2024 MEN’S PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Dates: Wednesday, March 6 – Saturday, March 9
- Location: Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, WA
- Defending champions: Arizona State (1x)
- Live Results
- Live Video (Pac-12 Network)
- Championship Central
- Fan Guide Preview
- Day 1 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Recap| Day 2 Finals Recap
- Day 3 Prelims Live Recap
TEAM SCORES (AFTER DAY TWO)
- Arizona State – 401
- Stanford – 304.5
- Cal – 237
- Arizona – 224.5
- USC – 221
- Utah – 111
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 two finals heats: the top 8 finishers make the A final and places 9 through 16 in the B 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” and “Downs” after each prelims session. “Up” refers to swimmers in the A final, and “Down” to swimmers in the B final.
After leading through day 2, the Arizona State men look to grow their lead even larger with almost twice as many finalists as any other team. Stanford looks to have a solid hold on second while Cal will look to extend their lead over Arizona tonight. It is important to note that the 400 medley relay will take place tonight. Arizona finished 2nd in the event behind Arizona State in the 200 medley on Wednesday night while Cal finished 4th.
Not only does Arizona State have 17 ‘A’ finalists but they also hold the top seed for tonight’s finals in four out of the five events. The lone exception is the 100 breast where Cal’s Liam Bell swam the top time of the morning with a 51.46, just ahead of Arizona State’s Andy Dobrzanski who was 2nd this morning with a 51.52.
| Arizona State | Cal | Stanford | USC | Arizona | Utah | |
| 400 IM | 5/1 | 1/1 | 2/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/3 |
| 100 fly | 4/0 | 0/2 | 3/1 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 |
| 200 free | 4/0 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| 100 breast | 1/1 | 3/2 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1/0 |
| 100 back | 3/0 | 2/1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 |
| Total | 17/2 | 7/10 | 10/8 | 1/6 | 4/11 | 1/3 |
Cal’s gonna finish higher at NCAAs than Pac-12s.
I wonder how much the dissolution of the conference played into their decision to slack.
ASU could scratch their entire team tomorrow and still runaway with the title at this point
Imagine reading this headline to someone 5 years ago
And adding to that headline “At the final PAC-12 championship meet”…