2021 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap | SwimSwam

By James Sutherland on SwimSwam

2021 MEN’S  PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Sunday, February 28 – Wednesday, March 3
• Houston, TX (Central Time Zone)
• Defending Champion: Cal (3x) (results)
• Prelims: 11:00 AM Central Time (Days 2-4); Finals: 6:00 PM Central Time (Days 1-4)
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• Day 2 Finals Heat Sheet

The first set of individual finals will be contested on Night 2 of the Men’s Pac-12 Championships, with the 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free on the slate, along with the 200 free relay.

Cal and Stanford had strong preliminary showings this morning, and project to take over the top two spots in the team race after Utah held the early lead from diving.

Stanford’s Grant Shoults has a chance to become the first male swimmer to win the Pac-12 title in the 500 free four times tonight, though he’ll have his hands full with Arizona’s Brooks Fail and the Cal duo of Trenton Julian and Zach Yeadon all qualifying faster than him in the heats.

Cal’s Hugo Gonzalez is now the huge favorite to win the 200 IM after clocking 1:41.82 in the prelims, and fellow Bears Bjorn Seeliger (18.88) and Ryan Hoffer (19.00) should have a close battle in the 50 free.

Cal will also look to win a fifth-straight conference title in the 200 free relay. Hoffer has been a member of the last three winning squads, while the other three from the past two years (Pawel Sendyk, Michael Jensen and Zheng Quah) have all now graduated.

TEAM SCORES (THRU DAY 1 + DIVING)

1. Utah, 189
2. Stanford, 173
3. Arizona, 152
4. USC, 124
5. Cal, 102

500 FREE FINAL

• Pac-12 Record: 4:08.92, Jean Basson (ARIZ), 2009
• Pac-12 Championship Record: 4:10.67, Grant Shoults (STAN), 2017
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 4:11.82
• 2020 Champion: Grant Shoults (STAN), 4:12.45

200 IM FINAL

• Pac-12 Record: 1:38.14, Andrew Seliskar (CAL), 2019
• Pac-12 Championship Record: 1:40.07, David Nolan (STAN), 2015
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:41.34
• 2020 Champion: Daniel Carr (CAL), 1:41.79

50 FREE FINAL

• Pac-12 Record: 18.58, Ryan Hoffer (CAL), 2019
• Pac-12 Championship Record: 18.80, Brad Tandy (ARIZ), 2014
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 18.96
• 2020 Champion: Ryan Hoffer (CAL), 18.87

200 FREE RELAY TIMED FINAL

• Pac-12 Record: 1:14.46, Cal, 2019
• Pac-12 Championship Record: 1:15.54, Stanford, 2019 / Cal, 2020
• NCAA ‘A’ Cut: 1:17.17
• 2020 Champion: Cal (Sendyk, Hoffer, Jensen, Quah), 1:15.54

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