The 2020 Pac-12 Men’s Championships opened its final day with Saturday’s prelims session from Federal Way, Washington.
Cal trailed heading into Day 3, but put together a dominant performance to lead by more than 150 points heading into the final day.
Hugo Gonzalez and Ryan Hoffer started the Golden Bears off with wins on Friday. But it was Reece Whitley who had the big swim of the night, going 50.85 in the 100 breaststroke as Dave Durden‘s Golden Bears won all but one event on the night went from second place to a commanding lead.
Cal now leads the meet with 576 points. Arizona State is second with 414, followed by Arizona (387), Stanford (385.5), Utah (296) and USC (279.5).
The Golden Bears put 12 in the finals Saturday night as they close in on the Pac-12 title.
Here is a look at the session:
Saturday’s Up-Mid-Down (A, B, C finalists)
• Cal 12, 5, 3
• Arizona 7, 6, 3
• Arizona State 6, 5, 4
• Stanford 6, 4, 2
• Utah 1, 5, 2
• USC 0, 7, 2
* Not all events had a full C final
Pac-12 Men’s Championships: 200 Backstroke
Cal’s Daniel Carr led a 1-2-3 seeded finish for the Golden Bears top open the final day of the meet.
The junior took the top seed in 1:39.65, finishing ahead of fellow junior Bryce Mefford (1:40.74) and sophomore Hugo Gonzalez (1:40.78).
Arizona’s Thomas Anderson took the fourth seed in 1:41.74, ahead of Arizona State’s Zachary Poti (1:41.79), who tied with Cal’s Colby Mefford (1:41.79).
Cal’s Andy Xianyang Song took the seventh seed in 1:41.91, ahead of Stanford’s Johannes Calloni (1:41.98).
Cal finished with five in the finals.
Event 17 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Carr, Daniel JR CAL-PC 1:40.55 1:39.65
23.45 48.69 (25.24)
1:14.22 (25.53) 1:39.65 (25.43)
2 Mefford, Bryce JR CAL-PC 1:41.52 1:40.74
24.14 ( )
49.62 ( )
1:15.36 ( )
1:40.74 (25.38)
3 Gonzalez, Hugo SO CAL-PC 1:44.37 1:40.78
24.18 ( )
50.18 ( )
1:15.86 ( )
1:40.78 (24.92)
4 Anderson, Thomas SR ARIZ-AZ 1:41.74 1:41.74
24.33 50.18 (25.85)
1:16.15 (25.97) 1:41.74 (25.59)
5 Poti, Zachary SR ASU-AZ 1:40.91 1:41.79
23.95 49.65 (25.70)
1:15.90 (26.25) 1:41.79 (25.89)
5 Mefford, Colby FR CAL-PC 1:46.20 1:41.79
24.40 50.63 (26.23)
1:16.06 (25.43) 1:41.79 (25.73)
7 Song, Andy Xianyang SR CAL-PC 1:42.66 1:41.91
24.05 ( )
49.85 ( )
1:16.04 ( )
1:41.91 (25.87)
8 Calloni, Johannes JR STAN-PC 1:42.18 1:41.98
24.15 50.06 (25.91)
1:16.08 (26.02) 1:41.98 (25.90)
Pac-12 Men’s Championships: 100 Free
Arizona State junior Carter Swift enjoyed a swift morning swim to take the top seed in the 100 free, finishing in 42.04.
Cal’s Ryan Hoffer took the second seed in 42.13, setting up an exciting final.
Arizona’s Marin Ercegovich took the third spot in 42.37, just ahead of Cal’s Michael Jensen (42.50) and Arizona State’s Cody Bybee (42.64).
Utah’s Liam O’Haimhirgin tied with Bybee for the fifth seed at 42.64, while Arizona State’s Jack Dolan (42.71) and Evan Carlson (42.77) rounded out the top eight.
Pawel Sendyk of Cal ended up with the ninth seed in 42.84.
