking the top two seeds in the 200 breaststroke and putting three in the finals.
Cal senior Reece Whitley took the top spot in 1:50.57, nearly a second ahead of the field and about two seconds off of his own Pac-12 record.
Senior teammate Hugo Gonzalez took the second seed in 1:51.27. The top two spots were “A” cuts.
Stanford senior Daniel Roy took the third spot in 1:52.37 ahead of USC freshman Chris O’Grady (1:52.66), Arizona State freshman Leon Marchand (1:52.97), who tied with Cal’s Jason Lauser for the fifth seed.
USC sophomore Ben Dillard took the seventh seed in 1:53.77, followed by Stanford freshman Ron Polonsky, who snagged the eighth seed (1:54.60).
Event 19 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke ================================================================== NCAA: N 1:47.91 3/25/2017 Will Licon, Texas PAC-12: M 1:48.53 2020 Reecce Whitley, CAL PAC-12 Champ: P 1:48.86 2021 Reece Whitley, CAL 1:52.28 A Standard 1:58.43 B Standard Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Whitley, Reece SR CAL 1:49.96 1:50.57 A r:+0.60 24.89 28.10 28.68 28.90 2 Gonzalez, Hugo SR CAL 1:54.29 1:51.27 A r:+0.65 25.00 28.71 28.67 28.89 3 Roy, Daniel SR STAN 1:52.54 1:52.37 B r:+0.49 26.02 28.43 28.69 29.23 4 O'Grady, Chris FR USC 1:54.89 1:52.66 B r:+0.60 25.51 29.07 28.76 29.32 5 Marchand, Leon FR ASU 1:54.47 1:52.97 B r:+0.68 25.95 28.72 29.22 29.08 5 Louser, Jason JR CAL 1:57.39 1:52.97 B r:+0.66 25.00 28.59 29.10 30.28 7 Dillard, Ben SO USC 1:52.44 1:53.77 B r:+0.57 25.53 28.93 29.13 30.18 8 Polonsky, Ron FR STAN 1:57.71 1:54.60 B r:+0.64 25.43 28.85 30.00 30.32 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Cook, Jon SR STAN 1:56.70 1:54.95 B r:+0.63 26.10 29.12 29.60 30.13 10 Laeuffer, Jacqu JR CAL 1:57.75 1:55.05 B r:+0.53 25.97 28.88 29.32 30.88 11 Bell, Liam JR CAL NT 1:55.53 B r:+0.62 25.11 29.23 29.86 31.33 12 Dang, Ethan SO STAN 1:56.23 1:55.60 B r:+0.53 26.33 28.93 29.58 30.76 13 Pellini, Trent 5Y USC 1:56.56 1:55.87 B r:+0.68 25.57 28.64 30.27 31.39 14 Schlicht, David JR ASU 1:54.57 1:55.91 B r:+0.65 26.02 29.44 29.88 30.57 15 Zheng, Hayden FR STAN 1:57.69 1:56.26 B r:+0.63 26.15 28.90 29.63 31.58 16 Heaphy, John JR ASU 1:57.77 1:56.35 B r:+0.68 25.81 28.95 30.17 31.42
Pac-12 Men’s 200 Butterfly
Cal put four more in the finals in the 200 butterfly, including the top seed in the 200 butterfly.
Senior Trenton Julian toko the top spot in 1:41.22, just ahead of Arizona State junior Alexander Colson (1:41.25) and Cal sophomore Dare Rose (1:41.85).
Arizona State junior Andrew Gray took the fourth seed (1:42.25), followed by Stanford sophomore Preston Forst (1:42.30), USC senior Alexei Sancov (1:43.10), Cal senior Will Roberts (1:43.23) and Cal freshman Gabriel Jett (1:43.27).
Event 20 Men 200 Yard Butterfly ================================================================== NCAA: N 1:37.35 3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas PAC-12: M 1:38.53 2021 Trenton Julian, CAL PAC-12 Champ: P 1:38.53 2021 Trenton Julian, CAL 1:40.44 A Standard 1:46.69 B Standard Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Julian, Trenton SR CAL 1:39.66 1:41.22 B r:+0.52 23.24 26.00 25.13 26.85 2 Colson, Alexand JR ASU 1:41.38 1:41.25 B r:+0.48 22.86 26.10 25.92 26.37 3 Rose, Dare SO CAL 1:43.79 1:41.85 B r:+0.52 23.03 25.69 26.13 27.00 4 Gray, Andrew JR ASU 1:43.39 1:42.25 B r:+0.71 22.74 25.79 26.06 27.66 5 Forst, Preston SO STAN 1:45.51 1:42.30 B r:+0.63 23.29 25.70 26.03 27.28 6 Sancov, Alexei SR USC 1:41.81 1:43.10 B r:+0.63 23.00 25.73 26.69 27.68 7 Roberts, Will SR CAL 1:44.14 1:43.23 B r:+0.60 23.15 26.02 26.76 27.30 8 Jett, Gabriel FR CAL 1:41.50 1:43.27 B r:+0.69 23.46 26.34 26.55 26.92 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Liang, Alex SR STAN 1:43.66 1:43.63 B r:+0.61 23.53 26.56 26.39 27.15 10 Taner, Brooks JR Arizona 1:43.95 1:43.87 B r:+0.59 23.11 26.88 27.30 26.58 11 Homans, Harry JR USC 1:43.93 1:44.53 B r:+0.53 23.55 26.16 26.98 27.84 12 Hu, Ethan SO STAN 1:46.90 1:44.87 B r:+0.62 23.25 26.67 27.01 27.94 13 Bresette, Liam SR ASU 1:46.19 1:44.88 B r:+0.62 23.14 26.66 27.06 28.02 14 Fenlon, Matt FR STAN 1:44.92 1:45.45 B r:+0.51 23.34 26.30 27.17 28.64 15 Mihm, Rick SO STAN 1:46.06 1:45.53 B r:+0.57 23.74 26.12 27.33 28.34 16 Odgers, Jackson SR USC 1:45.67 1:45.68 B r:+0.60 23.91 26.64 27.50 27.63
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