{"id":523611,"date":"2023-03-03T13:11:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T20:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=523611"},"modified":"2023-03-03T13:39:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T20:39:27","slug":"2023-pac-12-mens-championships-day-3-andrei-minakov-sizzles-44-34-100-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2023-pac-12-mens-championships-day-3-andrei-minakov-sizzles-44-34-100-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Pac-12 Men\u2019s Championships, Day 3: Andrei Minakov Sizzles 44.34 100 Fly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 Pac-12 Men\u2019s Championships, Day 3: Andrei Minakov Sizzles 44.34 100 Fly<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2022-23 season got off to a delayed start for <strong>Andrei Minakov<\/strong>, the Stanford junior and reigning NCAA champion in the 100 butterfly not racing for the Cardinal until midseason.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian is starting to make up for lost time.<\/p>\n<p>He grabbed the top seed in the 100 fly at prelims on Friday at the 2023 Pac-12 Men\u2019s Championships at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, his time of 44.34 nearly a second clear of the field. He\u2019ll have his times from last year \u2013 the Pac-12 record of 43.71 and the meet record of 43.90 \u2013 in his sights for the evening\u2019s finals.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the morning action from Federal Way:<\/p>\n<h4>2023 Pac-12 Men\u2019s Championships<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/results.teamunify.com\/pnws2\/meets\/PAC12M-2023\/?_ga=2.69444121.862508267.1650989788-1178540350.1635270747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pac-12.com\/2023-pac-12-mens-swimming-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/pac-12-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pac-12 Swimming News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2023-pac-12-mens-championship-night-1-day-1\/ncaa-college\/2023\/March\/1?rtn=%2Fresults%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night 1 Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/results\/2023-pac-12-mens-championship-night-2-day-2\/ncaa-college\/2023\/March\/1?rtn=%2Fresults%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night 2 Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2023-pac-12-mens-championships-meet-record-two-dqs-give-arizona-state-early-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Pac-12 Men\u2019s Championships: Arizona State Off To Quick Start; Leon Marchand Powers Two Relays<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2023-pac-12-mens-championships-day-2-leon-marchand-opts-for-200-im-goes-140-32\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Pac-12 Men\u2019s Championships, Day 2: Leon Marchand Opts for 200 IM, Goes 1:40.32<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2023-pac-12-mens-championships-night-2-leon-marchand-hits-another-137-in-im-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 Pac-12 Men\u2019s Championships, Night 2: Leon Marchand Hits Another 1:37 in IM title<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2023 Pac-12 Men\u2019s Championships Team Scores<\/h4>\n<pre>Combined Team Scores - Through Event 9                      \r\n \r\n  1. Arizona State University        357.5   2. California, University of, Ber    251\r\n  3. Stanford University               238   4. Southern California, Universit  202.5\r\n  5. University of Arizona             197   6. Utah, University of               174<\/pre>\n<h4>400 individual medley<\/h4>\n<p>Call it a mild surprise that <strong>Leon Marchand<\/strong> was not the top seed in prelims of the 400 IM. Make it a slightly larger surprise that the reigning NCAA champion was seventh tenths away from the B final.<\/p>\n<p>Given the field assembled, few might have assumed <strong>Jason Louser<\/strong> would be on top in prelims. The California senior went 3:37.60 to nab the top seed. He did it from an early heat, with his best time this season at 3:58.26, though he had been 3:38.23 at NCAAs last year, where he won the B final.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll face a battle to hold onto that placement in finals, with the last two NCAA record holders in pursuit. Marchand went 3:39.05 to glide into the A final in second. He set the NCAA record this year at 3:31.84. He took it from <strong>Hugo Gonzalez<\/strong> of Cal, who set it in winning the national title last year. Gonzalez was only seventh in prelims, though, scraping into the A final with seven tenths to spare in 4:34.22.