2022 Pac-12 Men’s Championships Day 3 Prelims: Reece Whitley, Bjorn Seeliger Give Cal Two Top Seeds

The 2022 Pac-12 Men’s Swimming Championships kicked off from Federal Way, Washington with Day 3 prelims.
The session consists of the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 100 backstroke.
Arizona State’s Leon Marchand took the top seed in the 400 IM to start the session. Stanford’s Andrei Minakov took top honors in the 100 butterfly, Arizona State’s Grant House claimed the top seed in the 200 freestyle, Cal’s Reece Whitley is first in the 100 breaststroke and teammate Bjorn Seeliger took the 100 backstroke top seed heading into tonight’s finals.
Stanford still leads the meet by about 100 points heading into Day 3.
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2022 Pac-12 Men’s Championships Team Scores
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 9 1. Stanford University 363.5 2. Arizona State University 261.5 3. University of Arizona 233.5 4. California University,Berkeley 221.5 5. Southern California, Universit 209 6. Utah, University of 183
Pac-12 Men’s 400 IM
Arizona State freshman Leon Marchand continued his strong performance, cruising to the top seed in the 400 IM. He touched the wall in 3:38.87, more than three seconds off his top time of the season, meaning he could have plenty in the tank for an extremely fast swim in the final.
Cal junior Jason Louser (3:38.95) led a 2-3-4 finish for the Golden Bears, with Sean Grieshop (3:42.51) and Hugo Gonzalez (3:42.55). Will Roberts took the eighth spot (3:44.06) giving Cal four in the finals.
Stanford’s Ron Polonsky took the fifth seed (3:43.08), followed by Arizona fifth-year Brooks Fail (3:43.31) and Arizona State junior David Schlicht (3:43.63).
Event 10 Men 400 Yard IM ================================================================== NCAA: N 3:33.42 3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia PAC-12: M 3:35.29 2018 Abrahm DeVine, STAN PAC-12 Champ: P 3:36.60 2020 Hugo Gonzalez, CAL 3:39.16 A Standard 3:51.46 B Standard Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Marchand, Leon FR ASU 3:35.62 3:38.87 A r:+0.55 22.99 26.55 27.61 26.51 30.77 30.82 27.27 26.35 2 Louser, Jason JR CAL 3:50.35 3:38.95 A r:+0.67 23.22 26.88 28.27 27.48 29.71 30.47 27.06 25.86 3 Grieshop, Sean SR CAL 3:43.01 3:42.51 B r:+0.65 23.72 27.00 27.79 27.50 31.97 32.17 26.67 25.69 4 Gonzalez, Hugo SR CAL 3:53.14 3:42.55 B r:+0.64 23.48 27.55 29.08 28.30 30.66 30.57 26.70 26.21 5 Polonsky, Ron FR STAN 3:50.36 3:43.08 B r:+0.66 23.68 27.84 28.95 28.36 30.63 31.50 26.69 25.43 6 Fail, Brooks 5Y Arizona 3:41.99 3:43.31 B r:+0.55 23.76 27.27 29.15 27.29 32.46 32.87 25.85 24.66 7 Schlicht, David JR ASU 3:40.60 3:43.63 B r:+0.50 23.94 27.03 28.55 28.07 31.29 31.56 27.24 25.95 8 Roberts, Will SR CAL 3:48.16 3:44.06 B r:+0.53 23.87 26.92 29.06 28.46 31.74 32.26 26.44 25.31 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Kopp, Tyler SO CAL 3:51.31 3:44.18 B r:+0.60 24.53 26.89 28.70 27.52 31.94 32.30 27.21 25.09 10 Liang, Alex SR STAN 3:49.32 3:44.96 B r:+0.63 24.23 27.27 28.70 28.24 32.18 32.88 26.04 25.42 11 Jhong, Chris SR CAL 3:48.03 3:45.79 B r:+0.64 23.86 27.18 28.64 28.29 32.13 32.70 26.46 26.53 12 Mihm, Rick SO STAN 3:49.87 3:46.02 B r:+0.55 24.41 27.60 28.04 27.69 32.35 32.74 27.02 26.17 13 Arroyo, Jarod SO ASU 3:45.39 3:46.70 B r:+0.66 24.04 27.78 29.38 28.66 31.52 32.47 26.86 25.99 14 Matheson, Danie FR USC 3:48.79 3:47.10 B r:+0.56 24.53 26.95 29.68 29.20 32.62 33.01 26.03 25.08 15 Cunningham, Jac SR Utah 3:53.91 3:48.62 B r:+0.61 24.75 28.18 28.81 28.54 32.39 32.14 27.76 26.05 16 Hand, Jake SO Arizona 3:50.83 3:48.90 B r:+0.58 24.57 27.39 29.75 29.88 30.54 31.70 28.15 26.92
Pac-12 Men’s 100 Butterfly
Stanford put four in the finals in the 100 butterfly, which could be big in the race to hold off Cal and the rest of the field.
