2020 Pac-12 Men’s Championships Day 3 Prelims: Cal Has 10 Up

The 2020 Pac-12 Men’s Championships continued with Friday’s prelims session from Federal Way, Washington.

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:

• Psych sheet

• Live Results

• Live Stream

• Day 1 Results

• Day 2 Results

• Day 3 Prelims Results

Friday’s Up-Mid-Down (A, B, C finalists)

• Cal 10, 6, 1
• Arizona State 7, 7, 2
• Arizona 6, 5, 2
• Stanford 4, 8, 1
• Utah 4, 3, 4
• USC 1, 3, 6

* Not all events have a C final

Pac-12 Men’s Championships: 400 IM

Cal continued its showing of extremely strong depth to start the Friday morning session as the Golden Bears took the top four seeds in the 400 IM.

Cal freshman Jason Louser took the top seed in 3:40.44, followed by sophomore Hugo Gonzalez (3:41.31), sophomore Chris Jhong (3:41.41) and junior Sean Grieshop (3:43.86).

Stanford’s Alex Liang took the fifth seed in 3:44.38, ahead of Arizona’s Etay Gurevich (3:46.43), Arizona State’s Benjamin Olszewski (3:46.77) and Utah’s Jackson Cunningham (3:48.43).

Event 10  Men 400 Yard IM
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    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Louser, Jason          FR CAL-PC            3:50.09    3:40.44  
                 23.36        50.62 (27.26)
        1:18.82 (28.20)     1:46.65 (27.83)
        2:16.91 (30.26)     2:47.95 (31.04)
        3:14.70 (26.75)     3:40.44 (25.74)
  2 Gonzalez, Hugo         SO CAL-PC            3:44.51    3:41.31  
                 22.99        49.69 (26.70)
        1:17.64 (27.95)     1:44.83 (27.19)
        2:15.76 (30.93)     2:46.98 (31.22)
        3:14.21 (27.23)     3:41.31 (27.10)
  3 Jhong, Chris           SO CAL-PC            3:45.40    3:41.41  
                 23.71        50.55 (26.84)
        1:18.19 (27.64)     1:45.38 (27.19)
        2:16.73 (31.35)     2:48.51 (31.78)
        3:14.90 (26.39)     3:41.41 (26.51)
  4 Grieshop, Sean         JR CAL-PC            3:44.73    3:43.86  
                 24.23        52.10 (27.87)
        1:20.58 (28.48)     1:48.24 (27.66)
        2:19.89 (31.65)     2:51.81 (31.92)
        3:18.48 (26.67)     3:43.86 (25.38)
  5 Liang, Alex            JR STAN-PC           3:55.41    3:44.38  
                 23.76        50.92 (27.16)
        1:19.87 (28.95)     1:47.70 (27.83)
        2:20.31 (32.61)     2:52.66 (32.35)
        3:18.84 (26.18)     3:44.38 (25.54)
  6 Gurevich, Etay         SR ARIZ-AZ           3:45.98    3:46.43  
                 23.14        49.55 (26.41)
        1:18.81 (29.26)     1:47.93 (29.12)
        2:19.47 (31.54)     2:51.78 (32.31)
        3:19.74 (27.96)     3:46.43 (26.69)
  7 Olszewski, Benjamin    SR ASU-AZ            3:49.47    3:46.77  
                 24.59        52.18 (27.59)
        1:21.82 (29.64)     1:50.38 (28.56)
        2:23.23 (32.85)     2:55.84 (32.61)
        3:21.82 (25.98)     3:46.77 (24.95)
  8 Cunningham, Jackson    SO UTAH-UT           3:51.71    3:48.43  
                 25.05        53.59 (28.54)
        1:23.01 (29.42)     1:51.65 (28.64)
        2:23.93 (32.28)     2:55.81 (31.88)
        3:22.69 (26.88)     3:48.43 (25.74)

Pac-12 Men’s Championships: 100 Butterfly

Arizona State’s Cody Bybee took the top seed in the 100 butterfly. He finished in 45.48 to hold off a trio of Cal swimmers.

Ryan Hoffer took the second seed in 45.54, followed by teammates Zheng Quah (45.83) and Pawel Sendyk (45.87).

Utah’s Ben Waterman took the fifth seed in 46.23, followed by Arizona’s Noah Reid (46.29), Arizona State’s Evan Carlson (46.51) and USC’s Nikola Miljenic (46.61).

Event 11  Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Bybee, Cody            SO ASU-AZ              45.99      45.48  
                  9.78        21.51 (11.73)
          33.34 (11.83)       45.48 (12.14)
  2 Hoffer, Ryan           JR CAL-PC              45.46      45.54  
                  9.53        21.03 (11.50)
          32.89 (11.86)       45.54 (12.65)
  3 Quah, Zheng            SR CAL-PC              45.87      45.83  
                  9.74        21.56 (11.82)
          33.46 (11.90)       45.83 (12.37)
  4 Sendyk, Pawel          SR CAL-PC              46.02      45.87  
                  9.47        21.07 (11.60)
          33.12 (12.05)       45.87 (12.75)
  5 Waterman, Ben          SO UTAH-UT             47.42      46.23  
                  9.95        21.58 (11.63)
          33.69 (12.11)       46.23 (12.54)
  6 Reid, Noah             JR ARIZ-AZ             45.95      46.29  
                  9.95        21.68 (11.73)
          33.64 (11.96)       46.29 (12.65)
  7 Carlson, Evan          JR ASU-AZ              46.62      46.51  
                 10.00        21.75 (11.75)
          33.88 (12.13)       46.51 (12.63)
  8 Miljenic, Nikola       JR USC-CA              46.80      46.61  
                  9.71        21.55 (11.84)
          33.90 (12.35)       46.61 (12.71)

Pac-12 Men’s Championships: 200 Free

Arizona State freshman Jack Dolan took the top seed in the 200 free, finishing in 1:33.55, just ahead of Cal’s Trenton Julian (1:33.62).