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona State owns seeds two through five, with Hungarian Olympian <strong>Hubert Kos<\/strong> third in 3:40.47. He missed the A final in the shorter IM. <strong>Daniel Matheson<\/strong> was fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Off his silver medal in the 500 free, <strong>Lucas Henveaux<\/strong> got into the A final in sixth for Cal. <strong>Ron Polonsky<\/strong> of Stanford, the 200 IM bronze medalist, finished eighth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 10  Men 400 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 3:32.88  3\/25\/2022 Hugo Gonzalez, Atlanta\r\n       PAC-12: M 3:32.88  2022      Hugo Gonzalez, CAL\r\n PAC-12 Champ: P 3:34.45  2022      Leon Marchand, ASU\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Louser, Jason          SR California        3:58.26    3:37.60  \r\n                 23.09        49.70 (26.61)\r\n        1:17.73 (28.03)     1:44.83 (27.10)\r\n        2:14.12 (29.29)     2:44.36 (30.24)\r\n        3:11.60 (27.24)     3:37.60 (26.00)\r\n  2 Marchand, Leon         SO ASU               3:31.84    3:39.05  \r\n                 22.52        48.71 (26.19)\r\n        1:16.31 (27.60)     1:42.84 (26.53)\r\n        2:13.71 (30.87)     2:44.97 (31.26)\r\n        3:12.59 (27.62)     3:39.05 (26.46)\r\n  3 Kos, Hubert            FR ASU               3:43.77    3:40.47  \r\n                 22.82        50.38 (27.56)\r\n        1:17.08 (26.70)     1:44.12 (27.04)\r\n        2:15.37 (31.25)     2:47.38 (32.01)\r\n        3:14.49 (27.11)     3:40.47 (25.98)\r\n  4 Matheson, Daniel       SO ASU               3:46.64    3:42.25  \r\n                 23.66        50.81 (27.15)\r\n        1:19.78 (28.97)     1:48.73 (28.95)\r\n        2:19.92 (31.19)     2:51.17 (31.25)\r\n        3:17.03 (25.86)     3:42.25 (25.22)\r\n  5 Schlicht, David        SR ASU               3:43.16    3:42.70  \r\n                 23.53        50.33 (26.80)\r\n        1:18.62 (28.29)     1:46.75 (28.13)\r\n        2:18.18 (31.43)     2:49.89 (31.71)\r\n        3:16.72 (26.83)     3:42.70 (25.98)\r\n  6 Henveaux, Lucas        GS California             NT    3:42.93  \r\n                 23.85        51.55 (27.70)\r\n        1:20.65 (29.10)     1:48.66 (28.01)\r\n        2:20.36 (31.70)     2:52.85 (32.49)\r\n        3:18.32 (25.47)     3:42.93 (24.61)\r\n  7 Gonzalez de Oliveira,  GS California        3:57.92    3:43.22  \r\n                 23.19        50.39 (27.20)\r\n        1:19.30 (28.91)     1:47.10 (27.80)\r\n        2:18.29 (31.19)     2:50.09 (31.80)\r\n        3:17.25 (27.16)     3:43.22 (25.97)\r\n  8 Polonsky, Ron          SO Stanford          3:44.50    3:43.47  \r\n                 23.33        50.67 (27.34)\r\n        1:18.62 (27.95)     1:46.44 (27.82)\r\n        2:17.86 (31.42)     2:50.17 (32.31)\r\n        3:17.54 (27.37)     3:43.47 (25.93)<\/pre>\n<h4>100 butterfly<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Andrei Minakov<\/strong> led a Stanford 1-2-3 in the 100 fly, followed by <strong>Rafael Gu<\/strong> in 45.10 and <strong>Aaron Sequeira<\/strong> in 45.18. The Cardinal have four A finalists.<\/p>\n<p>Cal only has one, with <strong>Dare Rose<\/strong> in fourth. Arizona State accounts for the other three, led by fifth-place <strong>Cody Bybee.<\/strong> But <strong>Max McCusker,<\/strong> who entered with the fastest time of the season in 45.01, barely made it in seventh in 45.62. He\u2019ll need some outside smoke to get on the podium tonight.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 11  Men 100 Yard Butterfly<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 42.80  3\/23\/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida\r\n       PAC-12: M 43.71  2022      Andrel  Minakov, STAN\r\n PAC-12 Champ: P 43.90  2022      Andrei Minakov, STAN\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Minakov, Andrei        JR Stanford            45.07      44.34  \r\n                  9.35        20.37 (11.02)\r\n          32.06 (11.69)       44.34 (12.28)\r\n  2 Gu, Rafael             FR Stanford            45.77      45.10  \r\n                  9.69        21.13 (11.44)\r\n          32.86 (11.73)       45.10 (12.24)\r\n  3 Sequeira, Aaron        SO Stanford            46.19      45.18  \r\n                  9.55        20.96 (11.41)\r\n          32.90 (11.94)       45.18 (12.28)\r\n  4 Rose, Dare             JR California          45.30      45.34  \r\n                  