Arizona State, USC Take Top Seeds at Pac-12 Men’s Championships Day 3 Prelims
The third day of the Pac-12 Men’s Championships is underway after five morning prelim events. Cal and Stanford took top seeds during the session, but so did Arizona State and USC.
400 IM
Stanford’s Curtis Ogren took the top seed in the 400 IM (3:41.63), leading a trio of Cardinal swimmers to make the final.
Cal’s Andrew Seliskar was second (3:44.03), leading a quartet of Golden Bears to make the final.
Cal’s Sean Grieshop was third (3;44.07), followed by Stanford’s Alex Liang (3:44.25), Arizona’s Nick Thorne (3:44.26), Stanford’s Abrahm DeVine (3:44.41), Cal’s Ken Takahashi (3:45.11) and Cal’s Michael Thomas (3:45.46).
Event 10 Men 400 Yard IM
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NCAA: N 3:33.42 3/24/2017 Chase Kalisz, Georgia
Pac-12: M 3:38.58 2014 Josh Prenot, CAL
Pac 12 Champ: P 3:38.83 2015 Josh Prenot, CAL
3:39.95 A Standard
3:54.49 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Ogren, Curtis SR STAN-PC 3:43.53 3:41.63 qB
23.53 50.20 (26.67)
1:18.36 (28.16) 1:45.55 (27.19)
2:16.69 (31.14) 2:48.86 (32.17)
3:15.40 (26.54) 3:41.63 (26.23)
2 Seliskar, Andre JR CAL-PC 3:43.11 3:44.03 qB
23.66 50.68 (27.02)
1:20.22 (29.54) 1:48.79 (28.57)
2:19.59 (30.80) 2:50.11 (30.52)
3:17.54 (27.43) 3:44.03 (26.49)
3 Grieshop, Sean FR CAL-PC 3:43.30 3:44.07 qB
24.11 51.66 (27.55)
1:20.20 (28.54) 1:48.00 (27.80)
2:19.99 (31.99) 2:52.39 (32.40)
3:18.87 (26.48) 3:44.07 (25.20)
4 Liang, Alex FR STAN-PC 3:45.32 3:44.25 qB
24.08 51.59 (27.51)
1:19.85 (28.26) 1:47.71 (27.86)
2:19.97 (32.26) 2:52.81 (32.84)
3:18.79 (25.98) 3:44.25 (25.46)
5 Thorne, Nick SR U of A-AZ 3:41.47 3:44.26 qB
23.36 50.35 (26.99)
1:19.02 (28.67) 1:46.94 (27.92)
2:19.15 (32.21) 2:52.22 (33.07)
3:19.03 (26.81) 3:44.26 (25.23)
6 DeVine, Abrahm JR STAN-PC 3:44.75 3:44.41 qB
23.47 50.97 (27.50)
1:19.82 (28.85) 1:48.04 (28.22)
2:19.59 (31.55) 2:51.85 (32.26)
3:18.97 (27.12) 3:44.41 (25.44)
7 Takahashi, Ken JR CAL-PC 3:50.01 3:45.11 qB
24.04 51.79 (27.75)
1:20.73 (28.94) 1:49.27 (28.54)
2:20.57 (31.30) 2:52.65 (32.08)
3:19.25 (26.60) 3:45.11 (25.86)
8 Thomas, Michael JR CAL-PC 3:42.71 3:45.46 qB
23.52 50.23 (26.71)
1:18.83 (28.60) 1:46.94 (28.11)
2:19.51 (32.57) 2:52.10 (32.59)
3:20.00 (27.90) 3:45.46 (25.46)
100 Fly
Cal’s Justin Lynch picked up right where he left off after winning the 50 free on Thursday. Lynch took the top seed in the 100 butterfly (42.25), leading a 1-2-2 finish as Matthew Josa and Zheng Quah tied for the second seed at 45.66.
Arizona’s Chatham Dobbs took the fourth seed (45.72), followed by Stanford’s Brad Zdroik (45.84) and Andrew Liang (46.07), Cal’s Pawel Sendyk (46.26) and Utah’s Ben Scott (46.28).
