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: 10:30am prelims / 6:00pm finals (PST)
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MEN’S 800 FREESTYLE RELAY
- NCAA Record: 6:05.08 – Texas (2019)
- Pac-12 Record: 6:07.31 – Cal (2019)
Pac-12 Championships Record: 6:10.94 – Cal (2019)- NCAA “A” Standard – 6:16.80
- NCAA “B” Standard – 6:21.32
Top 3:
- ASU – 6:07.51
- Stanford – 6:08.73
- Cal – 6:09.98
Arizona State took the 800 free relay at the Pac-12 Championships tonight, roaring to a new school record of 6:07.51. The performance shattered the previous Pac-12 meet record of 6:10.94, as well as the previous ASU program record, which stood at 6:10.86 from earlier this season. The marked the first time ASU won the 800 free at the men’s Pac-12 Championships in 31 years.
The Sun Devils got out to a phenomenal start thanks to a blistering 1:30.54 lead-off split from Grant House. The swim marks a massive personal best for House, is a new ASU program record, and makes House the #8 performer in NCAA history in the event. You can read more about House’s swim here.
Notably, the previous Arizona State program record in the relay was 6:10.86, which they set a few months ago at the NC State Invitational in November. The relay tonight and the previous record relay were made up of the same 4 swimmers, who also swam in the same order. Additionally, all 4 swimmers were faster tonight than what they split back in November.
Here is a split comparison between ASU’s relay tonight, their previous program record, the Pac-12 record of 6:07.31 from 2017, and the NCAA record of 6:05.08, held by Texas.
| Swimmer | ASU 2022 Pac-12 Championships (Meet Record) | ASU 2021 NC State Invite (Previous ASU Record) | Cal 2019 NCAAs (Pac-12 Conference Record) | Texas 2019 NCAAs (NCAA Record) |
| 1 | Grant House (1:30.54) | Grant House (1:31.73) | Andrew Seliskar (1:30.14) | Drew Kibler (1:32.06) |
| 2 | Carter Swift (1:33.61) | Carter Swift (1:34.02) | Bryce Mefford (1:32.57) | Austin Katz (1:31.45) |
| 3 | Julian Hill (1:32.20) | Julian Hill (1:32.70) | Trenton Julian (1:31.74) | Jeff Newkirk (1:31.91) |
| 4 | Leon Marchand (1:31.16) | Leon Marchand (1:32.41) | Mike Thomas (1:32.86) | Townley Haas (1:29.66) |
| Final Time | 6:07.51 | 6:10.86 | 6:07.31 | 6:05.08 |
Stanford also set a new program record in the 800 free relay, swimming a 6:08.73, which shatters their previous record of 6:12.66 from the 2017 NCAAs. Luke Maurer was also excellent on their lead-off leg, swimming a 1:32.99, just off the program record of 1:32.61 held by Jack LeVant. Here is a split comparison between Stanford’s relay tonight, and their previous record relay.
| Swimmer | Stanford 2022 Pac-12 Championships | Stanford 2017 NCAAs (Previous Record) |
| 1 | Luke Maurer (1:32.99) | Grant Shoults (1:33.65) |
| 2 | Leon MacAlister (1:33.09) | Tom Kremer (1:31.75) |
| 3 | Ron Polonsky (1:31.50) | Abrahm DeVine (1:33.49) |
| 4 | Preston Forst (1:31.15) | Liam Egan (1:33.77) |
| Final Time | 6:08.73 | 6:12.66 |
Bowman is gonna transform Marchand into a beast for 2024. 200 IM/400 IM gold medals. And serious assault on the 400 IM world record.
Thank you Bob for helping French swimming! 😆
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Bob Bowman has really turned that program around!
It’s about time they gotten great recruits since he’s been there but have yet to make any major splashes
Yep, you live to see it
It’s Grant House! It says Grant Shoults under the picture.
But WOW, ASU!! Forks up…😈
It also says it under ‘you can read more about Shoults’ swim here”