9.44        21.09 (11.65)\r\n          32.92 (11.83)       45.34 (12.42)\r\n  5 Bybee, Cody            SR ASU                 46.20      45.51  \r\n                  9.71        21.19 (11.48)\r\n          33.07 (11.88)       45.51 (12.44)\r\n  6 Affeld, Jonny          JR Stanford            46.30      45.58  \r\n                  9.75        21.23 (11.48)\r\n          33.21 (11.98)       45.58 (12.37)\r\n  7 McCusker, Max          SR ASU                 45.01      45.62  \r\n                  9.37        20.88 (11.51)\r\n          32.93 (12.05)       45.62 (12.69)\r\n  8 Colson, Alexander      SR ASU                 45.77      45.63  \r\n                  9.74        21.27 (11.53)\r\n          33.14 (11.87)       45.63 (12.49)<\/pre>\n<h4>200 freestyle<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Grant House<\/strong> in on track for a second straight 200 free title. Perhaps more importantly to the veteran is that he led three Sun Devils in the top three spots.<\/p>\n<p>House set the pace in prelims at 1:32.50. He has been 1:31.51 this season and went 1:30.23 at the meet last year. Second was teammate <strong>Patrick Sammon<\/strong> in 1:32.71, while <strong>Julian Hill<\/strong> secured fourth in 1:33.17.<\/p>\n<p>In between is Cal\u2019s <strong>Robin Hanson<\/strong> in third at 1:33.01. <strong>Gabriel Jett<\/strong> is in the medal picture after posting the sixth-fastest prelims time of 1:33.28.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patrick Callan<\/strong> and <strong>Andrew Gray<\/strong> will duke it out for the final finals spot in a swim-off, tying for eighth. ASU was first, second, fourth, and 10th around that tie; Cal was third, sixth, and 11th.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 12  Men 200 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 1:29.15  3\/27\/2019 Dean Farris, Harvard\r\n       PAC-12: M 1:30.14  2019      Andrew Seliskar, CAL\r\n PAC-12 Champ: P 1:30.23  2022      Grant House, ASU\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 House, Grant           SR ASU               1:31.51    1:32.50  \r\n                 21.46        45.20 (23.74)\r\n        1:09.26 (24.06)     1:32.50 (23.24)\r\n  2 Sammon, Patrick        SO ASU               1:32.79    1:32.71  \r\n                 21.59        45.31 (23.72)\r\n        1:08.95 (23.64)     1:32.71 (23.76)\r\n  3 Hanson, Robin          SO California        1:33.74    1:33.01  \r\n                 21.59        45.14 (23.55)\r\n        1:08.89 (23.75)     1:33.01 (24.12)\r\n  4 Hill, Julian           SR ASU               1:32.26    1:33.17  \r\n                 21.29        44.73 (23.44)\r\n        1:08.91 (24.18)     1:33.17 (24.26)\r\n  5 Daleiden Ciuferri, Ra  FR Arizona           1:34.01    1:33.26  \r\n                 21.81        45.27 (23.46)\r\n        1:09.05 (23.78)     1:33.26 (24.21)\r\n  6 Jett, Gabriel          SO California        1:32.41    1:33.28  \r\n                 22.00        46.63 (24.63)\r\n        1:09.67 (23.04)     1:33.28 (23.61)\r\n  7 Dupont, Andres         FR Stanford          1:34.64    1:33.39  \r\n                 22.17        45.81 (23.64)\r\n        1:09.75 (23.94)     1:33.39 (23.64)\r\n  8 Callan, Patrick        GS California        1:33.64    1:33.79  \r\n                 21.90        45.82 (23.92)\r\n        1:09.96 (24.14)     1:33.79 (23.83)\r\n  8 Gray, Andrew           SR ASU               1:33.55    1:33.79  \r\n                 21.67        45.02 (23.35)\r\n        1:09.27 (24.25)     1:33.79 (24.52)<\/pre>\n<h4>100 backstroke<\/h4>\n<p>Cal\u2019s breaststroke contingent, in a year where that seems to be a weakness league wide, could be a difference-maker in the title race. The Golden Bears swept the top five spots, led by <strong>Reece Whitley\u2019s<\/strong> 51.34. Teammates <strong>Matthew Jensen<\/strong> and <strong>Jacob Soderlund<\/strong> also got under 52 seconds, while <strong>Liam Bell<\/strong> and <strong>Luke Rodarte<\/strong> joined the top-five party. ASU countered only with <strong>John Heaphy<\/strong> in 10th place.