Event 11 Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 43.58 3/24/2017 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
Pac-12: M 44.18 2009 Austin Staab, STAN
Pac 12 Champ: P 44.66 2011 Austin Staab, STAN
45.49 A Standard
48.29 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Lynch, Justin SR CAL-PC 45.51 45.25 qA
9.48 20.97 (11.49)
32.97 (12.00) 45.25 (12.28)
2 Josa, Matthew SR CAL-PC 45.27 45.66 qB
9.47 21.28 (11.81)
33.55 (12.27) 45.66 (12.11)
2 Quah, Zheng SO CAL-PC 46.31 45.66 qB
9.72 21.36 (11.64)
33.46 (12.10) 45.66 (12.20)
4 Dobbs, Chatham JR U of A-AZ 46.84 45.72 qB
9.38 20.88 (11.50)
32.87 (11.99) 45.72 (12.85)
5 Zdroik, Brad JR STAN-PC 46.05 45.84 qB
9.58 21.09 (11.51)
33.24 (12.15) 45.84 (12.60)
6 Liang, Andrew SR STAN-PC 45.87 46.07 qB
9.80 21.53 (11.73)
33.64 (12.11) 46.07 (12.43)
7 Sendyk, Pawel SO CAL-PC 47.21 46.26 qB
9.50 21.30 (11.80)
33.61 (12.31) 46.26 (12.65)
8 Scott, Ben SR UTAH-UT 47.17 46.28 qB
9.79 21.56 (11.77)
33.84 (12.28) 46.28 (12.44)
200 Free
Arizona State’s Cameron Craig will look to earn a first-place finish that is not from Cal or Stanford. The sophomore took the top seed in the 200 free (1:33.97), ahead of teammate Grant House (1:34.14).
USC’s Dylan Carter was third (1:34.32), followed by Cal’s Bryce Mefford (1:34.57), Utah’s Liam O’Haimhirgin (1:34.72), Cal’s Trenton Julian (1:34.74), Arizona’s Jorge Iga Cesar (1:34.81) and Cal’s Kyle Coan (1:34.96).
Event 12 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 1:30.46 3/25/2016 Townley Haas, Texas
Pac-12: M 1:31.20 2006 Simon Burnett, ARIZ
Pac 12 Champ: P 1:31.71 2017 Cameron Craig, USC
1:32.54 A Standard
1:37.99 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Craig, Cameron SO ASU-AZ 1:33.29 1:33.97 qB
22.09 45.73 (23.64)
1:09.82 (24.09) 1:33.97 (24.15)
2 House, Grant FR ASU-AZ 1:33.69 1:34.14 qB
22.10 46.10 (24.00)
1:10.36 (24.26) 1:34.14 (23.78)
3 Carter, Dylan SR USC-CA 1:33.24 1:34.32 qB
21.85 46.23 (24.38)
1:10.73 (24.50) 1:34.32 (23.59)
4 Mefford, Bryce FR CAL-PC 1:35.41 1:34.57 qB
22.26 46.20 (23.94)
1:10.06 (23.86) 1:34.57 (24.51)
5 O'Haimhirgin, L SO UTAH-UT 1:35.47 1:34.72 qB
22.25 46.36 (24.11)
1:10.28 (23.92) 1:34.72 (24.44)
6 Julian, Trenton FR CAL-PC 1:37.27 1:34.74 qB
22.38 46.84 (24.46)
1:10.92 (24.08) 1:34.74 (23.82)
7 Iga Cesar, Jorg SO U of A-AZ 1:34.88 1:34.81 qB
21.91 45.93 (24.02)
1:10.23 (24.30) 1:34.81 (24.58)
8 Coan, Kyle SR CAL-PC 1:37.59 1:34.96 qB
21.82 45.62 (23.80)
1:09.99 (24.37) 1:34.96 (24.97)
100 Breast
USC’s Carsten Vissering took the top seed in the 100 breaststroke, finishing in 52.03.
