For those unfamiliar with the terminology: “Up” means a swimmer who is in the A-final, as those swimmers cannot fall lower than 8th barring a DQ. “Down”is what we’ll call teams in the “B” final, who are bound from 9th-16th places.
Scoring for a 16-place meet: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11/9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, and then doubled for relays.
The Up/Down charts on the second day of this meet are really quite shocking. On the women’s side, despite Notre Dame having some very good swimmers at the top, it is Pitt who sits second behind the Louisville women for most A-Finalists. This happens to be a good day on the schedule for teams like Pitt and Villanova, whereas Notre Dame will do really well on the second day of the meet, but this one might end up being more than a two-horse race afterall.
On the men’s side, what’s most surprising is how big of a gap Notre Dame has prepared to put between themselves and Louisville. These up/downs don’t even include diving, as of yet, where Notre Dame’s top-8 number could balloon up toward a number like 14 or 15. The Irish are swimming very well, including a School Record already for Frank Dyer in the 50 free with a 19,74 – even ahead of Louisville’s Joao de Lucca.
Some of the bottom-tier teams are also really outperforming expectations at this meet, including teams like the Georgetown men and UConn men with four finalists each.
| Women’s | Ups | Downs |
| Louisville | 9 | 3 |
| Pitt | 6 | 3 |
| Notre Dame | 3 | 6 |
| Villanova | 3 | 4 |
| Cincinnati | 2 | 2 |
| Uconn | 1 | 1 |
| Rutgers | 0 | 4 |
| Seton Hall | 0 | 1 |
| Georgetown | 0 | 0 |
| Providence | 0 | 0 |
| Men’s | Ups | Downs |
| Notre Dame | 11 | 4 |
| Louisville | 7 | 5 |
| Uconn | 3 | 1 |
| Pitt | 2 | 8 |
| Georgetown | 1 | 3 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 |
| Seton Hall | 0 | 0 |
| Villanova | 0 | 1 |
| Providence | 0 | 1 |
