The 2024 Pac-12 Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships continued with the Day 4 prelims from Federal Way, Washington.
The events on deck for the session are the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke and 200 butterfly.
Pac-12 Men’s 200 Backstroke
Arizona State took the top two seeds in NCAA A cut times to kick off the final day of the conference championships.
Sophomore Owen McDonald took the top seed in 1:38.49, about a half second ahead of fellow sophomore Hubert Kos (1:39.05) as the Sun Devils look to keep control in the meet.
Stanford junior Aaron Sequeira took the third seed in 1:39.62, leading three Cardinal swimmers. Sophomore Josh Zuchowski took the fifth spot (1:40.62) and freshman Rex Maurer took the sixth spot (1:40.68).
Cal grad student Sebastien Somerset took the fourth seed in 1:40.32, leading three Golden Bears. Ziyad Saleem took the seventh spot (1:04.73) ahead of Kai Crews (1:41.09).
Event 17 Men 200 Yard Backstroke
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NCAA: N 1:35.73 3/26/2016 Ryan Murphy, California
PAC-12: M 1:35.73 2016 Ryan Murphy, CAL
PAC-12 Champ: P 1:36.94 3/4/2023 Destin Lasco, California
1:39.13 A Standard
1:44.60 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 McDonald, Owen SO ASU 1:39.31 1:38.49 A
23.29 48.51 (25.22)
1:13.58 (25.07) 1:38.49 (24.91)
2 Kos, Hubert SO ASU 1:36.54 1:39.05 A
23.67 49.61 (25.94)
1:14.05 (24.44) 1:39.05 (25.00)
3 Sequeira, Aaron JR STAN 1:40.99 1:39.62 B
23.38 48.38 (25.00)
1:13.91 (25.53) 1:39.62 (25.71)
4 Somerset, Sebas GS CAL 1:43.45 1:40.32 B
23.97 49.47 (25.50)
1:14.73 (25.26) 1:40.32 (25.59)
5 Zuchowski, Josh SO STAN 1:42.36 1:40.62 B
23.96 49.80 (25.84)
1:15.55 (25.75) 1:40.62 (25.07)
6 Maurer, Rex FR STAN 1:39.75 1:40.68 B
23.34 48.93 (25.59)
1:14.73 (25.80) 1:40.68 (25.95)
7 Saleem, Ziyad JR CAL 1:40.90 1:40.73 B
23.49 48.99 (25.50)
1:14.96 (25.97) 1:40.73 (25.77)
8 Crews, Kai JR CAL 1:42.49 1:41.09 B
23.85 49.33 (25.48)
1:15.20 (25.87) 1:41.09 (25.89)
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9 Wadsworth, Jack JR ASU 1:41.28 1:41.43 B
23.95 49.58 (25.63)
1:15.62 (26.04) 1:41.43 (25.81)
10 Jones, Keaton FR CAL 1:40.23 1:41.96 B
24.05 49.56 (25.51)
1:15.80 (26.24) 1:41.96 (26.16)
11 Makrygiannis, V JR USC 1:42.16 1:42.10 B
24.37 50.00 (25.63)
1:16.23 (26.23) 1:42.10 (25.87)
12 Najera, Humbert FR CAL 1:42.28 1:42.13 B
24.14 49.71 (25.57)
1:15.87 (26.16) 1:42.13 (26.26)
13 Kwan, Hayden SO STAN 1:42.39 1:42.16 B
23.96 49.61 (25.65)
1:15.80 (26.19) 1:42.16 (26.36)
14 Miller, Brandon SO UTAH 1:42.74 1:42.40 B
24.45 50.09 (25.64)
1:16.40 (26.31) 1:42.40 (26.00)
15 Mefford, Colby GS CAL 1:40.38 1:42.44 B
23.89 49.93 (26.04)
1:15.88 (25.95) 1:42.44 (26.56)
16 O'Leary, Griffi SO USC 1:43.70 1:43.35 B
24.30 49.93 (25.63)
1:16.41 (26.48) 1:43.35 (26.94)
Pac-12 Men’s 100 Free
It was another 1-2 seeded finish for the Sun Devils in the 100 free.
Senior Jack Dolan took the top spot in 41.38, just ahead of sophomore Jonny Kulow, who got to the wall in 41.53. Teammate Patrick Sammon took the fourth seed in 41.85.
Cal senior Matthew Jensen took the third spot in 41.57.
Arizona’s Ralph Daleiden Ciuferri took the fifth seed in 42.07, followed by Cal’s Liam Bell (42.17), Stanford’s Rafael Gu (42.18) and Stanford’s Luke Maurer (42.2).