Event 18 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Swift, Carter JR ASU-AZ 42.69 42.04
9.52 19.97 (10.45)
30.97 (11.00) 42.04 (11.07)
2 Hoffer, Ryan JR CAL-PC 42.25 42.13
9.48 19.93 (10.45)
30.92 (10.99) 42.13 (11.21)
3 Ercegovic, Marin SO ARIZ-AZ 42.56 42.37
9.65 20.20 (10.55)
31.37 (11.17) 42.37 (11.00)
4 Jensen, Michael SR CAL-PC 42.89 42.50
9.62 20.32 (10.70)
31.43 (11.11) 42.50 (11.07)
5 Bybee, Cody SO ASU-AZ 42.85 42.64
9.54 20.37 (10.83)
31.52 (11.15) 42.64 (11.12)
5 O'Haimhirgin, Liam SR UTAH-UT 42.72 42.64
9.64 20.17 (10.53)
31.26 (11.09) 42.64 (11.38)
7 Dolan, Jack FR ASU-AZ 43.55 42.71
9.61 20.05 (10.44)
31.31 (11.26) 42.71 (11.40)
8 Carlson, Evan JR ASU-AZ 43.13 42.77
9.67 20.31 (10.64)
31.49 (11.18) 42.77 (11.28)
Pac-12 Men’s Championships: 200 Breaststroke
After a huge win in the 100 breaststroke, Cal’s Reece Whitley aimed for the breaststroke sweep. He took the top seed in the 200 breast in 1:52.52.
A Stanford trio followed as Daniel Roy (1:53.76), Brennan Pastorek (1:53.80) and Hank Poppe (1:53.99) took the 2-3-4 seeds.
Cal’s Karl Arvidsson took the fifth seed in 1:54.14 ahead of teammate Jason Louser (1:54.20).
Arizona’s Sam Iida took the seventh seed in 1:54.72, ahead of Stanford’s Jonathan Cook (1:56.25).
Event 19 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Whitley, Reece SO CAL-PC 1:51.02 1:52.52
25.56 54.24 (28.68)
1:23.22 (28.98) 1:52.52 (29.30)
2 Roy, Daniel SO STAN-PC 1:54.10 1:53.76
26.22 54.94 (28.72)
1:23.89 (28.95) 1:53.76 (29.87)
3 Pastorek, Brennan JR STAN-PC 1:59.89 1:53.80
25.65 54.58 (28.93)
1:24.28 (29.70) 1:53.80 (29.52)
4 Poppe, Hank SR STAN-PC 1:52.97 1:53.99
25.72 54.68 (28.96)
1:23.90 (29.22) 1:53.99 (30.09)
5 Arvidsson, Karl SR CAL-PC 1:58.17 1:54.14
25.95 54.83 (28.88)
1:23.95 (29.12) 1:54.14 (30.19)
6 Louser, Jason FR CAL-PC 1:59.93 1:54.20
26.07 54.50 (28.43)
1:23.80 (29.30) 1:54.20 (30.40)
7 Iida, Sam JR ARIZ-AZ 1:55.81 1:54.72
26.24 55.29 (29.05)
1:24.66 (29.37) 1:54.72 (30.06)
8 Cook, Jonathan SO STAN-PC 1:57.44 1:56.25
26.12 55.59 (29.47)
1:25.53 (29.94) 1:56.25 (30.72)
Pac-12 Men’s Championships: 200 Butterfly
Cal took the top two spots in the 200 butterfly with just two hundredths of a second between them.
Junior Trenton Julian took the top seed in 1:41.56, while senior Zheng Quah was second in 1:41.58.
They were nearly two seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
Arizona took the next four spots with Brooks Fail (1:43.32), Brooks Taner (1:43.62), Etay Gurevich (1:43.71) and Brendan Meyer (1:43.94) going 3-4-5-6.
Stanford’s Alex Liang took the seventh seed in 1:44.19, followed by Arizona State’s Alexander Colson (1:44.25).
Event 20 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Julian, Trenton JR CAL-PC 1:41.14 1:41.56
22.62 48.18 (25.56)
1:14.69 (26.51) 1:41.56 (26.87)
2 Quah, Zheng SR CAL-PC 1:42.54 1:41.58
22.43 48.46 (26.03)
1:15.25 (26.79) 1:41.58 (26.33)
3 Fail, Brooks JR ARIZ-AZ 1:42.03 1:43.32
23.47 49.73 (26.26)
1:16.54 (26.81) 1:43.32 (26.78)
4 Taner, Brooks FR ARIZ-AZ 1:44.08 1:43.62
22.92 49.12 (26.20)
1:15.88 (26.76) 1:43.62 (27.74)
5 Gurevich, Etay SR ARIZ-AZ 1:44.93 1:43.71
22.58 48.73 (26.15)
1:16.02 (27.29) 1:43.71 (27.69)
6 Meyer, Brendan SR ARIZ-AZ 1:43.63 1:43.94
23.38 49.87 (26.49)
1:16.61 (26.74) 1:43.94 (27.33)
7 Liang, Alex JR STAN-PC 1:43.45 1:44.19
23.30 49.77 (26.47)
1:16.94 (27.17) 1:44.19 (27.25)
8 Colson, Alexander FR ASU-AZ 1:44.46 1:44.25
23.27 49.76 (26.49)
1:17.09 (27.33) 1:44.25 (27.16)
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