Cal used a strong finish and quick sprinting to take the lead after Day 2 of the Pac-12 Men’s Championships.
The Golden Bears placed four in the 50 freestyle final, including champion Justin Lynch. That quartet came right back after a short break and won the 200 freestyle relay to close the evening.
Cal leads with 379 points. Stanford is second at 361, followed by USC (245), Arizona State (185), Utah (139) and Arizona (127).
Order of events
500 Free
Stanford had five in the final for the 500 free and picked up some big points to start the second night of finals.
Grant Shoults won the 500 free in 4:13.70, holding off Cal’s Sean Grieshop by nearly a second (4:14.44).
Stanford’s Liam Egan, who had the top seed in prelims, finished third (4:16.36), while teammates Matthew Hirschberger (4:16.60), Johann Calloni (4:16.85) and James Murphy (4:17.46) went 5-6-7 for the Cardinal.
Cal’s Nick Norman took fourth (4:16.41). Arizona’s Brendan Meyer took eighth (4:18.70).
Event 6 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 4:08.42 3/23/2017 Clark Smith, Texas
Pac-12: M 4:08.92 2009 Jean Basson, ARIZ
Pac 12 Champ: P 4:10.67 2017 Grant Shoults, STAN
4:12.49 A Standard
4:24.99 B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Shoults, Grant SO STAN-PC 4:17.47 4:13.70 B 20
23.27 48.88 (25.61)
1:14.93 (26.05) 1:40.94 (26.01)
2:06.92 (25.98) 2:32.82 (25.90)
2:58.10 (25.28) 3:23.59 (25.49)
3:48.78 (25.19) 4:13.70 (24.92)
2 Grieshop, Sean FR CAL-PC 4:17.87 4:14.44 B 17
23.54 49.17 (25.63)
1:15.03 (25.86) 1:41.10 (26.07)
2:07.21 (26.11) 2:33.19 (25.98)
2:58.96 (25.77) 3:24.52 (25.56)
3:49.94 (25.42) 4:14.44 (24.50)
3 Egan, Liam SR STAN-PC 4:15.61 4:16.36 B 16
23.61 49.08 (25.47)
1:14.76 (25.68) 1:40.72 (25.96)
2:06.82 (26.10) 2:32.92 (26.10)
2:58.85 (25.93) 3:24.70 (25.85)
3:50.81 (26.11) 4:16.36 (25.55)
4 Norman, Nick JR CAL-PC 4:18.16 4:16.41 B 15
23.69 49.22 (25.53)
1:14.89 (25.67) 1:40.78 (25.89)
2:06.78 (26.00) 2:32.82 (26.04)
2:58.94 (26.12) 3:25.03 (26.09)
3:51.17 (26.14) 4:16.41 (25.24)
5 Hirschberger, M FR STAN-PC 4:17.50 4:16.60 B 14
23.25 48.58 (25.33)
1:14.47 (25.89) 1:40.51 (26.04)
2:06.68 (26.17) 2:32.86 (26.18)
2:58.94 (26.08) 3:25.15 (26.21)
3:51.24 (26.09) 4:16.60 (25.36)
6 Calloni, Johann FR STAN-PC 4:17.22 4:16.85 B 13
23.47 48.88 (25.41)
1:14.73 (25.85) 1:40.95 (26.22)
2:07.34 (26.39) 2:33.27 (25.93)
2:59.21 (25.94) 3:25.49 (26.28)
3:51.67 (26.18) 4:16.85 (25.18)
7 Murphy, James SO STAN-PC 4:18.53 4:17.46 B 12
23.47 48.94 (25.47)
1:14.76 (25.82) 1:41.08 (26.32)
2:07.51 (26.43) 2:33.64 (26.13)
2:59.74 (26.10) 3:25.96 (26.22)
3:52.08 (26.12) 4:17.46 (25.38)
8 Meyer, Brendan SO U of A-AZ 4:19.05 4:18.70 B 11
23.82 49.52 (25.70)
1:15.59 (26.07) 1:41.95 (26.36)
2:08.26 (26.31) 2:34.60 (26.34)
3:01.17 (26.57) 3:27.51 (26.34)
3:53.61 (26.10) 4:18.70 (25.09)
200 IM
Stanford made it two-for-two to start Thursday’s finals as Abrahm DeVine dropped nearly three seconds from his prelims time to win the 200 IM in 1:41.17.
It was a final that was all Stanford and Cal swimmers.
Cal’s Andrew Seliskar (1:41.85) and Matthew Josa (1:42.35) went 2-3 for the Golden Bears.
Stanford’s Curtis Ogren finished fourth (1:44.03), followed by Cal’s Trenton Julian (1:44.04) and Michael Thomas (1:44.62). Stanford’s Alex Liang (1:45.10) and Jack Walsh (1:45.55) finished 7-8.