Event 18 Men 100 Yard Freestyle
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NCAA: N 39.90 3/24/2018 Caeleb Dressel, Florida
PAC-12: M 40.75 2022 Bjorn Seeliger, CAL
PAC-12 Champ: P 40.90 3/4/2023 Bjorn Seeliger, California
41.50 A Standard
43.46 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Dolan, Jack SR ASU 41.53 41.38 A
9.19 19.41 (10.22)
30.37 (10.96) 41.38 (11.01)
2 Kulow, Jonny SO ASU 41.44 41.53 B
9.31 19.70 (10.39)
30.51 (10.81) 41.53 (11.02)
3 Jensen, Matthew SR CAL 42.79 41.57 B
9.34 19.99 (10.65)
30.75 (10.76) 41.57 (10.82)
4 Sammon, Patrick JR ASU 42.28 41.85 B
9.50 19.88 (10.38)
30.84 (10.96) 41.85 (11.01)
5 Daleiden Ciufer SO ARIZ 42.00 42.07 B
9.52 20.11 (10.59)
31.06 (10.95) 42.07 (11.01)
6 Bell, Liam GS CAL 46.11 42.17 B
9.47 20.17 (10.70)
31.10 (10.93) 42.17 (11.07)
7 Gu, Rafael SO STAN 42.40 42.18 B
9.51 20.22 (10.71)
31.26 (11.04) 42.18 (10.92)
8 Maurer, Luke SR STAN 42.48 42.20 B
9.91 20.53 (10.62)
31.45 (10.92) 42.20 (10.75)
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9 Peel, Cam SR ASU 43.08 42.54 B
9.26 20.01 (10.75)
31.26 (11.25) 42.54 (11.28)
10 Hill, Julian SR ASU 42.80 42.64 B
9.77 20.52 (10.75)
31.72 (11.20) 42.64 (10.92)
11 Palmer, Tommy SO ARIZ 43.45 42.77 B
9.62 20.32 (10.70)
31.58 (11.26) 42.77 (11.19)
12 Selin, Artem JR USC 42.94 42.95 B
9.36 20.10 (10.74)
31.33 (11.23) 42.95 (11.62)
13 Hatton, Colby SO CAL 43.84 43.05 B
9.52 20.35 (10.83)
31.63 (11.28) 43.05 (11.42)
13 Tan, Jonathan FR STAN 42.87 43.05 B
9.63 20.53 (10.90)
31.85 (11.32) 43.05 (11.20)
15 Hawk, Dylan SR CAL 43.37 43.11 B
9.74 20.54 (10.80)
31.65 (11.11) 43.11 (11.46)
16 Frandson, Trent JR CAL 43.72 43.14 B
9.86 20.58 (10.72)
31.83 (11.25) 43.14 (11.31)
Pac-12 Men’s 200 Breaststroke
Arizona State dominated once again, this time taking the top four seeds in the 200 breaststroke.
Senior David Schlicht took the top spot in 1:51.41, an NCAA B cut.
Sophomore Cale Martter took the second spot in 1:52.19, ahead of NCAA record-holder Leon Marchand, who took the third seed in 1:52.22. His meet record set last year was 1:47.67 and his NCAA record at the 2022 NCAA Championships is 1:46.91.
Sophomore Andrew Dobrzanski took the fourth spot in 1:52.98.
Stanford sophomore Zhier Fan took the fifth spot in 1:53.03, ahead of Cal’s Hank Rivers (1:53.13), Stanford’s Ron Polonsky (1:53.84) and Cal’s Sean Swift (1:54.30).
Event 19 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke
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NCAA: N 1:46.91 3/25/2022 Leon Marchand, Arizona State
PAC-12: M 1:46.91 2023 Leon Marchand, ASU
PAC-12 Champ: P 1:47.67 3/4/2023 Leon Marchand, ASU
1:51.09 A Standard
1:57.44 B Standard
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Schlicht, David SR ASU 1:51.55 1:51.41 B
24.95 53.09 (28.14)
1:22.12 (29.03) 1:51.41 (29.29)
2 Martter, Cale SO ASU 1:54.01 1:52.19 B
25.37 53.99 (28.62)
1:22.82 (28.83) 1:52.19 (29.37)
3 Marchand, Leon JR ASU 1:51.71 1:52.22 B
25.55 54.33 (28.78)
1:23.90 (29.57) 1:52.22 (28.32)
4 Dobrzanski, And SO ASU 1:54.83 1:52.98 B
25.57 53.74 (28.17)
1:22.97 (29.23) 1:52.98 (30.01)
5 Fan, Zhier SO STAN 1:52.68 1:53.03 B
25.41 53.82 (28.41)
1:23.01 (29.19) 1:53.03 (30.02)
6 Rivers, Hank SO CAL 1:58.48 1:53.13 B
25.68 54.22 (28.54)
1:23.18 (28.96) 1:53.13 (29.95)
