2022 MEN’S PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 2-Saturday, March 5, 2022
- Weyerhauser King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, Washington
- Defending champions: Cal (4x)
- Start times: 11:00 am prelims / 6:00 pm finals (PST)
- Event Schedule
- Diving Results
- Championship Central
- Live Results
- Live Stream
For those unfamiliar with swimming terminology, the concept of “Ups” and “Downs” is a good way to track which teams performed best at prelims. In prelims, swimmers qualify for one of three finals heats: the top 8 finishers make the A final, places 9 through 16 the B final and places 17 through 24 the C final. In finals, swimmers are locked into their respective final, meaning a swimmer in the B heat (spots 9-16) can only place as high as 9th or as low as 16th, even if they put up the fastest or slowest time of any heat in the final.
With that in mind, we’ll be tracking “Ups,” “Mids” and “Downs” after each prelims session. “Up” refers to swimmers in the A final, “Mid” to swimmers in the B final and “Down” to swimmers in the C final.
Note: Pac-12 only scores the ‘A’ and ‘B’ finals, so we won’t be tracking ‘C’ finals.
Before getting into the prelim numbers, here’s a look at how the team scores currently stand after last week’s diving and Wednesday’s relays events:
Team Scores – Thru DAY 1
- Stanford, 207.0
- Utah, 183.0
- Arizona, 148.0
- USC, 137.0
- Arizona State, 105.0
- Cal, 64.0
With all of the diving events concluding prior to the start of the swimming competition, the defending champion Cal Golden Bears started the meet with a sizeable deficit early on, and after last night’s relays, entered Day 2 trailing Stanford by 143 points.
The two teams were essentially even during the preliminary session, with the Cardinal putting seven swimmers into ‘A’ finals (to Cal’s six) while the Golden Bears scored 127 projected points (to Stanford’s 123.5).
The big Stanford performance included getting three men into the championship heat of both the 500 free and 200 IM, while Cal also put three through to the 200 IM and advanced six swimmers total to score in the 50 free (2/4).
While it’s still early, the early script of this meet is similar to what transpired last week in the women’s competition, where Stanford and Cal were relatively even in the swimming pool but the Cardinal diving pushed them to the team title.
Arizona State came out of last night’s relays second-to-last in the team standings but project to jump up into second at night’s end, putting five swimmers up into ‘A’ finals and six more into consols.
DAY 2 UPS/DOWNS
Credit to Andrew Mering for running the numbers.
| All | 500 Free | 200 IM | 50 Free | |
| Stanford | 7/4 | 3/1 | 3/2 | 1/1 |
| California | 6/7 | 1/3 | 3/0 | 2/4 |
| Arizona State | 5/6 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 2/1 |
| Arizona | 3/5 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 2/2 |
| USC | 3/2 | 2/0 | 0/2 | 1/0 |
SCORED PRELIMS
- Cal, 127.0
- Stanford, 123.5
- Arizona State, 113.0
- Arizona, 53.5
- USC, 48.0
- Utah, 0.0
DAY 1 SCORES + PRELIM PROJECTIONS
- Stanford, 330.5
- Arizona State, 218.0
- Arizona, 201.5
- Cal, 191.0
- USC, 185.0
- Utah, 183.0
Thinking the 500 time from the “B” could be faster than the “A”… where have I seen this before?
You think Julian will pull a Hugo?
Or a Matias Koski?
I hope so. Happened to me once, although the stakes weren’t nearly so high. Gives everyone a good laugh, and I never missed a final I was supposed to make, again.
Somehow Utah loses 12 points between your Day 1 scores and your Day 1 Scores + Prelim projections…
Stanford bringing it for Pac 12. Skip Kenney gotta be proud.