The 2020 Pac-12 Men’s Championships continued with the finals session on Thursday.
After the relay disqualification on the first night, defending NCAA champion Cal had its work cut out.
But the Golden Bears earned two 1-2-3 sweeps on Thursday to bounce back. They still aren’t winning the meet, but are right on Stanford’s heels.
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 9 1. Stanford University 283.5 2. Univ of California, Berkeley 278 3. University OF Arizona 257 4. Arizona State University 211 5. University of Southern Calif 210 6. Utah, University of 187.5
Here is a look at the session:
Pac-12 Men’s Championships: 500 Free
After a smooth prelims swim to earn the top seed, Stanford’s Grant Shoults picked up the pace in the finals of the 500 freestyle, earning the Pac-12 title in the event in 4:12.15.
He dropped three seconds from his prelims time and was able to hold off a late-charging Trenton Julian of Cal, who took second in 4:12.77.
Arizona’s Brooks Fail finished third in 4:13.08, ahead of Arizona State’s Benjamin Olszewski (4:14.38).
Cal’s Sean Grieshop also moved up from the morning and finished fifth in 4:14.57, followed by Arizona State’s Liam Bresette (4:15.21), Julian Hill (4:16.95) and Cal’s Calvin David (4:22.05).
Event 6 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Shoults, Grant SR STAN-PC 4:15.32 4:12.45
22.95 48.04 (25.09)
1:13.50 (25.46) 1:39.13 (25.63)
2:04.99 (25.86) 2:30.58 (25.59)
2:56.17 (25.59) 3:21.62 (25.45)
3:47.10 (25.48) 4:12.45 (25.35)
2 Julian, Trenton JR CAL-PC 4:16.44 4:12.77
22.67 47.53 (24.86)
1:12.74 (25.21) 1:38.34 (25.60)
2:04.04 (25.70) 2:30.02 (25.98)
2:56.04 (26.02) 3:21.76 (25.72)
3:47.53 (25.77) 4:12.77 (25.24)
3 Fail, Brooks JR ARIZ-AZ 4:15.80 4:13.08
23.04 48.31 (25.27)
1:14.10 (25.79) 1:39.92 (25.82)
2:05.85 (25.93) 2:31.81 (25.96)
2:57.83 (26.02) 3:23.63 (25.80)
3:48.60 (24.97) 4:13.08 (24.48)
4 Olszewski, Benjamin SR ASU-AZ 4:17.30 4:14.38
23.68 49.69 (26.01)
1:15.79 (26.10) 1:41.94 (26.15)
2:07.87 (25.93) 2:33.12 (25.25)
2:58.30 (25.18) 3:23.73 (25.43)
3:49.28 (25.55) 4:14.38 (25.10)
5 Grieshop, Sean JR CAL-PC 4:17.99 4:14.57
23.50 48.84 (25.34)
1:14.52 (25.68) 1:40.35 (25.83)
2:06.21 (25.86) 2:31.96 (25.75)
2:57.84 (25.88) 3:23.54 (25.70)
3:49.18 (25.64) 4:14.57 (25.39)
6 Bresette, Liam SO ASU-AZ 4:18.04 4:15.21
23.63 49.17 (25.54)
1:14.93 (25.76) 1:40.73 (25.80)
2:06.49 (25.76) 2:32.41 (25.92)
2:58.09 (25.68) 3:23.97 (25.88)
3:49.68 (25.71) 4:15.21 (25.53)
7 Hill, Julian FR ASU-AZ 4:15.62 4:16.95
23.31 48.77 (25.46)
1:14.64 (25.87) 1:40.47 (25.83)
2:06.34 (25.87) 2:32.35 (26.01)
2:58.14 (25.79) 3:23.96 (25.82)
3:50.43 (26.47) 4:16.95 (26.52)
8 David, Calvin FR CAL-PC 4:17.98 4:22.05
24.06 50.08 (26.02)
1:16.26 (26.18) 1:42.36 (26.10)
2:08.52 (26.16) 2:34.92 (26.40)
3:01.41 (26.49) 3:28.48 (27.07)
3:55.78 (27.30) 4:22.05 (26.27)
Pac-12 Men’s Championships: 200 IM
Cal’s Daniel Carr went a sub-1:42 to win the 200 IM and lead a 1-2-3 finish for the Golden Bears.
Car won the event in 1:41.79, followed by teammates Zheng Quah (1:42.93) and Bryce Mefford (1:43.57).
Arizona’s Etay Gurevich took fourth in 1:43.79, followed by Stanford’s Brennan Pastorek (1:44.02) and Alex Liang (1:44.14).
A fourth Cal swimmer finaled as Reece Whitley finished seventh in 1:44.23, holding off Arizona’s Sam Iida (1:45.69).
