2008 BIG WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Men's 500 Freestyle Final Results
NCAA Div I automatic 4:19.63 - consideration 4:27.41
Meet Record 4:23.09 Carl Larsen UCSB 1999
| Place | Name | Team | Final Result | Final Splits | Prelim | Prelim Splits |
| 1 | Brooks Felton | UCSB | 04:24.84 | 25.01 26.70 26.90 26.90 26.76 26.79 26.68 26.57 26.51 26.02 | 04:28.89 | 24.79 26.66 26.67 26.88 27.09 27.29 27.16 27.48 27.88 26.99 |
| 2 | Alex Arbios | UCD | 04:27.22 | 24.94 26.75 27.21 27.37 27.25 27.10 27.02 26.47 26.87 26.24 | 04:30.06 | 24.82 27.21 27.34 27.46 27.80 27.30 27.78 27.10 27.46 25.79 |
| 3 | Kyle Leto | UCD | 04:31.33 | 24.91 26.86 27.29 27.51 27.64 27.45 27.46 27.59 27.46 27.16 | 04:33.37 | 25.47 27.13 27.40 27.57 27.71 27.57 27.63 27.50 27.86 27.53 |
| 4 | Adam Borchard | UCD | 04:31.74 | 24.65 27.13 27.21 27.63 27.88 27.61 27.72 27.73 27.67 26.51 | 04:32.97 | 24.90 27.19 26.83 27.34 27.67 27.35 28.13 28.27 28.32 26.97 |
| 5 | Matthew Lundy | UCP | 04:34.22 | 25.00 26.76 27.48 27.75 28.10 28.16 28.17 28.61 28.12 26.07 | 04:35.70 | 24.90 26.94 27.58 27.76 28.02 28.31 28.49 28.25 28.05 27.40 |
| 6 | Matt Waggoner | CPSU | 04:34.27 | 25.61 26.79 27.31 27.61 27.84 28.08 27.96 28.09 27.88 27.10 | 04:30.23 | 25.55 26.88 27.08 27.47 27.61 27.48 27.53 27.71 27.36 25.56 |
| 7 | Brett Chamberlain | UCSB | 04:34.84 | 25.16 27.11 27.85 27.70 27.96 28.02 28.29 28.21 27.76 26.78 | 04:36.44 | 24.85 27.20 27.58 27.93 27.93 28.19 28.39 28.58 28.15 27.64 |
| 8 | Matt Herman | UCD | 04:36.52 | 25.35 26.87 27.60 27.67 28.00 28.11 28.32 28.44 28.40 27.76 | 04:34.67 | 25.38 26.97 27.47 27.84 27.95 27.79 27.85 28.00 27.89 27.53 |
| 9 | Maxwell Maris | UCP | 04:34.93 | 25.19 26.75 27.78 27.98 27.92 27.80 27.87 28.17 28.08 27.39 | 04:37.13 | 24.80 27.39 27.72 27.95 28.19 28.54 28.24 28.39 28.36 27.55 |
| 10 | Lars Rockholm | UCD | 04:36.38 | 25.09 27.77 28.13 28.14 28.06 27.84 28.26 28.25 28.08 26.76 | 04:37.10 | 25.26 27.40 28.23 28.36 28.29 28.16 28.44 28.26 28.29 26.41 |
| 11 | Stephen Quinn | UCP | 04:37.33 | 25.19 27.89 28.54 28.54 28.43 28.66 28.56 27.99 26.94 26.59 | 04:39.82 | 25.29 27.60 28.31 28.87 29.20 28.94 28.82 28.64 27.75 26.40 |
| 12 | Garrett Thompson | UCI | 04:37.60 | 24.73 27.10 27.87 28.04 28.23 28.45 28.43 28.87 28.85 27.03 | 04:38.33 | 24.81 27.16 28.04 28.23 28.37 28.46 28.35 28.37 28.63 27.91 |
| 13 | Evan Griffiths | CPSU | 04:42.03 | 25.40 27.50 28.01 28.28 28.48 28.90 28.86 29.27 29.23 28.10 | 04:43.60 | 25.66 27.88 28.47 28.77 28.51 28.66 28.90 29.47 29.44 27.84 |
| 14 | Jason Dupere | UCP | 04:42.27 | 26.02 27.92 28.67 28.93 29.07 28.76 28.58 28.38 28.17 27.77 | 04:43.50 | 26.00 28.08 28.59 28.90 28.98 29.04 28.81 28.76 28.57 27.77 |