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 13  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 49.69  3\/23\/2018 Ian Finnerty, Indiana\r\n       PAC-12: M 50.04  2014      Kevin Cordes, ARIZ\r\n PAC-12 Champ: P 50.78  2019      Carsten Vissering, USC\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Whitley, Reece         GS California          51.51      51.34  \r\n                 10.86        24.06 (13.20)\r\n          37.49 (13.43)       51.34 (13.85)\r\n  2 Jensen, Matthew        JR California          52.57      51.60  \r\n                 11.12        24.37 (13.25)\r\n          37.84 (13.47)       51.60 (13.76)\r\n  3 Soderlund, Jacob       SO California          53.25      51.90  \r\n                 11.26        24.42 (13.16)\r\n          38.19 (13.77)       51.90 (13.71)\r\n  4 Bell, Liam             SR California          52.15      52.02  \r\n                 10.79        23.81 (13.02)\r\n          37.56 (13.75)       52.02 (14.46)\r\n  5 Rodarte, Luke          GS California          52.93      52.10  \r\n                 11.09        24.36 (13.27)\r\n          37.93 (13.57)       52.10 (14.17)\r\n  6 O'Grady, Chris         SO Southern Cali       52.09      52.44  \r\n                 11.10        24.31 (13.21)\r\n          38.11 (13.80)       52.44 (14.33)\r\n  7 Fan, Zhier             FR Stanford            52.63      52.50  \r\n                 11.11        24.82 (13.71)\r\n          38.44 (13.62)       52.50 (14.06)\r\n  8 Horner, Jaek           SR Utah                51.88      52.54  \r\n                 11.14        24.53 (13.39)\r\n          38.44 (13.91)       52.54 (14.10)<\/pre>\n<h4>100 breaststroke<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Jack Dolan<\/strong> and <strong>Owen McDonald<\/strong> hit back for Arizona State by taking the top two seeds in the 100 fly. Dolan went 44.78 to lead the way, McDonald following in 45.09.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Destin Lasco<\/strong> remains the favorite, though. He entered with the top time in the field at 44.73 and finished third in prelims in 45.13. Cal added two more A finalists, with <strong>Bjorn Seeliger<\/strong> seventh and <strong>Jack Alexy<\/strong> eighth.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 14  Men 100 Yard Backstroke<\/b>\r\n==================================================================\r\n         NCAA: N 43.35  3\/25\/2022 Luca Urlando, Georgia\r\n       PAC-12: M 43.49  2016      Ryan Murphy, CAL\r\n PAC-12 Champ: P 44.14  2020      Zachary Poti, ASU\r\n    Name                 Year School               Seed    Prelims        \r\n==================================================================\r\n<b>                      === Preliminaries ===                       <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Dolan, Jack            SR ASU                 45.25      44.78  \r\n                 10.34        21.26 (10.92)\r\n          33.07 (11.81)       44.78 (11.71)\r\n  2 McDonald, Owen         FR ASU                 46.05      45.09  \r\n                 10.79        21.73 (10.94)\r\n          33.46 (11.73)       45.09 (11.63)\r\n  3 Lasco, Destin          JR California          44.73      45.13  \r\n                 10.50        21.87 (11.37)\r\n          33.64 (11.77)       45.13 (11.49)\r\n  4 Ungur, Andrei          SR Utah                45.27      45.19  \r\n                 10.62        21.84 (11.22)\r\n          33.61 (11.77)       45.19 (11.58)\r\n  5 Sequeira, Aaron        SO Stanford            46.78      45.44  \r\n                 10.94        22.17 (11.23)\r\n          33.73 (11.56)       45.44 (11.71)\r\n  6 MacAlister, Leon       SR Stanford            45.58      45.63  \r\n                 10.64        22.00 (11.36)\r\n          33.71 (11.71)       45.63 (11.92)\r\n  7 Seeliger, Bjorn        JR California          45.23      45.79  \r\n                 10.41        21.75 (11.34)\r\n          33.74 (11.99)       45.79 (12.05)\r\n  8 Alexy, Jack            SO California          47.05      46.24  \r\n                 10.57        21.81 (11.24)\r\n          33.71 (11.90)       46.24 (12.53)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 Pac-12 Men\u2019s Championships, Day 3: Andrei Minakov Sizzles 44.34 100 Fly The 2022-23 season got off to a delayed start for Andrei Minakov, the Stanford junior and reigning NCAA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":501328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[132198,63314,36,51189,5007,176,118841,41508,132199,60011,77336,55587,56805,130156,327,328],"class_list":["post-523611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-college","tag-2023-pac-12-mens-champoinships","tag-andrei-minakov","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-state","tag-cal","tag-california","tag-gabriel-jett","tag-grant-house","tag-hugo-gonazlez","tag-jason-louser","tag-leon-marchand","tag-pac-12-championships","tag-pac-12-swimming","tag-ron-polonsky","tag-stanford","tag-usc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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