With top-10 seniors Andrew Seliskar and Michael Thomas, breastroker powerhouse freshman Reece Whitley, highly touted sprinter Ryan Hoffer and returning Pac-12 champion butterflyer junior Zheng Quah, the Cal Golden Bears are the favorites to win the conference.
But they didn’t win the first night.
After only two swims in Federal Way Wednesday evening, the Devils are already in first place.
ASU 187, Stanford 160.
The Sun Devils owe 125 of their team points to divers, junior Youssef Selim and graduate student David Hoffer, but the extra 62 came from the relays Wednesday.
In the traditional first race of the meet, the 200 medley relay, sophomore Zach Poti led the relay off with the third fastest backstroke split in the event (21.