Day 1 Finals Live summary

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2022 MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP PAC-12

As we announced earlier, the Pac-12 Championship in 2022 will be a solid race between the 4-time reigning champions Cal, Stanford and ASU. Technically, the match started last week, when diving competitions were held, in which Cal scored 0 points.

Stanford is currently leading with 131 points from the jump, while ASU is 131 behind with 31, and Cal has yet to score. However, the swimming competition will start tonight with 200 mixed relays and 800 freestyle – giving Cal a chance to take some preliminary points.

Heat sheets

Men’s 200 Mixed Relay

  • NCAA Record: 1: 21.54 – Texas (2017)
  • Pac-12 record: 1: 21.82 – USC (2018)
  • Pac-12 Championship record: 1: 22.16 – Cal (2020)
  • NCAA Standard A – 1: 24.22
  • NCAA Standard “B” – 1: 24.83

Top 3:

  1. Stanford – 1: 22.74
  2. ASU – 1: 22.95
  3. Cal – 1: 23.26

The men from Stanford won the first Pac-12 swimming title of the match with a 1: 22.74 victory in the 200 mixed men’s relay. Leon McAllister started things for them with a split 21.03 back, lagging behind Cal Daniel Carr which opened with 20.97 and Arizona state Jack Dolan, who threw 20.96.

After McAllister, Ron Polonsky was 23.40 on the breaststroke, leading Stanford to ASU. However, the division of the competition came from Andrey Minakov who scored a 19.49 butterfly leg to put Stanford in first place, hitting the wall for 1: 03.92.

This split by Minakov is the 3rd fastest split in history Joseph School19.36 and 19.45 are separated from his time in Texas. He replaces Dalton Lowe of Louisville as the number two man in history. Lowe swims to split earlier this season in the ACCs.

TOP 50 FOR ALL TIME RELAYS OF THE FLY

  1. 19.36 – Joe Schooling – 2016
  2. 19.45 – Joe Schooling – 2017
  3. 19.49 – Andrey Minakov – 2022
  4. 19.50 – Dalton Lowe – 2022
  5. 19.52 – Blaise Vera – 2021
  6. 19.57 – Luke Urlando – 2022

Lowe’s swim to Louisville contributed to their 1: 21.84 in the match, which is currently the best time in the country this season. Stanford is now a №7 team with their 1: 22.74.

The state of Arizona came in with 1: 22.95 for the silver, and Cal did not lag behind with 1: 23.26 for the bronze medal. It should be noted that all 6 teams competing here fell under the NCAA rankings A of 1: 24.22, as the USC finished 4th with 1: 23.76, Utah was 5th with 1: 23.87, and Arizona rounded out the top 6 with 1: 24.10.

Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay

  • NCAA Record: 6: 05.08 – Texas (2019)
  • Pac-12 record: 6: 07.31 – Cal (2019)
  • Pac-12 Championship record: 6: 10.94 – Cal (2019)
  • NCAA Standard A – 6: 16.80
  • NCAA “B” Standard – 6: 21.32

Top 3:

  1. ASU – 6: 07.51
  2. Stanford – 6: 08.73
  3. Cal – 6: 09.98

The ASU men rose to victory in the second relay of the evening with 6: 07.51, breaking the Pac-12 championship record by more than 3 seconds. ASU made the fastest swim in the history of this match, beating Cal’s 2019 swim by 6: 10.94.

Grant House was first here for ASU, setting a solid time of 1: 30.54, which is the 8th fastest swim in NCAA history and # 2 this season. He replaces Shine Casas‘1: 30.59 and now he’s sitting right in the back Drew KiblerIt’s # 7 time of 1: 30.39 from last year’s NCAA Championship.

The leader in the whole country for 2021-2022 Kieran Smith with his 1: 30.42 from the SEC Championships, while Matt Sates is already 3rd with his 1: 31.16. House also set a new school record here, beating Cameron Craig 1: 31.71 in 2017. House’s previous PB of 1: 31.73 was ASU’s number 2 before that.

After House Carter Swift came out 1: 33.61, Julian Hill 1: 32.20 and Leon Marchand 1: 31.16 to give ASU a total time of 6: 07.51. ASU is not №1 in the nation this season, replacing 6: 08.00 Florida by the SEC.

The next Stanford took second place with 6: 08.73 with the kind assistance of Luke Maurer (1: 32.99 lead), Leon McAllister (1: 33.09), Ron Polonsky (1: 31.50) and Preston Forst (1 : 31.15). Both McAllister and Polonsky swam in both the 200m medley and the 800 freestyle relays for Stanford, both setting new school records for the team.

Cal finished second in the evening here, reaching 6: 09.98, while the University of Arizona finished 4th in 6: 14.43. This means that 4 of the fastest teams were in the NCAA rankings A of 6: 16.80, while USC and Utah finished with their respective times of 6: 17.03 and 6: 26.63.

Team results after day 1

  1. Stanford – 207 points
  2. Utah – 183 points
  3. Arizona – 148 points
  4. USC – 137 points
  5. ASU – 105 points
  6. Cal – 64 points