2019 Men’s Pac-12 Swimming and Diving Championships: Seliskar, Vissering Break Meet Records On Night Three

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Cal extended their lead on the third night of finals at the 2019 Men’s Pac-12 Swimming and Diving Championships tonight with three more individual wins (400 IM, 100 fly, 100 breast), and capturing their fourth relay title of the meet in the 400 medley relay.

Two meet records highlighted the third night of finals. The first came courtesy of Andrew Seliskar, who broke the meet record in the 200 free with a 1:31.07, before Carsten Vissering took down the meet record in the 100 breast (50.78).

Scores Following Day Three Finals:

1- Cal (644)
2- Stanford (499)
3- University of Arizona (410)
4- Arizona State (359)
5- USC (278)
6- Utah (240)

400 IM

Cal picked up the first win of the night in the 400 IM, with senior Mike Thomas touching first in 3:39.83. Thomas was trailing Arizona freshman David Schlicht heading into the final 50, but he ran him down with the fastest final 50 of the field (24.63). Schlicht ended up second, just behind Thomas is 3:40.14. Rounding out the podium was Cal sophomore Sean Grieshop in 3:41.17.

Notably, Stanford senior Abrahm DeVine won the B-final in 3:43.42. DeVine was the NCAA Champion in this event last year. Pac-12 meet record holder Andrew Seliskar scratched this event this year to focus instead on the 200 free later in the session.

Event 10  Men 400 Yard IM
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    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals        
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                        === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 Thomas, Mike           SR CAL-PC            3:42.82    3:39.83  
  2 Schlicht, David        FR UA-AZ             3:42.29    3:40.14  
  3 Grieshop, Sean         SO CAL-PC            3:43.05    3:41.17  
  4 Gurevich, Etay         JR UA-AZ             3:44.52    3:42.47  
  5 Liang, Alex            SO STAN-PC           3:44.34    3:43.10  
  6 Jhong, Chris           FR CAL-PC            3:44.61    3:44.05  
  7 Iida, Sam              SO UA-AZ             3:43.07    3:44.84  
  8 Takahashi, Ken         SR CAL-PC            3:45.21    3:45.05

100 Fly

Cal grabbed their second individual event win of the night in the 100 fly, as junior Zheng Quah touching first in 45.13. That drops a quarter second off his season best and moves him up to #7 in Division I. He was also about half a second off of Austin Staab’s meet record in the event.

Cal ended up going 1-2 in this event, with 50 free champion Pawel Sendyk touching second in 45.46. Arizona senior Chatham Dobbs was third in 45.49.

Event 11  Men 100 Yard Butterfly
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    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals        
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                        === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 Quah, Zheng            JR CAL-PC              45.74      45.13  
  2 Sendyk, Pawel          JR CAL-PC              46.08      45.46  
  3 Dobbs, Chatham         SR UA-AZ               46.20      45.49  
  4 Hoffer, Ryan           SO CAL-PC              46.23      45.60  
  5 Valente, Alex          SR USC-CA              46.13      45.80  
  6 Zdroik, Brad           SR STAN-PC             46.27      46.12  
  7 Reid, Noah             JR UA-AZ               46.32      46.18  
  8 Fonder, Khalil         FR ASU-AZ              46.15      46.82

200 Free

Andrew Seliskar made it 3-for-3 for Cal in event wins in the 200 free, dropping almost two full seconds off his seed to touch first in 1:31.07. That broke the 2017 meet record of 1:31.71 that was held by ASU’s Cameron Craig, and was just off of his season best of 1:30.86 from the Georgia Invitational.

Seliskar won the event by nearly 1.5 seconds. Teammate Grant House was second in 1:32.47, while Arizona’s Jorge Iga was third in 1:32.91. Those three were well ahead of the field, as Cal’s Trenton Julian back in fourth in 1:34.37.

 Event 12  Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals        
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                        === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 Seliskar, Andrew       SR CAL-PC            1:32.83    1:31.07  
  2 House, Grant           SO ASU-AZ            1:34.01    1:32.47  
  3 Iga, Jorge             JR UA-AZ             1:33.26    1:32.91  
  4 Julian, Trenton        SO CAL-PC            1:34.18    1:34.37  
  5 LeVant, Jack           FR STAN-PC           1:33.78    1:34.60  
  6 Gonzalez, Mason        FR STAN-PC           1:34.55    1:34.93  
  7 Phillips, Austin       SR UTAH-UT           1:34.07    1:35.00  
  8 O'Haimhirgin, Liam     JR UTAH-UT           1:34.11    1:37.32

100 Breast

USC senior Carsten Vissering shattered the Pac-12 meet record en route to winning the 100 breast with a 50.78. That took a tenth off of Vissering’s lifetime and season best that has him currently ranked second in the country behind Indiana’s Ian Finnerty.