Event 7 Men 200 Yard IM
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Carr, Daniel JR CAL-PC 1:42.15 1:41.79
21.99 46.93 (24.94)
1:17.11 (30.18) 1:41.79 (24.68)
2 Quah, Zheng SR CAL-PC 1:43.78 1:42.93
21.50 46.53 (25.03)
1:17.76 (31.23) 1:42.93 (25.17)
3 Mefford, Bryce JR CAL-PC 1:44.47 1:43.57
22.23 48.05 (25.82)
1:18.54 (30.49) 1:43.57 (25.03)
4 Gurevich, Etay SR ARIZ-AZ 1:44.57 1:43.79
22.21 48.97 (26.76)
1:18.39 (29.42) 1:43.79 (25.40)
5 Pastorek, Brennan JR STAN-PC 1:44.41 1:44.02
22.80 49.39 (26.59)
1:18.66 (29.27) 1:44.02 (25.36)
6 Liang, Alex JR STAN-PC 1:44.49 1:44.14
22.55 48.86 (26.31)
1:19.35 (30.49) 1:44.14 (24.79)
7 Whitley, Reece SO CAL-PC 1:44.53 1:44.23
22.63 48.90 (26.27)
1:18.45 (29.55) 1:44.23 (25.78)
8 Iida, Sam JR ARIZ-AZ 1:44.68 1:45.69
22.78 49.05 (26.27)
1:19.52 (30.47) 1:45.69 (26.17)
Pac-12 Men’s Championships: 50 Free
Cal went 1-2-3 for a second straight event as the sprinters dominated the 50 free.
Defending NCAA champion Ryan Hoffer won the race in 18.87 as Pawel Sendyk was also under 19 seconds, finishing second in 18.91.
Michael Jensen went a 19.38 to finish third and cap the 1-2-3 sweep for the Golden Bears.
Arizona’s Marin Ercegovic finished fourth in 19.41, followed by USC’s Nikolas Miljenic (19.48) and Arizona State’s Evan Carlson (19.50), Cody Bybee (19.52) and Jack Dolan (19.52), the latter duo tying for seventh.
Event 8 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Hoffer, Ryan JR CAL-PC 19.10 18.87
9.14 18.87 (9.73)
2 Sendyk, Pawel SR CAL-PC 19.15 18.91
9.14 18.91 (9.77)
3 Jensen, Michael SR CAL-PC 19.41 19.38
9.40 19.38 (9.98)
4 Ercegovic, Marin SO ARIZ-AZ 19.56 19.41
9.42 19.41 (9.99)
5 Miljenic, Nikola JR USC-CA 19.53 19.48
9.44 19.48 (10.04)
6 Carlson, Evan JR ASU-AZ 19.48 19.50
9.50 19.50 (10.00)
7 Bybee, Cody SO ASU-AZ 19.64 19.52
9.35 19.52 (10.17)
7 Dolan, Jack FR ASU-AZ 19.40 19.52
9.36 19.52 (10.16)
Pac-12 Men’s Championships: 200 Free Relay
After going 1-2-3 in the 50 freestyle, it was no surprise that Cal won the 200 free relay.
But the Bears did so in record fashion as Pawel Sendyk, Ryan Hoffer, Michael Jensen and Zheng Quah won the race in 1:15.54 to break the Pac-12 meet record, which was previously held by Stanford in 2009.
Arizona finished second (1:16.33) behind Marin Ercegovic, Thomas Anderson, Jorge Iga and Noah Reid.
Arizona State’s Carter Swift, Evan Carlson, Cody Bybee and Jack Dolan took third in 1:16.79.
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 1:14.46 2019 California, CAL
Sendyk, Hoffer, Jensen, Seliskar
Pac 12 Champ: P 1:15.54 2009 Stanford, STAN
Coville, Staab, Dundord J, Dunford D
School Seed Finals Points
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1 CAL-PC 'A' 1:16.01 1:15.54P 40
1) Sendyk, Pawel SR 2) Hoffer, Ryan JR
3) Jensen, Michael SR 4) Quah, Zheng SR
19.00 37.43 (18.43)
56.30 (18.87) 1:15.54 (19.24)
2 ARIZ-AZ 'A' 1:16.66 1:16.33 34
1) Ercegovic, Marin SO 2) Anderson, Thomas SR
3) Iga, Jorge SR 4) Reid, Noah JR
19.36 38.21 (18.85)
57.07 (18.86) 1:16.33 (19.26)
3 ASU-AZ 'A' 1:17.67 1:16.79 32
1) Swift, Carter JR 2) Carlson, Evan JR
3) Bybee, Cody SO 4) Dolan, Jack FR
19.66 38.84 (19.18)
58.14 (19.30) 1:16.79 (18.65)
4 STAN-PC 'A' 1:19.25 1:18.77 30
1) Ho, Benjamin SR 2) Greenberg, Jordan JR
3) Gonzalez, Mason SO 4) Macmillan, Will SR
19.97 39.44 (19.47)
59.01 (19.57) 1:18.77 (19.76)
5 UTAH-UT 'A' 1:18.27 1:18.85 28
1) Deryk, Cooper SO 2) O'Haimhirgin, Liam SR
3) Contreras, Santi JR 4) Fridlander, David SO
19.78 39.18 (19.40)
58.81 (19.63) 1:18.85 (20.04)
6 USC-CA 'A' 1:18.12 1:18.99 26
1) Miljenic, Nikola JR 2) Sancov, Alexei SO
3) Saunders, Max FR 4) Finello, Thomas SO
19.77 39.58 (19.81)
59.01 (19.43) 1:18.99 (19.98)
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