2017 Men's Pac-12 Championships

Pac-12 Day Four Finals: Back-To-Back Crowns For The Cardinal

Pac-12 Day Four Finals: Back-To-Back Crowns For The Cardinal

Full recap from day four finals at the 2017 Men's Pac-12 Swimming Championships in Federal Way, Washington. Stanford took the title, Cal took second.

Mar 5, 2017 by Maclin Simpson
Pac-12 Day Four Finals: Back-To-Back Crowns For The Cardinal
Only one meet record on the final night of competition Saturday at the 2017 Men's Pac-12 Swimming Championships, but that did not mean that the Weyerhaeuser Aquatic Center was not full of energy. Freshman True Sweetser took down a championship record from an era when Facebook was called The Facebook and high schoolers weren’t allowed on it.

Stanford took the lead on day two but never looked back. Cal definitely gave Stanford a scare tonight in the team run, but came up short with 767 points to Stanford’s 784. USC was a little over a 100 points behind in 657. Though ASU lacked the depth of other teams, they definitely had an incredible meet, and seem to be really flourishing in Bowman’s system.


1650 FREESTYLE

Pac-12 Conference Record: 14:24.35 (Martin Grodzki - Georgia, 2012) 
Pac-12 Championship Record: 14:35.97 (Erik Vendt - USC, 2003) 14:35.93 (True Sweetser - Stanford, 2017)
NCAA ‘A’ cut: 14:44.43


1.) True Sweetser (Stanford): 14:35.93 (PAC-12 MEET RECORD)
2.) Grant Shoults (Stanford): 14:50.06
3.) Liam Egan (Stanford): 14:57.47
4.) Benjamin Olszewski (ASU): 14:59.49
5.) Pawel Furtek (USC): 15:05.60
6.) Matteo Sogne (Utah): 15:12.54
7.) Ryan Kao (Cal): 15:13.14
8.) Jerad Kaskawal (Arizona): 15:20.07 


A Stanford sweep ain’t as easy as 1-2-3, but this Cardinal triad was able to pull it off. In record-breaking fashion, Stanford freshman True Sweetser took down one of the longest-standing meet records. His 14:35.93 was only four one-hundredth's faster than Erik Vendt in 2003. 500 champ Grant Shoults came in second with a 14:50.06 and coming in third was last year’s Pac-12 champ, Liam Egan. With Stanford trying to fight off Cal and USC, the 1-2-3 finish was huge.

200 BACKSTROKE

Pac-12 Conference Record: 1:35.73 (Ryan Murphy - Cal, 2016)
Pac-12 Championship Record: 1:38.44 (Ryan Murphy - Cal, 2015) 1:38.07 (Ryan Murphy - Cal, 2017)
NCAA ‘A’ cut: 1:39.87


1.) Ryan Murphy (Cal): 1:38.07 (PAC-12 MEET RECORD)
2.) Patrick Mulcare (USC): 1:39.37 (NCAA 'A')
3.) Richard Bohus (ASU): 1:39.52 (NCAA 'A')
4.) Patrick Conaton (Stanford): 1:41.24
5.) Abrahm DeVine (Stanford): 1:42.08
6.) Andy Song (Cal): 1:42.98
7.) Justin McArthur (Utah): 1:43.03
8.) Thane Maudslien (Arizona): 1:43.33


Cal’s Ryan Murphy took home the title in 1:38.07, breaking his own Pac-12 meet record from 2015, but a tight race for 2nd went down to the wire with Patrick Mulcare and Richard Bohus. Bohus’ time was also a new school record for ASU. Stanford continued to pull away from Cal, outscoring them with 4th, 5th, 11th, and 12th place finishes.

100 FREESTYLE

Pac-12 Conference Record: 40.76 (Vlad Morozov - USC, 2013)
Pac-12 Championship Record: 41.38 (Vlad Morozov - USC, 2013)
NCAA ‘A’ cut: 42.25


1.) Cameron Craig (ASU): 41.95 (NCAA 'A')
2.) Sam Perry (Stanford): 42.30
3.) Justin Lynch (Cal): 42.49
4.) Michael Jensen (Cal): 42.63
5.) Santo Condorelli (USC): 42.94
6.) Tadas Duskinas (ASU): 43.00
7.) Dylan Carter (USC): 43.07
8.) Jorge Iga (Arizona): 43.42


Freshman sensation Cameron Craig was all kinds of on fire this weekend. After winning Friday's 200 free in meet-record fashion, he upset last year’s champion Sam Perry 41.95 to 42.30. After taking out the race in 20.39, he was behind Perry’s 19.87 at the 50, but a crazy 21.5 on the end showed otherworldly abilities.Cal Bears Justin Lynch and Michael Jensen came in 3rd and 4th trying to close the gap between them and Stanford.

