2023 Pac-12 Men’s Championships: Meet Record, Two DQs Give Arizona State Early Control
It took all of one swimming event for chaos to break loose at the 2023 Pac-12 Men’s Championships, which opened Wednesday night at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.
Arizona State blistered the 200 medley relay with a meet record time of 1:21.69. But as important was a pair of DQs to Stanford and California’s A relays that will shake up the team standings as the meet progresses toward its resolution on Saturday.
Recap from the first night, which includes the tally of all three diving events:
2023 Pac-12 Men’s Championships
2023 Pac-12 Men’s Championships Team Scores
Combined Team Scores - Through Event 4 1. Southern California, Universit 170 2. Utah, University of 120 3. University of Arizona 101 4. Arizona State University 87 5. Stanford University 85 6. California, University of, Ber 38
200 medley relay
The first duel between Arizona State and Cal is delayed, thanks to the Golden Bears being disqualified. Arizona State did its part, the foursome of Jack Dolan, Leon Marchand, Max McCusker and Jonny Kulow going 1:21.69. It downs the meet record (1:22.16, Cal, 2020) and ties the conference record set by Cal last year.
Marchand split 22.98 on his breaststroke leg. Dolan, in 20.65, was out ahead of Cal’s Destin Lasco. Kulow brought it home in 18.40.
Arizona slid into the second spot in 1:23.74, .02 under the NCAA A cut standard. Utah was third.
Event 4 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
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NCAA: N 1:21.13 3/23/2022 Florida
A. Chaney, D. Hillis, E. Friese, W. Davis
PAC-12: M 1:21.69 2022 Univ of California, Berkeley, CAL
Seelinger, Bell, Julian, Carr
PAC-12 Champ: P 1:22.16 2020 Univ of California, Berkeley
D. Carr, R. Whitley, P. Sendyk, R. Hoffer
School Seed Finals Points
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1 ASU 'A' 1:22.60 1:21.69M 40
1) Dolan, Jack SR 2) Marchand, Leon SO
3) McCusker, Max SR 4) Kulow, Jonny FR
20.65 43.63 (22.98)
1:03.29 (19.66) 1:21.69 (18.40)
2 Arizona 'A' 1:24.94 1:23.74 34
1) Oates, Billy FR 2) Foote, Ryan SR
3) Miller, Seth JR 4) Ercegovic, Marin GS
21.32 44.83 (23.51)
1:04.95 (20.12) 1:23.74 (18.79)
3 Utah 'A' 1:24.58 1:24.45 32
1) Ungur, Andrei SR 2) Horner, Jaek SR
3) Garstang, Ryan JR 4) O'Haimhirgin, Finn SR
20.97 44.45 (23.48)
1:05.34 (20.89) 1:24.45 (19.11)
4 Southern Cali 'A' 1:25.62 1:25.30 30
1) Makrygiannis, Evangelos JR 2) O'Grady, Chris SO
3) Parker, Mateo SO 4) Selin, Artem SO
22.13 45.21 (23.08)
1:06.26 (21.05) 1:25.30 (19.04)
-- California 'A' 1:22.84 DQ
1) Lasco, Destin JR 2) Bell, Liam SR
3) Rose, Dare JR 4) Alexy, Jack SO
20.99 44.48 (23.49)
1:04.32 (19.84)
-- Stanford 'A' 1:24.00 DQ
1) MacAlister, Leon SR 2) Fan, Zhier FR
3) Minakov, Andrei JR 4) Gu, Rafael FR
21.16 45.15 (23.99)
1:04.64 (19.49)
1-meter diving
Writ large, Cal takes the edge in the diving points, with three A finalists across the three events to Arizona State’s one. USC is the team that emerged from the diving competition with the most accolades.
Laurent Gosselin-Paradis won 1-meter with a score of 354.80, one of three USC finalists. He was the leader in prelims and ended up on top by 13 points. Stanford’s Jack Ryan was second with Elias Petersen of Utah third. USC’s George Korovin, second after prelims, slipped to sixth, and Robert Gref also got into the final for the Trojans.
Event 1 Men 1 mtr Diving
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NCAA: N 473.75 3/28/2013 Kristian Ipsen, STAN
PAC-12: M 481.65 2014 Kristian Ipsen, STAN
PAC-12 Champ: P 520.40 2015 Kristian Ipsen, STAN
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Finals ===
1 Paradis, Laurent FR Southern Cali 350.05 354.80 20
2 Ryan, Jack SO Stanford 292.10 340.15 17
3 Petersen, Elias FR Utah 302.70 337.95 16
4 Donald, Peyton FR Stanford 300.55 333.10 15
5 Markentin, Bjorn SR Arizona 320.50 329.90 14
6 Korovin, George SR Southern Cali 334.80 319.95 13
7 Thai, Joshua FR California 284.95 315.30 12
8 Gref, Robert FR Southern Cali 282.30 279.85 11
3-meter diving
Korovin steadied the ship in 3-meter, going from seventh in prelims to winning the crown with a score of 431.80. It was a USC 1-2 with he and Gosselin-Paradis, who scored 429.40. Petersen grabbed another bronze medal, joining the three-horse title race with 423.25. Ryan, the top scorer in prelims, slid to fifth.
Event 2 Men 3 mtr Diving
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NCAA: N 529.10 3/27/2015 Samuel Dorman, Florida
PAC-12: M 520.40 2015 Kristian Ipsen, STAN
PAC-12 Champ: P 451.80 2011 Constantin Blaha, STAN
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Finals ===
1 Korovin, George SR Southern Cali 354.70 431.80 20
2 Paradis, Laurent FR Southern Cali 378.75 429.40 17
3 Petersen, Elias FR Utah 380.45 423.25 16
4 Markentin, Bjorn SR Arizona 359.00 400.70 15
5 Ryan, Jack SO Stanford 411.75 398.05 14
6 McDivitt, Luke SR Utah 322.25 366.60 13
7 Wang, Sean SO Southern Cali 364.10 357.05 12
8 Thai, Joshua FR California 354.65 338.70 11
Platform diving
Gosselin-Paradis should take home the Diver of the Meet honors, adding a decisive title on platform. The freshman from Canada scored 416.05, routing the field by more than 50 points. Bjorn Markentin of Arizona was a distant second, with Utah adding a third bronze via Luke McDivitt.
Joshua Thai was fourth on platform for Cal, augmenting his seventh on 1-meter and eighth on 3-meter. ASU’s Tom Wesche netted points in sixth.
Event 3 Men Platform Diving
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NCAA: N 548.90 3/26/2011 Nick McCory, Duke
PAC-12: M 487.25 2012 Ben Grado, ARIZ
PAC-12 Champ: P 476.80 2010 Riley McCormick, ASU
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== Finals ===
1 Paradis, Laurent FR Southern Cali 397.60 416.05 20
2 Markentin, Bjorn SR Arizona 336.80 359.95 17
3 McDivitt, Luke SR Utah 329.45 350.40 16
4 Thai, Joshua FR California 354.15 348.55 15
5 Flaute, Austin SR Arizona 268.20 284.50 14
6 Wesche, Tom JR ASU 262.05 283.65 13
7 Foster, Ethan SR Stanford 308.80 279.60 12
8 Pennock, Jenner SR Utah 319.95 272.45 11
800 freestyle relay
