2019 Men’s Pac-12 Swimming and Diving Championships: Seliskar Splits 1:30 as Cal Sweeps

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The first night of the 2019 Men’s Pac-12 Swimming and Diving Championships was a short one with the 200 medley and 800 free relays going off. Cal won both relays as they are currently second in the 800 free relay in Division I. They will be in lane 5 at NCAAs in three weeks as Florida has the top time this season.

200 Medley Relay

Cal started the night with a 1:23.44 to win the 200 medley relay on Wednesday night at the Pac-12 Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in Federal Way. Daniel Carr (21.30), Reece Whitley (23.62), Pawel Sendyk (19.92) and Ryan Hoffer (18.60) won the race for the Golden Bears as they were just a tick slower than their Georgia Invite time of 1:23.42. Cal remains in eighth place in Division I with that swim.

Southern California, the defending NCAA champions, finished in second at 1:23.85. Carsten Vissering (22.87) had a very quick breaststroke split as he almost out-split backstroker Patrick Mulcare (22.26). Vissering has the fastest split of all-time with his 22.58 from last year’s NCAAs.

Arizona State (1:24.20), Arizona (1:24.69) and Stanford (1:24.71) also competed. Utah was disqualified.

The quickest splits outside of Cal came from Arizona’s Thomas Anderson (21.45), USC’s Vissering (22.87), Arizona’s Chatham Dobbs (19.96) and USC’s Nikola Miljenic (18.65).

 Event 4  Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
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    School                                 Seed     Finals        
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  1 CAL-PC  'A'                         1:23.42    1:23.44  
     1) Carr, Daniel SO               2) Whitley, Reece FR            
     3) Sendyk, Pawel JR              4) Hoffer, Ryan SO 
                 21.30                 44.92 (23.62)
        1:04.84 (19.92)              1:23.44 (18.60)             
  2 USC-CA  'A'                         1:23.84    1:23.85  
     1) Mulcare, Patrick SR           2) Vissering, Carsten SR        
     3) Grissom, Kyle SR              4) Miljenic, Nikola SO   
                 22.26                  45.13 (22.87)
        1:05.20 (20.07)               1:23.85 (18.65)       
  3 ASU-AZ  'A'                         1:25.32    1:24.20  
     1) Poti, Zachary JR              2) Warren, Elijah FR            
     3) Fonder, Khalil FR             4) Carlson, Evan SO 
                 21.47                   44.90 (23.43)
        1:05.16 (20.26)                1:24.20 (19.04)
  4 UA-AZ  'A'                          1:25.76    1:24.69  
     1) Anderson, Thomas JR           2) Salerno, Matt SR             
     3) Dobbs, Chatham SR             4) Ercegovic, Marin FR   
                 21.45                   45.51 (24.06)
        1:05.47 (19.96)                1:24.69 (19.22)
  5 STAN-PC  'A'                        1:25.25    1:24.71  
     1) Dudzinski, Ryan SR            2) LeVant, Jack FR            
     3) Gonzalez, Mason FR            4) Murphy, James JR
                 21.95                   45.43 (23.48)
        1:05.48 (20.05)                1:24.71 (19.23)       
-- UTAH-UT  'A'                        1:24.39         DQ  
     1) McArthur, Daniel SR           2) Britton, Andrew FR           
     3) Stoddard, Clay SO             4) Moreira, Rodolfo SO

800 Free Relay

California swept the relays night one of the Pac-12 Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships as the Golden Bears won the 800 free relay on Wednesday night in Federal Way. The team of Zheng Quah (1:33.75), Andrew Seliskar (1:30.37), Trent Julian (1:33.66) and Mike Thomas (1:33.16) swam a 6:10.94 as they were well ahead of second place Stanford (6:15.35) and third place Arizona (6:17.45).

Seliskar had one of the fastest splits of all-time as he was just off of Dean Farris’ 1:30.22 from last week’s Ivy League Championships. Farris has the fastest split of all-time.

Cal is now ranked second in Division I in the 800 free relay as they only sit behind Florida. Stanford sits ninth in Division I with the 6:15 tonight.

The quickest splits outside of Cal came from Arizona State’s Grant House (1:32.38), Stanford’s Jack LeVant (1:33.04), Stanford’s James Murphy (1:33.20) and Arizona’s Jorge Iga (1:33.40).

Arizona State (6:18.07), Utah (6:23.14) and Southern California (6:25.14) also swam in the final.

Event 5  Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
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    School                                 Seed     Finals        
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  1 CAL-PC  'A'                         6:14.65    6:10.94  
     1) Quah, Zheng JR                2) Seliskar, Andrew SR          
     3) Julian, Trenton SO            4) Thomas, Mike SR  
                   1:33.75            3:04.12 (1:30.37)
          4:37.78 (1:33.66)           6:10.94 (1:33.12)
  2 STAN-PC  'A'                        6:17.14    6:15.35  
     1) Macmillan, Will JR            2) LeVant, Jack FR              
     3) Gonzalez, Mason FR            4) Murphy, James JR
                   1:34.54            3:07.58 (1:33.04)
          4:42.15 (1:34.57)           6:15.35 (1:33.20)             
  3 UA-AZ  'A'                          6:18.70    6:17.45  
     1) Iga, Jorge JR                 2) Johnston, Aldan FR           
     3) Namir, Daniel FR              4) Fail, Brooks SO
                   1:33.40            3:08.34 (1:34.94)
          4:42.78 (1:34.44)           6:17.45 (1:34.67)              
  4 ASU-AZ  'A'                         6:20.38    6:18.07  
     1) House, Grant SO               2) Swift, Carter SO             
     3) Zuyus, Tyler FR               4) Luc, Ethan FR 
                   1:32.38            3:06.50 (1:34.12)
          4:42.83 (1:36.33)           6:18.07 (1:35.24)                
  5 UTAH-UT  'A'                        6:30.97    6:23.14  
     1) Phillips, Austin SR           2) O'Haimhirgin, Liam JR        
     3) Fridlander, David FR          4) De Vos, Rahiti JR
                   1:33.91            3:07.55 (1:33.64)
          4:45.90 (1:38.35)           6:23.14 (1:37.24)            
  6 USC-CA  'A'                         6:23.03    6:25.24  
     1) Sancov, Alexei FR             2) Mulcare, Patrick SR          
     3) Johansson, Victor FR          4) Kao, Owen FR
                   1:34.78            3:13.82 (1:39.04)
          4:49.58 (1:35.76)           6:25.24 (1:35.66)
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Reed Dunne
Reed Dunne
5 years ago

Blake Pieroni led off the NCAA Championships 800 free relay with a 1:29.63…faster split than Dean Farris’ 1:30.

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Andy Ross
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Andy Ross
5 years ago
Reply to  Reed Dunne

Relay lead-offs don’t count as relay splits.

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