2017 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

2017 MEN’S PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Wednesday, March 1-Saturday March 4
• Federal Way, WA (Pacific Time Zone)
• Defending Champion: Stanford (results)
• Psych sheets
• Live results
• Live Video
• Pac-12 Record Book
• Championship Central

The 2017 Men’s Pac-12 Championships in Federal Way, Washington continue this morning with the preliminary heats of the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, and 100 back. Cal’s Andrew Seliskar will look to set up a sweep of the IM events, while teammates Ryan Murphy (100 back) and Justin Lynch (100 fly) seek their first individual titles of the meet. The Stanford freestyle group, which includes last night’s 500 free champ Grant Shoults, will look to rack up big points for their team in the 200 free.

MEN’S 400 IM

• NCAA ‘A’ cut: 3:40.76
• NCAA ‘B’ cut: 3:54.49
• Conference Record: Josh Prenot, 2016, 3:35.82
• Championship Record: Josh Prenot, 2015, 3:38.83

1. Abrahm DeVine, Stanford, 3:44.49
2. Nick Thorne, Arizona, 3:44.56
3. Ken Takahashi, Cal, 3:44.92
4. Patrick Mulcare, USC, 3:45.54
5. Andrew Seliskar, Cal, 3:46.34
6. Justin Buck, Stanford, 3:47.02
7. Curtis Ogren, Stanford, 3:47.34
8. Max Williamson, Stanford, 3:48.93

Cal’s Andrew Seliskar and Stanford’s Abrahm DeVine, who went 1-2 in this race last season, will meet again in tonight’s final. DeVine led the way through prelims, qualifying narrowly ahead of Arizona’s Nick Thorne. Seliskar, on the other hand, picked up the 5th seed for finals.

Cal’s Ken Takahashi dropped a second from his personal best to take 3rd in 3:44.92 ahead of USC’s Patrick Mulcare. A trio of Stanford men rounded out the top 8 to give the Cardinal 4 men in tonight’s final.

MEN’S 100 FLY

• NCAA ‘A’ cut: 45.73
• NCAA ‘B’ cut: 48.29
• Conference Record: Austin Staab, 2009, 44.18
• Championship Record: Austin Staab, 2011, 44.66

1. Justin Lynch, Cal, 45.51
2. Matt Josa, Cal, 45.68
3. Andrew Porter, ASU, 45.75
4. Alex Valente, USC, 46.02
5. Andrew Liang, Stanford, 46.03
6. Chatham Dobbs, Arizona, 46.18
7. Santo Condorelli, USC, 46.20
8. Tadas Duskinas, ASU, 46.36

Cal’s Justin Lynch and Matt Josa qualified 1-2 for the Bears this morning, with Arizona State’s Andrew Porter joining them in the 45-range to round ut the top 3. Arizona State will have 2 in tonight’s final, with Tadas Duskinas taking 8th, as will USC, who got Santo Condorelli in at 7th.

Narrowly missing out on the final were Arizona’s Chad Idensohn (46.49) and Stanford’s Sam Perry (46.57) in 9th and 10th respectively. Other big names in the B-final include USC’s Michael Domagala (46.66) and Cal’s Pawel Sendyk (46.79).

MEN’S 200 FREE

• NCAA ‘A’ cut: 1:32.97
• NCAA ‘B’ cut: 1:37.99
• Conference Record: Simon Burnett, 2006, 1:31.20
• Championship Record: Cristian Quintero, 2015, 1:32.40

1. Cameron Craig, ASU, 1:33.34
2. Austin Phillips, Utah, 1:34.20
3. Long Gutierrez, Cal, 1:34.22
4. Michael Jensen, Cal, 1:34.31
5. Reed Malone, USC, 1:34.37
6. Grant Shoults, Stanford, 1:34.46
7. Dylan Carter, USC, 1:34.53
8. Kyle Coan, Cal, 1:34.94

Arizona State freshman Cameron Craig was the only man to break 1:34 this morning, setting himself up in lane 4 ahead of Utah’s Austin Phillips and Cal teammates Long Gutierrez and Michael Jensen. Phillips had a huge swim this morning, knocking over 3 seconds off his previous best time of 1:37.24 from the 2016 Ohio State Invite.

Craig is looking good to compete for the title after his 1:32.16 leadoff split on the 800 free relay, but USC’s Dylan Carter will also be in the mix to challenge him after qualifying 7th. Carter was a hundredth faster than Craig on the 800 free relay leadoff, splitting a 1:32.15. Stanford’s Grant Shoults, the 500 free champ, will also be a threat as the 6th seed for finals.

MEN’S 100 BREAST

• NCAA ‘A’ cut: 51.93
• NCAA ‘B’ cut: 55.39
• Conference Record: Kevin Cordes, 2014, 50.04
• Championship Record: Kevin Cordes, 2014, 51.23

1. Carsten Vissering, USC, 51.82
2. Connor Hoppe, Cal, 52.29
3. Christian Lorenz, ASU, 52.32
4. Blair Bish, Arizona, 52.61
5. Matt Anderson, Stanford, 52.69
6. Carson Sand, Cal, 52.72
7. Steven Stumph, USC, 53.00
8. Matt Whittle, Cal, 53.05

USC’s Carsten Vissering smashed the 52-barrier for the first time this morning, taking top seed with his 51.82. Cal’s Connor Hoppe and ASU’s Christian Lorenz put up a pair of 52-low behind him. The Bears will look to make a move in the points race in this event, as they got 3 in the final. In addition to Hoppe, teammate Carson Sand took 6th seed and Matt Whittle took 8th seed.

MEN’S 100 BACK

• NCAA ‘A’ cut: 45.37
• NCAA ‘B’ cut: 48.49
• Conference Record: Ryan Murphy, 2016, 43.49
• Championship Record: Ralf Tribuntsov, 2015, 44.95

1. Ralf Tribuntsov, USC, 45.74
2. Ryan Dudzinski, Stanford, 45.84
3. Richard Bohus, ASU, 45.91
4. Ryan Murphy, Cal, 45.94
5. Paul Ungur, Utah, 46.31
6. Thomas Anderson, Arizona, 46.41
7. Andrew Liang, Stanford, 46.54
8. Justin McArthur,Utah, 46. 60

Cal’s Ryan Murphy cruised through the morning to take 4th seed with a 45.94. A handful of men came in ahead of him in the 45-high range, including USC’s Ralf Tribuntsov, the Meet Record holder. Stanford’s Ryan Dudzinski and Andrew Liang turned in 2nd and 7th place finishes respectively to give the Cardinal 2 up.

Arizona’s Chatham Dobbs, the defending sivler medalist, just missed out on the final with a 46.63 for 10th behind ASU’s Reid Elliott (46.60). His teammate, Thomas Anderson, secured a finals spot for the Wildcats with a 6th place finish in prelims.