His swim also snapped Cal’s winning streak tonight to give USC their second individual win of the meet. The previous Pac-12 meet record had stood at 51.23 from Kevin Cordes back in 2014.

In second was Cal freshman Reece Whitley in 51.38, who dropped a tenth from his own season best and was just off his lifetime best of 51.16. Stanford got their first podium appearance of the night in this event, grabbing third in 52.18.

 Event 13  Men 100 Yard Breaststroke
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    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals        
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                        === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 Vissering, Carsten     SR USC-CA              52.17      50.78  
  2 Whitley, Reece         FR CAL-PC              51.84      51.38  
  3 Anderson, Matt         SR STAN-PC             52.49      52.18  
  4 Koenigsperger, Mario   JR USC-CA              52.68      52.22  
  5 Poppe, Hank            JR STAN-PC             52.70      52.53  
  6 Arvidsson, Karl        JR CAL-PC              52.83      52.68  
  7 Sand, Carson           SR CAL-PC              52.80      52.93  
  8 Comforti, Danny        SR ASU-AZ              52.81      53.27

100 Back

ASU junior Zachary Poti grabbed his team’s first win of Pac-12’s, winning the 100 back in 44.93. That is a lifetime best by more than half a second for the junior, who moves up to sixth in the country with that swim.

In second was Cal sophomore Daniel Carr (45.64), while Arizona’s Chatham Dobbs grabbed his second top three finish with a third place of 45.77.

 Event 14  Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals        
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                        === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 Poti, Zachary          JR ASU-AZ              45.44      44.93  
  2 Carr, Daniel           SO CAL-PC              45.59      45.64  
  3 Dobbs, Chatham         SR UA-AZ               45.79      45.77  
  4 Anderson, Thomas       JR UA-AZ               45.90      45.97  
  5 Mefford, Bryce         SO CAL-PC              46.08      45.98  
  6 Dudzinski, Ryan        SR STAN-PC             46.43      46.14  
  7 Young, Ethan           JR CAL-PC              46.12      46.68  
  8 Quah, Zheng            JR CAL-PC              46.41      47.06

400 Medley Relay

The Cal Bears kept their streak of winning relays alive at this meet, taking the 400 medley relay in 3:04.09. The team of Daniel Carr (45.61), Reece Whitley (51.91), Andrew Seliskar (44.80), and Michael Jensen (41.77) had to hold off a charging USC in the final 200 yards, but held on for the win to make it three straight relay titles at this meet.

That is the second win of the night for Seliskar, who broke the meet record in the 200 free earlier in the session. He also had the fastest 100 fly split of the entire field. In second was the team from USC (3:04.62), while Arizona grabbed third (3:06.61).

 Event 15  Men 400 Yard Medley Relay
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    School                                 Seed     Finals        
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  1 CAL-PC  'A'                         3:04.89    3:04.09  
     1) Carr, Daniel SO               2) Whitley, Reece FR            
     3) Seliskar, Andrew SR           4) Jensen, Michael JR           
  2 USC-CA  'A'                         3:06.39    3:04.62  
     1) Mulcare, Patrick SR           2) Vissering, Carsten SR        
     3) Valente, Alex SR              4) Miljenic, Nikola SO          
  3 UA-AZ  'A'                          3:06.65    3:06.61  
     1) Anderson, Thomas JR           2) Schlicht, David FR           
     3) Reid, Noah JR                 4) Iga, Jorge JR                
  4 STAN-PC  'A'                        3:07.24    3:06.89  
     1) DeVine, Abrahm SR             2) Anderson, Matt SR            
     3) Zdroik, Brad SR               4) LeVant, Jack FR              
  5 ASU-AZ  'A'                         3:07.86    3:07.34  
     1) Poti, Zachary JR              2) Comforti, Danny SR           
     3) Fonder, Khalil FR             4) House, Grant SO              
  6 UTAH-UT  'A'                        3:09.03    3:08.58  
     1) McArthur, Daniel SR           2) Britton, Andrew FR           
     3) Montgomery, Colten JR         4) Phillips, Austin SR          
  7 UA-AZ  'B'                          3:14.79   x3:10.61  
     1) Anderson, Jack SO             2) Salerno, Matt SR             
     3) Oh, Mathias SR                4) Ercegovic, Marin FR          
  8 UA-AZ  'C'                          3:15.03   x3:14.24  
     1) Lujan, Matt SR                2) Wells, Ty FR                 
     3) Coen, Ty FR                   4) Johnston, Aldan FR

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