Andrei Minakov took the first seed in 44.21, while Johnny Affeld took the third seed (45.63) behind Arizona State’s Alexander Colson (45.62). Meanwhile, Stanford’s Ethan Hu (46.28) and Aaron Sequeria (46.29) took the seventh and eighth seeds, respectively, for the Cardinal.
Arizona State’s Cody Bybee took the fourth spot in 45.93, followed by Ca’s Dare Rose (45.96) and Arizona’s Brooks Taner (46.21).
Event 11 Men 100 Yard Butterfly ================================================================== NCAA: N 42.80 3/23/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida PAC-12: M 44.18 2009 Austin Staab, STAN PAC-12 Champ: P 44.66 2011 Austin Staab, STAN 44.96 A Standard 47.43 B Standard Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Minakov, Andrei FR STAN 44.78 44.21PA r:+0.59 9.27 11.20 11.56 12.18 2 Colson, Alexand JR ASU 46.03 45.62 B r:+0.63 9.87 11.47 11.84 12.44 3 Affeld, Jonny SO STAN 45.34 45.63 B r:+0.54 9.69 11.57 12.03 12.34 4 Bybee, Cody SR ASU 45.51 45.93 B r:+0.49 9.58 11.91 12.08 12.36 5 Rose, Dare SO CAL 46.38 45.96 B r:+0.62 9.57 11.66 12.17 12.56 6 Taner, Brooks JR Arizona 47.13 46.21 B r:+0.61 9.82 11.60 12.03 12.76 7 Hu, Ethan SO STAN 46.88 46.28 B r:+0.61 9.99 11.51 12.19 12.59 8 Sequeira, Aaron FR STAN 46.64 46.29 B r:+0.48 9.88 11.67 12.15 12.59 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Jensen, Matthew SO CAL 47.07 46.30 B r:+0.65 9.85 11.82 12.05 12.58 10 Miller, Seth SO Arizona 47.73 46.33 B r:+0.60 9.51 11.67 12.14 13.01 11 Santana, Brenda GR Arizona 46.99 46.53 B r:+0.55 9.82 11.69 12.15 12.87 12 Carlson, Evan SR ASU 46.62 46.59 B r:+0.66 9.89 11.75 12.10 12.85 13 Miljenic, Nikol 5Y USC 46.03 46.63 B r:+0.68 9.76 11.75 12.30 12.82 14 Waterman, Ben SR Utah 46.48 46.71 B r:+0.61 9.91 11.79 12.29 12.72 15 Coen, Ty SR Arizona 47.95 46.95 B r:+0.62 10.08 11.89 12.32 12.66 16 Contreras, Sant SR Utah 47.68 47.11 B r:+0.61 9.94 11.74 12.35 13.08
Pac-12 Men’s 200 Free
Arizona State senior Grant House was near his seed time and well ahead of the field to claim the first seed in the 200 freestyle for tonight’s final. House finished in 1:31.85, more than a second ahead of the field.
Freshman teammate Patrick Sammon took the second seed in 1:33.08, giving the Sun Devils a chance for a 1-2 finish.
Cal senior Trenton Julian took the third spot in 1:33.29, followed Arizona senior Daniel Namir (1:33.30), Stanford sophomore Preston Forst (1:33.39), Cal freshman Gabriel Jett (1:33.41), Stanford sophomore Luke Maurer (1:33.42) and Arizona State junior Julian Hill (1:33.42), who tied with Mauer for the seventh seed.