| 15 | Seth Abbott | CPSU | 04:42.86 | 25.41 27.82 28.49 28.56 28.49 28.92 28.93 29.19 29.61 27.44 | 04:43.67 | 25.50 28.17 28.37 28.55 28.78 28.84 29.35 29.27 29.16 27.68 |
| 16 | Matt Sulkevich | CSUN | 04:42.98 | 25.05 27.86 28.62 28.85 29.18 29.22 28.83 28.93 29.06 27.38 | 04:37.20 | 24.69 27.34 28.10 28.21 28.67 28.36 28.54 28.64 28.35 26.30 |
| 17 | Christopher Day | UCSB | 04:35.33 | 25.56 27.72 27.82 28.08 28.18 28.25 28.00 27.83 27.10 26.79 | 04:34.33 | 25.09 27.42 27.55 27.47 27.76 27.96 27.91 27.54 27.85 27.78 |
| 18 | Spencer Holbrook | UCSB | 04:36.09 | 25.58 27.88 28.04 28.09 27.96 28.14 28.33 27.81 27.52 26.74 | 04:40.13 | 25.17 28.10 28.27 28.19 28.44 28.87 28.80 28.51 28.28 27.50 |
| 19 | Ryan Moore | UCI | 04:40.06 | 25.82 27.88 28.14 28.47 28.60 28.69 28.75 28.92 28.69 26.10 | 04:44.72 | 25.35 27.34 27.95 28.80 28.68 29.24 29.07 30.05 29.51 28.73 |
| 20 | Brock Roverud | UCSB | 04:40.43 | 25.14 27.25 28.01 28.16 28.32 28.30 28.58 28.63 29.40 28.64 | 04:41.33 | 25.57 27.81 28.35 28.63 28.43 28.33 28.36 28.46 28.93 28.46 |
| 21 | Justin Canty | UCP | 04:41.65 | 25.37 27.83 28.10 28.57 27.96 27.99 28.54 29.12 29.39 28.78 | 04:46.61 | 24.91 27.28 27.26 27.73 28.35 28.79 29.91 30.89 30.89 30.60 |
| 22 | Nick Sullivan | UCI | 04:42.96 | 26.82 29.21 29.28 28.90 28.72 28.22 28.51 28.07 28.21 27.02 | 04:43.68 | 26.47 28.99 29.15 29.01 28.88 28.70 28.27 28.07 28.50 27.64 |
| 23 | Aljaz Ojstersek | UCP | 04:43.54 | 25.63 27.76 28.25 28.60 28.47 28.67 29.12 29.38 29.07 28.59 | 04:46.24 | 25.72 27.92 28.26 28.65 28.55 29.04 29.44 29.83 29.76 29.07 |
| 24 | Danny Giometti | UCI | 04:44.88 | 25.71 28.34 28.66 28.85 28.84 28.90 29.22 29.01 29.09 28.26 | 04:45.60 | 25.83 28.09 28.64 28.89 28.88 28.94 29.25 29.26 29.24 28.58 |
| 25 | Michael Stoner | UCD | 04:44.02 | 26.39 28.47 28.91 28.74 29.22 29.25 28.81 28.85 28.78 26.60 | ||
| 26 | David Lefstein | UCI | 04:46.91 | 25.47 27.56 27.76 28.22 28.35 28.67 29.36 30.18 31.00 30.34 | ||
| 27 | Charles Patch | UCSB | 04:47.27 | 25.16 27.67 28.48 29.30 29.19 29.50 29.70 29.84 29.54 28.89 | ||
| 28 | Patrick Walton | UCP | 04:47.41 | 25.85 27.98 28.50 28.80 29.21 29.32 29.32 29.98 29.53 28.92 | ||
| 29 | Jason Thomas | CPSU | 04:48.38 | 25.67 27.85 28.28 28.67 29.11 29.23 29.62 29.92 30.30 29.73 | ||
| 30 | Joe Lounsbury | UCI | 04:49.04 | 26.73 28.62 29.03 28.26 28.33 28.50 29.57 30.33 30.03 29.64 | ||
| 31 | Julian Burke | UCD | 04:50.42 | 26.48 28.40 29.17 29.40 29.61 29.60 29.87 29.85 29.51 28.53 | ||
| 32 | Walid Wasfy | UCI | 05:02.04 | 26.97 28.98 29.82 30.41 30.89 31.02 31.47 31.48 31.39 29.61 | ||
| 33 | Jeffrey Demoss | CSUN | 05:03.24 | 25.64 28.45 29.59 30.78 30.39 30.92 31.55 31.93 32.74 31.25 | ||
| 34 | George Meyer | CSUN | 05:14.88 | 26.86 29.67 31.32 31.81 32.33 33.07 32.40 33.22 32.56 31.64 |