2016 Women’s NCAA Championships Pick ‘Em Contest: Final Results

EARLIER COVERAGE

The Georgia Bulldogs surged to an NCAA title last night, but it was Mkeaveney who won our Pick ‘Em Contest, scoring 235 points over the four days. That won by just 7 over the field.

The final day had some major trip-ups for the Pick ‘Em entrants, most notably the 200 backstroke. Kentucky’s Danielle Galyer won the first NCAA swimming title in school history, and only 1 of 279 entrants correctly predicted her win.

Georgia’s Olivia Smoliga was also a relatively underrated threat, winning the 100 free after gaining just a small percentage of the winner picks.

Prize Winners

Daily winners:

  • Day 2: Pianoback, 83
  • Day 3: IDK, 72
  • Day 4: Lefox915, 61

Overall winner:

  • mkeaveney, 235

If you’re among the top finishers, we’ll be contacting you soon to connect you with your prize package!

A reminder of our scoring system:

SCORING SYSTEM

Correctly picking a swimmer to place:

  • 1st – 7 points
  • 2nd – 5 points
  • 3rd – 4 points
  • 4th – 3 points

Correctly picking a swimmer to place in the top 4, but putting them in the wrong spot, will earn you 1 point.

In the team picks, correctly picking a team to finish in exactly each place will earn this many points:

  • 1st – 20
  • 2nd – 17
  • 3rd – 16
  • 4th – 15
  • 5th – 14
  • 6th – 13
  • 7th – 12
  • 8th – 11
  • 9th – 9
  • 10th – 7

You can review your picks and see the full scores by following this link.

The final scores and finish order are below:

Rank Display Name Final Score
1 mkeaveney 235
2 cadeklimek 228
3 QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ 225
4 tfronayne 224
5 Emily M 223
6 swimccabe 222
7 Rich 217
8 Swimmer A 213
9 Megan 212
10 mgl10306 211
11 Andysup 208
12 Splash 207
12 lsswim 207
14 Jshoetay 206
15 DizzyD247 205
16 BollesStud 204
16 The pueblo 204
16 cgeehr 204
19 hswimmer 203
19 GoBears!!! 203
21 bspangler 202
22 pilkka777 201
22 PittFan15 201
22 Sebvgato 201
25 Jordan Jones 199
25 dunc1952 199
27 CraigH 198
28 aKazzz 196
28 Changerrs 196
28 lfano 196
28 Scotty 196
32 Nat 195
33 swimz14 194
34 Nil 193
35 Njames08 192
35 IDK 192
35 Aznswimmaboi12 192
38 dakotalynn07 191
38 LNEIDIGHSwimSwam 191
38 Jack HS 191
38 Kristin Erf 191
38 boboglgl212 191
43 MacMachine 190
43 Tedward 190
43 kdonn96 190
43 Revenge 190
43 LONELSUFAN 190
48 mefowler 189
49 James Sutherland 188
49 haydenmd 188
49 pianoback 188
52 IAMTHEHYPE 186
52 AZKID 186
54 iLikePsych 185
54 pree15 185
56 jswims 184
56 Gabby 184
58 Chugy 183
58 Jacqui 183
58 Christopher Watson 183
61 ivyswim 182
61 Teamwiess 182
63 Kimbellh 181
64 KP 180
64 jamesz44 180
66 The Juggernaut 179
66 Swimcoach76 179
66 swimmersmith37 179
66 swimrock 179
66 JRLswim 179
66 Lane11 179
72 eadgifu 178
72 svvammer 178
72 jcd 178
72 Poropat 178
72 SwimDawgs 178
77 Pick ‘Em Champ 177
78 Lefox915 176
78 zachg86 176
78 Arminta7 176
78 Brice 176
78 Ali 176
78 GoNova 176
84 NotMichaelPhelps 175
84 TheRealSwimNerd 175
84 Danny1592 175
84 realswimshady 175
84 reststop113 175
89 Saeta 174
90 Qcjg1234 173
90 no1swimfreak 173
90 hoos 173
90 MarlinMaker2K13 173
90 cleveland 173
90 Jon Nap 173
96 GetOnTheBus 172
96 flychi 172
96 Dnelson05 172
96 Hina 172
96 trswimmer 172
96 SinkorSwim 172
96 Brick Tamland 172
96 squiggles255 172
96 Joseph 172
96 dwight 172
106 MeiKriSto 171
106 swimdork83 171
108 TheRealAquaNinja 170
108 Matt M 170
108 swimRJR 170
111 Lia4Prez 169
111 howboutthemdawgs 169
111 Lokermotion 169
111 CALSWIMFAN 169
115 julesg 168
115 Slick Phil 168
115 cullen 168
115 Marcello Garber 168
115 JPM 168
115 coachdling 168
121 CWC 166
121 Odiapa 166
121 wooman68 166
121 DeeKay 166
121 CClay 166
121 DevilAlum 166
121 Boom 166
121 MrFahrenheit 166
129 Eli 165
129 wfrankmo 165
129 Brolewy 165
129 H2O 165
129 msully282 165
134 mca6294 164
134 Ross Malinow 164
134 margzs 164
134 apet242swim 164
138 justplasch 163
138 Leslie Knope 163
138 bcherrman 163
141 Kmargh85 162
141 NONA 162
141 puwws17 162
144 nyswammer 161
144 tmdera 161
146 Pat 160
146 SWAGGYP 160
146 Mipedian 160
146 HOYA13 160
146 NotMorganPriestley 160
151 Natee 159
151 lbswim 159
151 Ferb 159
151 eatsleepswim17 159
151 lkmiller 159
151 CZuck 159
151 Jdawg 159
158 Tony The Tiger 158
158 North 158
158 RetireEarly 158
158 Kkikuta 158
162 BreaststrokeBen 157
162 swimfan1650 157
162 monkeypuzzle 157
162 JerBear 157
166 Onehandtoucher 156
167 OrangeMarlin 155
167 AlCapwnage89 155
167 woleai 155
167 JaredSwimSwam 155
171 geewizkid 154
171 Texas14 154
171 smurphyswimmer 154
171 WUSwim4TheWin 154
171 swimswamsam 154
176 Rasta 153
176 HouseBros 153
176 CALgrad2000 153
176 labmandan 153
180 swimwild13 152
180 makedonalddrumpfagain 152
180 Olsswim05 152
180 Jluther 152
180 Blueash 152
185 Glenny 151
185 Reid 151
185 Stephen 151
185 Coach Jimmy J 151
185 Lexie 151
185 Amanda J 151
185 Wahooswimfan 151
192 lotr516 150
192 W3T 150
192 Aspidites 150
192 akswammer 150
192 CT_msc 150
192 paigek 150
198 AdrenalineRush 148
198 aliharrison17 148
198 Mary 148
198 jmanderson 148
202 LeeY 147
202 djbobo 147
202 Chali021 147
205 MEIR135790 146
205 Topher Wickwire 146
205 calhawk 146
205 Laurcase 146
205 ThatSwimKid 146
205 LMH 146
205 wonkabar23 146
212 Diveteamowuswim 145
212 SwimMD 145
212 brybell13 145
215 lexchavez 144
215 Mark5699 144
217 JSP-ATL 143
218 BenSwim16 142
218 dddtn 142
218 bearhugs 142
221 Swimhayswim 141
221 PIM82 141
221 darkhorse 141
224 Pologuy41 140
225 Marcy 139
226 Wheatie333 138
226 dmswim 138
226 prairie 138
229 T-Dizzle 137
229 Jamesm3 137
229 mcdepa02 137
232 CoachJim 136
232 Stephensmells 136
232 I Have No Idea 136
232 Kathy 136
236 SueSueOsborn 135
237 Seb 134
237 OlSoggy 134
237 claybaby 134
237 Goldenbear 134
241 Jswimmee 133
241 GrumpySwimmer 133
241 Stallion6 133
244 gobears 132
244 gohoos1 132
246 aldod20 130
246 Go Lady Vols 130
246 NickH 130
249 Camille 129
249 RettaRace 129
251 TylerRose 128
251 Rachael Kelch 128
253 mballenger 127
254 Swim4ever 126
255 SwimJenn66 125
256 Marley09 124
257 Monoman2345 123
258 swimbro96 122
259 lcbilski 121
260 Chris 120
260 allieswims 120
262 parker_cal 119
263 Mangumm 118
264 NotByTheHairs 117
265 MACswim91 116
266 dianna marie 115
267 YBCC 112
267 Bryn Gvozdas 112
269 koda 111
269 ShimSwam 111
271 Patrick 106
272 Rancho 105
273 HulkSwim 103
274 Melanie 96
275 aebllib 94
276 Mary T 83
277 Chackett Brackett 72
278 LVSD!Art 56
279 Tassos 21