Event 12 Men 200 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== NCAA: N 1:29.15 3/27/2019 Dean Farris, Harvard PAC-12: M 1:30.14 2019 Andrew Seliskar, CAL PAC-12 Champ: P 1:31.07 2019 Andrew Seliskar, CAL 1:32.05 A Standard 1:36.32 B Standard Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 House, Grant SR ASU 1:31.73 1:31.85 A r:+0.52 21.37 23.10 23.59 23.79 2 Sammon, Patrick FR ASU 1:34.75 1:33.08 B r:+0.62 21.38 23.31 24.08 24.31 3 Julian, Trenton SR CAL 1:33.13 1:33.29 B r:+0.62 22.00 23.44 23.81 24.04 4 Namir, Daniel SR Arizona 1:33.98 1:33.30 B r:+0.47 21.73 23.52 23.69 24.36 5 Forst, Preston SO STAN 1:33.63 1:33.39 B r:+0.67 22.18 23.75 23.82 23.64 6 Jett, Gabriel FR CAL 1:32.52 1:33.41 B r:+0.50 22.11 23.74 23.82 23.74 7 Maurer, Luke SO STAN 1:33.39 1:33.42 B r:+0.62 22.12 23.87 23.89 23.54 7 Hill, Julian JR ASU 1:34.49 1:33.42 B r:+0.60 21.93 23.71 23.88 23.90 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Hanson, Robin FR CAL 1:34.33 1:33.43 B r:+0.51 21.59 23.57 23.79 24.48 10 Hawk, Dylan SO CAL 1:35.56 1:33.46 B r:+0.70 21.83 23.61 23.88 24.14 11 Gray, Andrew JR ASU 1:34.56 1:33.51 B r:+0.70 21.69 24.03 23.98 23.81 12 Ingram, Hunter JR Arizona 1:34.46 1:34.00 B r:+0.59 22.10 23.57 24.28 24.05 13 Swift, Carter SR ASU 1:34.43 1:34.33 B r:+0.61 21.88 24.08 24.27 24.10 14 Roy, Neel JR STAN 1:35.80 1:34.50 B r:+0.68 21.65 23.58 24.23 25.04 15 Saunders, Max JR USC 1:35.33 1:34.66 B r:+0.65 22.32 23.84 24.23 24.27 16 Shoults, Grant SR STAN 1:36.68 1:34.97 B r:+0.63 22.41 24.07 24.20 24.29
Pac-12 Men’s 100 Breaststroke
Cal senior Reece Whitley was on pace with his top time of the season, claiming the top seed in the 100 breaststroke. Whitley touched the wall in 51.38, a half second ahead of the field.
USC took three of the next four spots as freshman Chris O’Grady took the second seed (51.88), fifth-year Trent Pellini took the third seed (52.22) and sophomore Ben Dillard took the fifth see (52.44), just behind Arizona State junior John Heaphy (52.39).
Cal’s Liam Bell took the seventh seed (52.51) and Marcos Rico Peng took the eighth seed (52.79) just behind Stanford senior Daniel Roy (52.52).
Event 13 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke ================================================================== NCAA: N 49.69 3/23/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana PAC-12: M 50.04 2014 Kevin Cordes, ARIZ PAC-12 Champ: P 50.78 2019 Carsten Vissering, USC 51.59 A Standard 54.27 B Standard Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Whitley, Reece SR CAL 51.22 51.38 A r:+0.61 10.93 13.17 13.52 13.76 2 O'Grady, Chris FR USC 52.86 51.88 B r:+0.70 11.07 13.14 13.61 14.06 3 Pellini, Trent 5Y USC 51.28 52.22 B r:+0.58 10.91 13.13 13.72 14.46 4 Heaphy, John JR ASU 52.39 52.39 B r:+0.73 11.07 13.37 13.67 14.28 5 Dillard, Ben SO USC 53.24 52.44 B r:+0.67 11.02 13.44 13.67 14.31 6 Bell, Liam JR CAL 52.07 52.51 B r:+0.51 11.16 13.21 13.69 14.45 7 Roy, Daniel SR STAN 52.75 52.52 B r:+0.58 11.38 13.31 13.67 14.16 8 Rico Peng, Marc JR CAL 56.21 52.79 B r:+0.66 11.03 13.49 13.81 14.46 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Horner, Jaek JR Utah 53.04 52.83 B r:+0.64 11.10 13.42 13.90 14.41 10 Dang, Ethan SO STAN 53.01 52.98 B r:+0.53 11.13 13.53 13.89 14.43 11 Wells, Ty SR Arizona 53.43 53.08 B r:+0.64 11.22 13.41 13.90 14.55 12 Cook, Jon SR STAN 53.41 53.30 B r:+0.60 11.28 13.53 14.05 14.44 13 Koenigsperger, 5Y USC 52.91 53.31 B r:+0.66 11.00 13.52 13.90 14.89 14 Foote, Ryan JR Arizona 52.88 53.45 B r:+0.53 11.16 13.47 13.90 14.92 15 Blaul, Henry JR USC 53.50 53.53 B r:+0.65 11.50 13.52 13.80 14.71 16 Laeuffer, Jacqu JR CAL 54.52 53.98 B r:+0.63 11.48 13.77 14.15 14.58
Pac-12 Men’s 100 Backstroke
Cal took three of the top four seeds in the 100 backstroke to close out the prelims session.