Cal’s Connor Hoppe took the second seed (52.32), followed by Stanford’s Matt Anderson (52.73), Cal’s Matt Whittle (52.87), Stanford’s Brennan Pastorek (52.89), Stanford’s Hank Poppe (52.92), USC’s Mario Koenigsperger (52.95) and Arizona’s Matthew Salerno (53.09).
Event 13 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 50.04 3/28/2014 Kevin Cordes, ARIZ
Pac-12: M 50.04 2014 Kevin Cordes, ARIZ
Pac 12 Champ: P 51.23 2014 Kevin Cordes, ARIZ
51.74 A Standard
55.39 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Vissering, Cars JR USC-CA 52.66 52.03 qB
11.06 24.21 (13.15)
37.94 (13.73) 52.03 (14.09)
2 Hoppe, Connor SR CAL-PC 52.16 52.32 qB
11.24 24.59 (13.35)
38.41 (13.82) 52.32 (13.91)
3 Anderson, Matt JR STAN-PC 52.92 52.73 qB
11.07 24.73 (13.66)
38.64 (13.91) 52.73 (14.09)
4 Whittle, Matt SR CAL-PC 53.76 52.87 qB
11.27 24.75 (13.48)
38.71 (13.96) 52.87 (14.16)
5 Pastorek, Brenn FR STAN-PC 53.18 52.89 qB
11.17 24.73 (13.56)
38.67 (13.94) 52.89 (14.22)
6 Poppe, Hank SO STAN-PC 53.73 52.92 qB
11.40 24.81 (13.41)
38.48 (13.67) 52.92 (14.44)
7 Koenigsperger, SO USC-CA 52.97 52.95 qB
11.29 24.80 (13.51)
38.62 (13.82) 52.95 (14.33)
8 Salerno, Matthe JR U of A-AZ 53.35 53.09 qB
11.33 24.81 (13.48)
38.71 (13.90) 53.09 (14.38)
100 Back
Without Cal graduate Ryan Murphy, the 100 backstroke is wide open as the top eight finished within a second of each other and four tenths separated the first through fourth seeds.
USC’s Ralf Tribuntsov took the top seed at 45.47 and teammate Robert Glinta was third (45.77).
Dobbs swam his second of a Friday double and took the second seed (45.69).
Stanford’s Ryan Dudzinski took the fourth seed (45.84), followed by Arizona’s Thomas Anderson (46.16), Utah’s Paul Ungur (46.32), Cal’s Daniel Carr (46.35) and Arizona State’s Zach Poti (46.37).
Event 14 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 43.49 3/25/2016 Ryan Murphy, CAL
Pac-12: M 44.17 2015 Ryan Murphy, CAL
Pac 12 Champ: P 44.76 2017 Ryan Murphy, CAL
45.25 A Standard
48.49 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Tribuntsov, Ral SR USC-CA 46.01 45.47 qB
10.72 21.96 (11.24)
33.71 (11.75) 45.47 (11.76)
2 Dobbs, Chatham JR U of A-AZ 48.78 45.69 qB
10.67 22.04 (11.37)
33.83 (11.79) 45.69 (11.86)
3 Glinta, Robert FR USC-CA 45.97 45.77 qB
10.66 21.85 (11.19)
33.75 (11.90) 45.77 (12.02)
4 Dudzinski, Ryan JR STAN-PC 45.84 45.84 qB
10.94 22.28 (11.34)
34.00 (11.72) 45.84 (11.84)
5 Anderson, Thoma SO U of A-AZ 47.31 46.16 qB
11.02 22.51 (11.49)
34.27 (11.76) 46.16 (11.89)
6 Ungur, Paul SR UTAH-UT 46.04 46.32 qB
10.60 22.25 (11.65)
34.27 (12.02) 46.32 (12.05)
7 Carr, Daniel FR CAL-PC 45.96 46.35 qB
10.76 22.26 (11.50)
34.40 (12.14) 46.35 (11.95)
8 Poti, Zachary SO ASU-AZ 45.43 46.37 qB
11.01 22.43 (11.42)
34.40 (11.97) 46.37 (11.97)
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