Day three finals of the 2017 Men's Pac-12 Swimming Championships in Federal Way, Washington, may have been some of the best racing we've seen in some time. Friday night featured many close races, final-length heroics, and a whole lotta grit. Read below. Trust me.

400 IM

Pac-12 Conference Record: 3:35.82 (Josh Prenot - Cal, 2016)
Pac-12 Championship Record: 3:38.83 (Josh Prenot - Cal, 2015)
NCAA 'A' cut: 3:40.76
2016 Invited: 3:45.61

Andrew Seliskar took home the victory, just a few tenths faster than he was at last year's Pac-12s. Abrahm Devine came in second with a 3:41.76, and Arizona's Nick Thorne touched third with a 3:44.42. His 24.83 last 50 was fast enough to catch and pass Stanford's Max Williamson (25.99) and USC's Patrick Mulcare (26.18).

1.) Andrew Seliskar (Cal): 3:39.53 (NCAA 'A')
2.) Abrahm DeVine (Stanford): 3:41.76
3.) Nick Thorne (Arizona): 3:44.42
4.) Max Williamson (Stanford): 3:44.61
5.) Patrick Mulcare (USC): 3:45.17
6.) Ken Takahashi (Cal): 3:47.38
7.) Justin Buck (Stanford): 3:47.73
8.) Curtis Ogren (Stanford): 3:48.54

100 BUTTERFLY

Pac-12 Conference Record: 44.18 (Austin Staab - Stanford, 2009)
Pac-12 Championship Record: 44.66 (Austin Staab - Stanford, 2011)
NCAA 'A' cut: 45.73
2016 Invited: 46.44

A Division II transfer from Queens College, Matt Josa won his first individual Pac-12 event in Friday night's 100 fly, touching out Justin Lynch and Andrew Liang 45.41 to 45.47 to 45.52. Arizona State's Tadas Duskinas was out first in 20.89 but was passed on the last length. Distance between first and fifth place? Three-tenths. Now that's a race. But in terms of close races, this night was just getting warmed up.

1.) Matt Josa (Cal):  45.41 (NCAA 'A')
2.) Justin Lynch (Cal): 45.47 (NCAA 'A')
3.) Andrew Liang (Stanford): 45.52 (NCAA 'A')
4.) Tadas Duskinas (ASU): 45.71 (NCAA 'A')
5.) Andrew Porter (ASU): 45.75
6.) Chatham Dobbs (Arizona): 45.94
7.) Santo Condorelli (USC): 46.09
8.) Alex Valente (USC): 46.61

200 FREESTYLE

Pac-12 Conference Record: 1:31.20 (Simon Burnett - Arizona, 2006)
Pac-12 Championship Record: 1:32.40 (Cristian Quintero - USC, 2015) 1:31.71 (Cameron Craig - ASU, 2017)
NCAA 'A' cut: 1:32.97
2016 Invited: 1:34.67

The Sun Devils' Cameron Craig joined Dean Farris of Harvard and Maxine Rooney of Florida as just the third freshman to go 1:31 in the 200 freestyle this season. In an incredible swim and even more incredible final 50 (23.24!), he touched out USC's Dylan Carter, who was 23.75 on the final 50 and 1:31.98 at the touch. Grant Shoults (1:33.74), Long Gutierrez (1:33.80), and Reed Malone (1:34.01) battled in another tight race for third.

1.) Cameron Craig (ASU): 1:31.71 (NCAA 'A')
2.) Dylan Carter (USC): 1:31.98 (NCAA 'A')
3.) Grant Shoults (Stanford): 1:33.74
4.) Long Gutierrez (Cal): 1:33.80
5.) Reed Malone (USC): 1:34.01
6.) Kyle Coan (Cal): 1:34.36
7.) Michael Jensen (Cal): 1:34.61
8.) Austin Phillips (Utah): 1:34.78