Cal sophomore Bjorn Seeliger took the first seeding 44.88, holding off Stanford junior Leo MacAlister (45.12). Seeliger’s time is about seven tenths off the meet record.
Cal sophomore Destin Lasco took the third seed in 45.53, followed by senior teammate Daniel Carr (45.62).
Arizona State junior Jack Dolan took the fifth spot in 45.71, followed by Stanford freshman Aaron Sequeira (46.06), Utah senior Andrei Ungur (46.26) and USC freshman Evangelos Makrygiannis (46.38).
Event 14 Men 100 Yard Backstroke ================================================================== NCAA: N 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, CAL PAC-12: M 43.49 2016 Ryan Murphy, CAL PAC-12 Champ: P 44.14 2020 Zachary Poti, ASU 44.94 A Standard 47.77 B Standard Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Seeliger, Bjorn SO CAL NT 44.88 A r:+0.68 10.20 10.99 11.68 12.01 2 MacAlister, Leo JR STAN 46.07 45.12 B r:+0.62 10.62 11.18 11.59 11.73 3 Lasco, Destin SO CAL 45.53 45.53 B r:+0.66 10.78 11.20 11.95 11.60 4 Carr, Daniel SR CAL 45.55 45.62 B r:+0.65 10.71 11.27 11.86 11.78 5 Dolan, Jack JR ASU 46.02 45.71 B r:+0.73 10.68 11.17 12.05 11.81 6 Sequeira, Aaron FR STAN 47.17 46.06 B r:+0.68 11.06 11.42 11.80 11.78 7 Ungur, Andrei SR Utah 46.06 46.26 B r:+0.63 10.68 11.28 12.00 12.30 8 Makrygiannis, E FR USC 46.71 46.38 B r:+0.73 10.89 11.49 11.93 12.07 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Somerset, Sebas JR CAL 47.50 46.39 B r:+0.69 10.58 11.26 12.29 12.26 10 Alexy, Jack FR CAL 47.98 46.52 B r:+0.73 10.70 11.48 12.12 12.22 11 Maric, Ognjen JR Arizona 47.67 46.76 B r:+0.71 10.86 11.57 12.08 12.25 12 Coen, Ty SR Arizona 47.79 46.89 B r:+0.63 11.17 11.91 12.02 11.79 13 Hynes, JP JR Utah 47.17 47.18 B r:+0.75 10.80 11.72 12.28 12.38 14 Mefford, Colby JR CAL 48.24 47.34 B r:+0.71 11.14 11.59 12.24 12.37 15 Blinkman, Shane JR STAN 48.14 47.41 B r:+0.65 10.97 11.64 12.33 12.47 16 Dempster, Allen SO Arizona 49.05 47.44 B r:+0.72 11.13 11.68 12.41 12.22
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The NCAA has never accepted ANYTHING UNNATURAL to be used to give a unfair advantage to it’s athletes.
There has never been a time that human beings interfered in absolutely anything that is natural (enough to change the status quo) that has not from that point in ever been determined to be anything other than UN-NATURAL… Why are they even considering to start now?
Is this not going to some day going to encourage professional basketball players to continue to compete for many years after they might not be able to playing men’s basketball simply by having a operation that would give them a obvious advantage over the female competitors? What am I missing ?
How is this fair ?