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

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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.

2022 Pac-12 Men’s Championships Links

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
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         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              
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                      === 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
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  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
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         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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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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2 years ago

I don’t understand how rearranging body parts equals the opposite sex…
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 ?