200 BREASTSTROKE

Pac-12 Conference Record: 1:48.66 (Kevin Cordes - Arizona, 2014)
Pac-12 Championship Record: 1:51.80 (Kevin Cordes - Arizona, 2014)
NCAA ‘A’ cut: 1:52.99


1.) Steven Stumph (USC): 1:53.08
2.) Hunter Cobleigh (Cal): 1:53.51
3.) Christian Lorenz (ASU): 1:53.87
4.) Ridge Altman (USC): 1:54.04
5.) Matt Anderson (Stanford): 1:54.53
6.) Matt Whittle (Cal): 1:54.67
7.) Nick Silverthorn (Cal): 1:55.69
8.) Carson Sand (Cal): 1:57.93


Steven Stumph pulled off his 2nd 200 breast Pac-12 title, going a few tenths faster than his time from prelims. What should have been a definite win, actually ended up being somewhat close due to the gutsy swim of Cal’s Hunter Cobleigh going 1:53.51, giving his Bears some adrenaline to try to catch Stanford. ASU Sun Devil Christian Lorenz came in 3rd with a 1:53.87.

200 BUTTERFLY

Pac-12 Conference Record: 1:39.65 (Tom Shields - Cal, 2013)
Pac-12 Championship Record: 1:40.31 (Tom Shields - Cal, 2013)
NCAA ‘A’ cut: 1:41.86


1.) Andrew Seliskar (Cal): 1:41.12 (NCAA 'A')
2.) Michael Thomas (Cal): 1:41.83 (NCAA 'A')
3.) Justin Wright (Arizona): 1:41.88
4.) Jimmy Yoder (Stanford): 1:42.48
5.) Tom Kremer (Stanford): 1:42.96
6.) Jack Xie (Cal): 1:43.04
7.) Patrick Park (ASU): 1:43.58
8.) Matt Josa (Cal): 1:43.68


After Hunter Cobleigh’s big swim for Cal, teammate Andrew Seliskar and Michael Thomas kept the momentum going with a 1-2, taking down top seed Justin Wright. However, Tom Kremer of Stanford jumped from 8th to 5th and Cal’s Matt Josa fell from 4th to 8th in a crucial point swing for Stanford.   

400 FREESTYLE RELAY

Pac-12 Conference Record: 2:47.06 (Quintero, Condorelli, Tribuntsov, Carter - USC, 2015)
Pac-12 Championship Record: 2:48.16 (Moore, Daniels, Shields, Adrian - Cal, 2011)
NCAA ‘A’ cut: 2:52.45

1.) ASU: 2:48.95 (Bohus 42.13, Porter 43.00, Duskinas 42.37, Craig 41.45) (NCAA'A')
2.) USC: 2:50.37 (Carter 42.61, Condorelli 42.24, Tribuntsov 42.90, Malone 42.62) (NCAA 'A')
3.) Cal: 2:50.55 (Lynch 42.38, Jensen 42.89, Seliskar 42.74, Gutierrez 42.54) (NCAA 'A')
4.) Stanford: 2:52.52 (Perry 42.68, Kremer 42.68, DeShon 43.80, DeVine 43.36)
5.) Arizona: 2:52.79 (Dobbs 43.06, Iga 43.18, Jones 43.29, Thorne 43.26)
6.) Utah 2:54.50 (King 43.71, Phillips 43.11, O’Haimhirgin 43.50, Baker 44.08) 

ASU’s Richard Bohus led off the Sun Devils with a 42.13, going a time that would have given ASU a 1-2 finish in the 100 free earlier in the session if he had done it individually. USC had the lead at the 200, but ASU’s Tadas Duskinas split a 42.37 to give them the lead, and sealed the deal with Cameron Craig on the end, splitting a 41.45. USC’s Santo Condorelli split 42.24, the third fastest split of the night.