Dolan was one of three Arizona State freshman to make the final.

Arizona’s Jorge Iga took third in 1:33.71, ahead of Arizona State’s Carter Swift (1:33.93).

Arizona’s Daniel Namir took the fifth seed in 1:34.48, followed by Arizona State freshman Julian Hill (1:34.54), Stanford’s Mason Gonzalez (1:34.54) and Arizona State freshman Andrew Gray (1:34.60).

Event 12  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Dolan, Jack            FR ASU-AZ            1:34.65    1:33.55  
                 21.59        45.14 (23.55)
        1:09.24 (24.10)     1:33.55 (24.31)
  2 Julian, Trenton        JR CAL-PC            1:33.79    1:33.62  
                 22.12        45.90 (23.78)
        1:09.66 (23.76)     1:33.62 (23.96)
  3 Iga, Jorge             SR ARIZ-AZ           1:33.73    1:33.71  
                 22.17        45.97 (23.80)
        1:09.94 (23.97)     1:33.71 (23.77)
  4 Swift, Carter          JR ASU-AZ            1:35.95    1:33.93  
                 21.78        45.99 (24.21)
        1:10.12 (24.13)     1:33.93 (23.81)
  5 Namir, Daniel          SO ARIZ-AZ           1:33.82    1:34.48  
                 22.21        45.91 (23.70)
        1:10.16 (24.25)     1:34.48 (24.32)
  6 Hill, Julian           FR ASU-AZ            1:36.11    1:34.54  
                 21.98        45.88 (23.90)
        1:10.17 (24.29)     1:34.54 (24.37)
  6 Gonzalez, Mason        SO STAN-PC           1:38.83    1:34.54  
                 22.10        45.92 (23.82)
        1:10.44 (24.52)     1:34.54 (24.10)
  8 Gray, Andrew           FR ASU-AZ            1:36.32    1:34.60  
                 22.22        46.43 (24.21)
        1:10.48 (24.05)     1:34.60 (24.12)

Pac-12 Men’s Championships: 100 Backstroke

Arizona State senior Zachary Poti took the top spot in the 100 back, finishing in 44.14.

He was the lone swimmer to break 45 in the prelims.

Cal’s Daniel Carr took the second seed in 45.09, ahead of Arizona’s Thomas Anderson (46.04) and Cal’s Bryce Mefford (46.33).

Stanford’s Benjamin Ho took the fifth seed (46.36), followed by Cal’s Ethan Young (46.57), USC’s Jack Kirby (46.79) and Cal’s Andy Xianyan Song (47.13).

 Event 14  Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Poti, Zachary          SR ASU-AZ              45.75      44.14  
                 10.42        21.32 (10.90)
          32.80 (11.48)       44.14 (11.34)
  2 Carr, Daniel           JR CAL-PC              45.82      45.09  
                 10.51        21.76 (11.25)
          33.51 (11.75)       45.09 (11.58)
  3 Anderson, Thomas       SR ARIZ-AZ             46.03      46.04  
                 10.97        22.22 (11.25)
          34.20 (11.98)       46.04 (11.84)
  4 Mefford, Bryce         JR CAL-PC              46.44      46.33  
                 10.87        22.16 (11.29)
          34.27 (12.11)       46.33 (12.06)
  5 Ho, Benjamin           SR STAN-PC             47.92      46.36  
                 10.85        22.18 (11.33)
          34.21 (12.03)       46.36 (12.15)
  6 Young, Ethan           SR CAL-PC              46.97      46.57  
                 10.94        22.25 (11.31)
          34.31 (12.06)       46.57 (12.26)
  7 Kirby, Jack            FR USC-CA              47.46      46.79  
                 10.90        22.51 (11.61)
          34.59 (12.08)       46.79 (12.20)
  8 Song, Andy Xianyang    SR CAL-PC              47.40      47.13  
                 10.98        22.71 (11.73)
          34.81 (12.10)       47.13 (12.32)

Pac-12 Men’s Championships: 100 Breast

Cal’s Reece Whitley dropped a quarter of a second from his seed time to take the top seed in 51.26 to hold off the field.

Stanford’s Brennan Pastorek took the second seed in 51.98, ahead of Cal’s Karl Arvidsson (52.60).

Stanford’s Hank Poppe took the fourth seed in 52.83, followed by Utah’s Andrew Britton (53.17), Arizona’s Ty Wells (53.27), Utah’s Jaek Horner (53.50) and Arizona’s Ryan Foote (53.59).

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