100 BREASTSTROKE 

Pac-12 Conference Record: 50.04 (Kevin Cordes - Arizona, 2014)
Pac-12 Championship Record: 51.23 (Kevin Cordes - Arizona, 2014)
NCAA 'A' cut: 51.93
2016 Invited: 52.92

Carsten Vissering got some sweet revenge after last year's loss to Connor Hoppe, in which Vissering was the top seed going into finals. This time Vissering came out on top, almost setting the meet record with a best time of 51.45. Also, Blair Bish got in the mix, touching out Hoppe 52.32 to 52.38. Being down 100 points, Cal scored some much-needed points in the 100 breaststroke, having finished third, sixth, and eighth. After this event, the Cal Bears were only down 70 points.

1.) Carsten Vissering (USC): 51.45 (NCAA 'A')
2.) Blair Bish (Arizona): 52.32
3.) Connor Hoppe (Cal): 52.38
4.) Christian Lorenz (ASU): 52.63
5.) Matt Anderson (Stanford): 52.70
6.) Carson Sand (Cal): 52.84
7.) Steven Stumph (USC): 53.01
8.) Matt Whittle (Cal): 53.49

100 BACKSTROKE

Pac-12 Conference Record: 43.49 (Ryan Murphy - Cal, 2016)
Pac-12 Championship Record: 44.95 (Ralf Tribuntsov - USC, 2015) 44.76 (Ryan Murphy - Cal, 2017)
NCAA 'A' cut: 45.37
2016 Invited: 46.51

Ryan Murphy did what he does best. Taking out Friday night's race in 21.45, he established his lead early, however, his second 50 was pretty similar to the second- to fourth-place finishers. Richard Bohus was runner-up in 45.23, setting a new ASU school record in the process. Ralf Tribuntsov was third in 45.60. Chatham Dobbs pulled off an impressive swim in the B-final, winning in 45.90, which would have put him fifth. Team points stayed about the same after the 100 backstroke, with Stanford at 556 to Cal's 483 and USC's 464.

1.) Ryan Murphy (Cal): 44.76 (NCAA 'A')
2.) Richard Bohus (ASU): 45.23 (NCAA 'A')
3.) Ralf Tribuntsov (USC): 45.60
4.) Ryan Dudzinski (Stanford): 45.88
5.) Paul Ungur (Utah): 46.32
6.) Thomas Anderson (Arizona): 46.31
7.) Andrew Liang (Stanford): 46.54
8.) Justin McArthur (Utah): 46.51

400 MEDLEY RELAY

Pac-12 Conference Record: 3:01.60 (Cal, 2015)
Pac-12 Championship Record: 3:03.30 (Cal, 2009)
NCAA 'A' cut: 3:07.75
2016 Invited: 3:09.86

WHAT. A. RACE.

In what many people would have assumed to be a runaway win for California was actually almost stolen away from them by... Stanford? Nope, not Stanford. USC? Guess again. The team that almost dethroned Cal hailed from Tempe, AZ -- the ASU Sun Devils. Richard Bohus produced an incredible 44.95 backstroke leadoff, a new personal-best and school record. His time had Cal and ASU neck and neck, but Cal breaststroker Connor Hoppe split a 52.0 and put the Bears almost a second ahead. Josa, the 100 fly champ, was in next for the Bears but was actually closed on by Andrew Porter​, who split 44.78. Then Cameron Craig put up one of the most valiant swims of the session, almost touching out Michael Jensen (41.56) after splitting an incredible 41.14. The Cal Bears bested the Sun Devils 3:03.45 to 3:03.63.

1.) Cal: 3:03.45
2.) ASU: 3:03.63
3.) Stanford: 3:04.50
4.) USC: 3:04.51
5.) Arizona: 3:07.18
**UTAH: DISQUALIFIED**

After Friday night's relay, Stanford (588) kept its lead over Cal (523), but the Bears outscored the Cardinal by 40 points on day three. USC is not far behind either with 494 points. Arizona State is fourth overall with 373 points, ahead of fifth-place Arizona (246) and sixth-place Utah (167).