Event 7 Men 200 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 1:39.38 3/26/2015 David Nolan, STAN
Pac-12: M 1:39.38 2015 Dave Nolan, STAN
Pac 12 Champ: P 1:40.07 2015 Dave Nolan, STAN
1:41.88 A Standard
1:49.09 B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 DeVine, Abrahm JR STAN-PC 1:44.31 1:41.17 A 20
22.06 46.69 (24.63)
1:16.50 (29.81) 1:41.17 (24.67)
2 Seliskar, Andre JR CAL-PC 1:42.39 1:41.85 A 17
22.06 47.83 (25.77)
1:17.18 (29.35) 1:41.85 (24.67)
3 Josa, Matthew SR CAL-PC 1:42.08 1:42.35 B 16
21.70 47.71 (26.01)
1:17.39 (29.68) 1:42.35 (24.96)
4 Ogren, Curtis SR STAN-PC 1:44.25 1:44.03 B 15
23.01 49.01 (26.00)
1:18.52 (29.51) 1:44.03 (25.51)
5 Julian, Trenton FR CAL-PC 1:44.59 1:44.04 B 14
22.64 49.15 (26.51)
1:19.57 (30.42) 1:44.04 (24.47)
6 Thomas, Michael JR CAL-PC 1:44.60 1:44.62 B 13
22.35 48.63 (26.28)
1:19.89 (31.26) 1:44.62 (24.73)
7 Liang, Alex FR STAN-PC 1:44.81 1:45.10 B 12
23.05 48.91 (25.86)
1:19.73 (30.82) 1:45.10 (25.37)
8 Walsh, Jack JR STAN-PC 1:44.96 1:45.55 B 11
22.99 49.03 (26.04)
1:20.04 (31.01) 1:45.55 (25.51)
50 Free
Cal ended Stanford’s streak of victories to start the night in the 50 free as Justin Lynch surged to the title in 19.00 as Cal went 1-3-5-6.
He finished five hundredths ahead of USC’s Santo Condorelli (19.05) and nine hundredths ahead of teammate Pawel Sendyk (19:09).
Arizona’s Chatham Dobbs took fourth (19.12) ahead of Cal’s Michael Jensen (19.19) and Ryan Hoffer (19.25).
USC’s Dylan Carter was seventh (19.40) and Stanford’s Alberto Mestre was eighth (19.61).
Event 8 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 18.20 3/24/2016 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pac-12: M 18.63 2013 Vladimir Morozov, USC
Pac 12 Champ: P 18.80 2014 Brad Tandy, ARIZ
19.05 A Standard
20.19 B Standard
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Lynch, Justin SR CAL-PC 19.10 19.00 A 20
9.17 19.00 (9.83)
2 Condorelli, San SR USC-CA 19.22 19.05 A 17
9.10 19.05 (9.95)
3 Sendyk, Pawel SO CAL-PC 19.33 19.09 B 16
9.16 19.09 (9.93)
4 Dobbs, Chatham JR U of A-AZ 19.52 19.12 B 15
9.07 19.12 (10.05)
5 Jensen, Michael SO CAL-PC 19.36 19.19 B 14
9.34 19.19 (9.85)
6 Hoffer, Ryan FR CAL-PC 19.46 19.25 B 13
9.27 19.25 (9.98)
7 Carter, Dylan SR USC-CA 19.56 19.40 B 12
9.37 19.40 (10.03)
8 Mestre, Alberto FR STAN-PC 19.51 19.61 B 11
9.46 19.61 (10.15)
200 Free Relay
The Cal sprinters continued their roll, winning the 200 free relay to close Day 2.
Lynch, Sendyk, Hoffer and Jensen were all in the final of the 50 free and came back to win the event in 1:15.78.
USC was second (1:15.78), followed by Stanford (1:16.69).
Event 9 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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NCAA: N 1:14.08 3/26/2009 Auburn, Auburn
J. Andkjaer, G. Louw, K. Norys, M. Targett
Pac-12: M 1:15.13 2009 California, CAL
Adrian, Moore, Daniels, Clark
Pac 12 Champ: P 1:15.54 2009 Stanford, STAN
Coville, Staab, Dundord J, Dunford D
1:17.62 A Standard
1:18.35 B Standard
School Seed Finals Points
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1 CAL-PC 'A' 1:15.73 1:15.78 A 40
1) Lynch, Justin SR 2) Sendyk, Pawel SO
3) Hoffer, Ryan FR 4) Jensen, Michael SO
19.06 37.86 (18.80)
56.99 (19.13) 1:15.78 (18.79)
2 USC-CA 'A' 1:17.66 1:16.55 A 34
1) Condorelli, Santo SR 2) Carter, Dylan SR
3) Tribuntsov, Ralf SR 4) Grissom, Kyle JR
19.34 38.16 (18.82)
57.44 (19.28) 1:16.55 (19.11)
3 STAN-PC 'A' 1:18.07 1:16.69 A 32
1) Mestre, Alberto FR 2) Zdroik, Brad JR
3) Perry, Sam SR 4) Liang, Andrew SR
19.58 38.75 (19.17)
57.66 (18.91) 1:16.69 (19.03)
4 U of A-AZ 'A' 1:18.22 1:17.42 A 30
1) Dobbs, Chatham JR 2) Jones, Parks JR
3) Anderson, Thomas SO 4) Iga Cesar, Jorge SO
19.24 38.71 (19.47)
58.06 (19.35) 1:17.42 (19.36)
5 ASU-AZ 'A' 1:18.08 1:17.72 B 28
1) Craig, Cameron SO 2) Porter, Andrew SR
3) Carlson, Evan FR 4) Park, Patrick SR
19.66 38.87 (19.21)
58.25 (19.38) 1:17.72 (19.47)
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