7 Polonsky, Ron JR STAN 1:55.10 1:53.84 B
25.23 53.88 (28.65)
1:23.38 (29.50) 1:53.84 (30.46)
8 Swift, Sean JR CAL 1:56.73 1:54.30 B
25.72 54.73 (29.01)
1:23.80 (29.07) 1:54.30 (30.50)
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9 Zheng, Hayden JR STAN 1:54.88 1:54.45 B
25.94 54.58 (28.64)
1:23.64 (29.06) 1:54.45 (30.81)
10 Dang, Ethan SR STAN 1:53.51 1:55.11 B
25.78 54.53 (28.75)
1:24.22 (29.69) 1:55.11 (30.89)
11 Dillard, Ben SR USC 1:52.50 1:55.65 B
25.51 53.94 (28.43)
1:24.04 (30.10) 1:55.65 (31.61)
12 Soderlund, Jaco JR CAL 1:53.11 1:55.80 B
26.29 55.86 (29.57)
1:25.48 (29.62) 1:55.80 (30.32)
13 Wisdom, Tavner SO ARIZ 1:57.28 1:56.34 B
25.86 54.97 (29.11)
1:25.21 (30.24) 1:56.34 (31.13)
14 Foote, Ryan SR ARIZ 2:00.42 1:57.07 B
25.92 55.68 (29.76)
1:26.21 (30.53) 1:57.07 (30.86)
15 O'Grady, Chris JR USC 1:52.86 1:57.26 B
25.96 55.55 (29.59)
1:25.65 (30.10) 1:57.26 (31.61)
16 Morgan, Keller FR USC 1:59.87 1:57.48
26.29 55.91 (29.62)
1:26.42 (30.51) 1:57.48 (31.06)
Pac-12 Men’s 200 Butterfly
Arizona State freshman Ilya Kharun claimed the top seed in the 200 butterfly to close the session. He got to the wall in 1:39.52.
USC freshman Krzysztof Chmielewski took the second seed in 1:41.45.
Arizona State senior Alexander Colson got in to the third spot with a 1:41.64, ahead of Arizona’s Haakon Naughton (1:41.90) and USC’s Michal Chmielewski (1:42.51).
Event 20 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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NCAA: N 1:37.35 3/25/2017 Jack Conger, Texas
PAC-12: M 1:38.53 2021 Trenton Julian, CAL
PAC-12 Champ: P 1:38.53 2021 Trenton Julian, CAL
Name Year School Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Kharun, Ilya FR ASU 1:37.93 1:39.52
22.25 47.78 (25.53)
1:13.73 (25.95) 1:39.52 (25.79)
2 Chmielewski, Krzyszto FR USC 1:41.20 1:41.45
22.69 48.60 (25.91)
1:15.17 (26.57) 1:41.45 (26.28)
3 Colson, Alexander SR ASU 1:41.32 1:41.64
22.49 48.36 (25.87)
1:14.84 (26.48) 1:41.64 (26.80)
4 Naughton, Haakon SO ARIZ 1:43.13 1:41.90
22.65 48.34 (25.69)
1:14.64 (26.30) 1:41.90 (27.26)
5 Chmielewski, Michal FR USC 1:42.17 1:42.51
22.65 48.44 (25.79)
1:15.23 (26.79) 1:42.51 (27.28)
6 Holmes, Gibson FR STAN 1:43.30 1:42.95
23.09 49.11 (26.02)
1:15.43 (26.32) 1:42.95 (27.52)
7 McFadden, Henry FR STAN 1:43.45 1:43.11
23.46 49.62 (26.16)
1:15.99 (26.37) 1:43.11 (27.12)
8 Homans, Harry GS USC 1:44.60 1:43.19
22.91 49.05 (26.14)
1:15.65 (26.60) 1:43.19 (27.54)
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9 Mihm, Rick SR STAN 1:43.84 1:43.57
23.09 49.13 (26.04)
1:16.08 (26.95) 1:43.57 (27.49)
10 Fenlon, Matt JR STAN 1:43.57 1:43.86
23.23 49.53 (26.30)
1:16.43 (26.90) 1:43.86 (27.43)
11 Nabor, Jadan SR ARIZ 1:44.61 1:44.00
22.88 49.40 (26.52)
1:16.21 (26.81) 1:44.00 (27.79)
12 Senc-Samardzic, Filip FR ASU 1:45.81 1:44.10
22.46 48.68 (26.22)
1:16.26 (27.58) 1:44.10 (27.84)
13 VanBrocklin, Evan SO UTAH 1:42.86 1:44.98
23.57 50.25 (26.68)
1:17.36 (27.11) 1:44.98 (27.62)
14 Ghufran, Hayden SO ARIZ 1:46.07 1:45.18
23.86 50.31 (26.45)
1:17.24 (26.93) 1:45.18 (27.94)
15 Parnham, Beck JR ARIZ 1:46.77 1:45.25
23.78 50.79 (27.01)
1:17.70 (26.91) 1:45.25 (27.55)
16 Henderson, Orion SO ARIZ 1:46.95 1:45.80
23.10 50.35 (27.25)
1:17.76 (27.41) 1:45.80 (28.04)