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Monoman2345
8 years ago

Well, first year ever, worst year ever.

DMSWIM
8 years ago

Ugh when you have to control+F to find yourself because you are so far down the list!

swamfan
8 years ago

Congrats to Georgia on a phenomenal meet. And to Eastin and King. Interesting that neither were in swimswam’s top 5 recruit ranking (probably rightfully so at the time, plus breaststrokers are usually undervalued as recruits.) Bilquist also dropped an insane amount of time this year.

I have one question, does anyone know what was going on with Pelton? I know she had hand surgery last summer and hasn’t had a great year, but I expected more from her at this meet. No A finals for any of her events, and she wasn’t even close to qualifying for the B final of the 200 im, and she got 2nd to Franklin last year. Almost seems like she completely mentally checked… Read more »

HulkSwim
8 years ago

273 of 279… Probably only beat people who didn’t complete the forms fully. HulkSad… Don’t know why I even bother…

hswimmer
8 years ago

RettaRace at 249 wow.

Hswimmer
8 years ago

Didn’t think I would get to 19th!:) Chenault and Pelton messed up my points I could’ve gotten top 10 if they performed better.

Emily M
8 years ago

What happens if you are living in America but are not a resident? Can I still win a prize?

bobo gigi
8 years ago

Carly Geehr 16th
Lauren Neidigh 38th

I hate the name boboglgl212. No imagination!

Reply to  bobo gigi
8 years ago

I’ve done far worse than 38th before haha. I’ll take it 😉

Jacques Swim
Reply to  bobo gigi
8 years ago

So Bobogigi212 wasn’t you? so which one is you on the list?

why didn’t you enter? With you self-acknowledged great insights of American swimming, everybody would think you could have won this contest easily .

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Jared Anderson

Jared Anderson swam for nearly twenty years. Then, Jared Anderson stopped swimming and started writing about swimming. He's not sick of swimming yet. Swimming might be sick of him, though. Jared was a YMCA and high school swimmer in northern Minnesota, and spent his college years swimming breaststroke and occasionally pretending …

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