200 Back: It's Destin Lasco/Hugo Gonzalez/Sebastian Somerset into the A-final and Colby Mefford into the B-final. Owen McDonald/Hubert Kos (two freshmen) for Arizona State in the A-final, Jack Wadsworth into the B-final. Cal - 3/1, ASU - 2/1.
100 Free: Bjorn Seeliger (meet record)/Jack Alexy/Matthew Jensen (another PB)/Dylan Hawk into the A-final, Robin Hanson in the B-final. Jack Dolan/Jonny Kulow/Patrick Sammon for Arizona State in the A-final, Grant House in the B-final. Cal - 4/1, ASU 3/1
Good showing from the Bears this morning but almost certainly not enough to catch up to Arizona State. Even without the DQ on the first relay (34 points), Cal would still be looking at roughly 40-50 point deficit at meet end.
Cal's Jason Louser got the top seed over ASU's Leon Marchand but it's still 3/2 for Cal vs. 4/2 for ASU.
100 Fly:
ASU got three in the A-Final vs. just Dare Rose for Cal.
Cal 1/1 vs. ASU 3/0
200 Free:
There will be a swim-off between Cal's Patrick Callan and ASU's Andrew Gray for that 8th and final A-Final berth. ASU's Grant House and Patrick Sammon qualified ahead of Cal's Swedish Olympian Robin Hanson.
Cal 2-3/1-2 vs. ASU 3-4/2-3
100 Breast:
Finally an event that's all Cal
5/1 including the top-5 times led by Reece Whitley for Cal and 0/0 for ASU
100 Back:
3/1 for Cal vs. 2/1 for ASU
ASU's Jack Dolan got the best time in the morning but one's got to think Cal's Destin Lasco has more in the tank
Total: 14-15/6-5 for Cal vs. 12-13/5-4 for ASU
Bears will pick up some points but not quite enough to make up for the 100 points deficit
I don't know what they're doing at Arizona State right now, but they're cooking. They're a scary team that seems to be missing 1 or 2 pieces from being the sure-fire favorite for winning the NCAA Championship. Right now, it's hard to tell whether the ASU swimmers are specifically training to peak at this meet or the one in a couple weeks.
A/B Final Counts thus far:
400 IM: Cal - 3/2, ASU - 4/2
100 Fly: Cal - 1/1, ASU - 3/0
200 Free: (Best Case) Cal - 3/1, ASU 3/3 | (Worst Case) Cal - 2/2, ASU - 4/2
Given his pedigree as a US Olympian, graduate transfer (from Michigan) Patrick Callan really hasn't post the times that one would expect...yet. Then again, this might be by design since Cal only cares about peaking at the NCAA. Looking at the psych sheet, I do see graduate student Lucas Henveaux listed for 200 Free without a time. Henveaux, already Cal school record holder for distance events despite just two meets, could post an interesting 200 Free time to possibly be in the mix for the 800 Free relay at the NCAA?
Saturday prelim results:
200 Back: It's Destin Lasco/Hugo Gonzalez/Sebastian Somerset into the A-final and Colby Mefford into the B-final. Owen McDonald/Hubert Kos (two freshmen) for Arizona State in the A-final, Jack Wadsworth into the B-final. Cal - 3/1, ASU - 2/1.
100 Free: Bjorn Seeliger (meet record)/Jack Alexy/Matthew Jensen (another PB)/Dylan Hawk into the A-final, Robin Hanson in the B-final. Jack Dolan/Jonny Kulow/Patrick Sammon for Arizona State in the A-final, Grant House in the B-final. Cal - 4/1, ASU 3/1
Good showing from the Bears this morning but almost certainly not enough to catch up to Arizona State. Even without the DQ on the first relay (34 points), Cal would still be looking at roughly 40-50 point deficit at meet end.
Friday prelim results:
400 IM:
Cal's Jason Louser got the top seed over ASU's Leon Marchand but it's still 3/2 for Cal vs. 4/2 for ASU.
100 Fly:
ASU got three in the A-Final vs. just Dare Rose for Cal.
Cal 1/1 vs. ASU 3/0
200 Free:
There will be a swim-off between Cal's Patrick Callan and ASU's Andrew Gray for that 8th and final A-Final berth. ASU's Grant House and Patrick Sammon qualified ahead of Cal's Swedish Olympian Robin Hanson.
Cal 2-3/1-2 vs. ASU 3-4/2-3
100 Breast:
Finally an event that's all Cal
5/1 including the top-5 times led by Reece Whitley for Cal and 0/0 for ASU
100 Back:
3/1 for Cal vs. 2/1 for ASU
ASU's Jack Dolan got the best time in the morning but one's got to think Cal's Destin Lasco has more in the tank
Total: 14-15/6-5 for Cal vs. 12-13/5-4 for ASU
Bears will pick up some points but not quite enough to make up for the 100 points deficit
I don't know what they're doing at Arizona State right now, but they're cooking. They're a scary team that seems to be missing 1 or 2 pieces from being the sure-fire favorite for winning the NCAA Championship. Right now, it's hard to tell whether the ASU swimmers are specifically training to peak at this meet or the one in a couple weeks.
A/B Final Counts thus far:
400 IM: Cal - 3/2, ASU - 4/2
100 Fly: Cal - 1/1, ASU - 3/0
200 Free: (Best Case) Cal - 3/1, ASU 3/3 | (Worst Case) Cal - 2/2, ASU - 4/2
100 Breast: Cal - 5/1, ASU - 0/1
100 Back: Cal - 3/1, ASU - 2/1
Strong morning of prelims for both Cal and ASU:
(I'm listing the C-Finalists count even if they don't score at this meet)
500 Free - Cal's Henveaux, Callan, and Jett are the top three seeds but ASU got 4 A-Finalists
Cal 3/2/0 vs. ASU 4/2/0
200 IM - ASU's Marchand is the top seed over Cal's Hugo Gonzalez and Lasco
Cal 2/2/2 vs. ASU 4/2/1
50 Free - Cal's Seeliger got the top seed but ASU again out qualified Cal by quantity
Cal 2/2/2 vs. ASU 4/0/2
https://results.teamunify.com/pnws2/meets/PAC12M-2023/
Given his pedigree as a US Olympian, graduate transfer (from Michigan) Patrick Callan really hasn't post the times that one would expect...yet. Then again, this might be by design since Cal only cares about peaking at the NCAA. Looking at the psych sheet, I do see graduate student Lucas Henveaux listed for 200 Free without a time. Henveaux, already Cal school record holder for distance events despite just two meets, could post an interesting 200 Free time to possibly be in the mix for the 800 Free relay at the NCAA?