CORRECTION #2: 2014 Women’s NCAA Championships Nike Pick ‘Em: Day 1 Scores

Although Olivia Smoliga was a popular pick to win the 50 free, from a “Pick ‘Em” perspective, women’s NCAA’s got off to a crazy start, with Brittany MacLean upsetting Missy Franklin in the 500 freestyle, and the Stanford Cardinal winning a pair of relays in surprising fashion, just as the Tennessee Volunteers did a year ago.

Through the first day of competition, user “Hpk6726″ is the leader with 38 points, and will receive a Nike prize package for his or her efforts.

Day 1 Notes

  • While MacLean was tied for the second overall seed in the 500 freestyle with Franklin coming into the meet, just 11 of 384 participants picked MacLean to win.  329 had Franklin taking the event.
  • Olivia Smoliga was the only “favored” winner on the night; 161 entrants pegged the Georgia freshman to win, nearly 60 more votes than Ivy Martin, the next highest vote-getter.
  • 378 of 384 participants had some variation of Melanie Margalis, Maya Dirado, and Elizabeth Pelton as their top three in the 200 IM.  The six others picked Celina Li to finish third.
  • No love for the Stanford relays coming into NCAA’s.  25 picked the Cardinal to take the 200 free relay, while only 13 chose the 400 medley relay.
  • Only one entry (“JSP“) picked Stanford to win both the 200 free and 400 medley relays.

Again a reminder of the scoring system:

SCORING

We’ve changed the scoring system ever-so-slightly from the one we used for Worlds, and upped the point values for picking event winners. We felt that as compared to meets like World Championships, picking winners at NCAA’s can be a little tougher, and so we’ve made picking both the 1st and 2nd place finishers worth 4 points.

  • 1st – 4 points
  • 2nd – 4 points
  • 3rd – 3 points
  • 4th – 2 points
  • Correctly Picking “Other” in correct spot – 3 bonus points, plus earned points
  • Successfully predicting a swimmer in the top 4, but in the wrong spot – 1 bonus point


Full standings are below.  We worked to eliminate duplicates (one entry per person).  
If you notice anything weird or funky, let us know below.

Update: An error in the scoring algorithm has been found, and corrected, below.

Update #2: The original day #1 scores were actually correct.  The scoring algorithm error only affected day #2.

Day 1 scores

1.

Hpk6726

38

2.

NATCAT

37

3.

Jack Twain

36

4.

StudyLeave

36

5.

SwimFanJen

35

6.

Kjben

34

7.

Swimdad

34

8.

NMCoach

34

9.

lneidigh

33

10.

blufire3452

32

11.

OhWell

32

12.

CLPR79

32

13.

wheatie333

31

14.

Swammer2013

31

15.

goldenbears

31

16.

[email protected]

31

17.

JSampson

31

18.

gobears156

31

19.

1eleven

30

20.

jswims

30

21.

aznyjay

30

22.

Therelayswimmer

30

23.

Olsswim05

30

24.

PKDDS

30

25.

ptonswim

30

26.

Justplasch

30

27.

kdilsaver

30

28.

Glogo

30

29.

J.S.

30

30.

Swim67

30

31.

ptontiger

29

32.

ALEXANDERJAMES

29

33.

DaRomo

29

34.

NoStress

29

35.

Pipo1980

29

36.

ISWIM16

29

37.

Alyson_Lindley

29

38.

HulkSwim

29

39.

bridgetkb

29

40.

Coach CJ

28

41.

CraigH

28

42.

calswimfan

28

43.

Ncatano

28

44.

KevVanDam

28

45.

CORCHIPIE

28

46.

littlebird

28

47.

Rumbuns

28

48.

az01914

28

49.

jos

28

50.

kswimmom

28

51.

Skerman

28

52.

GS42

28

53.

ralbake2014

28

54.

mgl10306

28

55.

KSMITTY.

28

56.

jkooy

27

57.

alswim

27

58.

JSP

27

59.

AdamB

27

60.

sheats

27

61.

ExCoachRy

27

62.

pilkka777

27

63.

zlgcu

27

64.

swimnut51

27

65.

tony123

27

66.

trackdude440

27

67.

SD_UTE

27

68.

flybritt

27

69.

MSB2k13

27

70.

DizzyD

27

71.

Chase

27

72.

a_trojan

27

73.

Macmachine

27

74.

turdette

27

75.

coloswim

27

76.

Autexga

27

77.

danab

27

78.

inquisitive

26

79.

swimcoach242

26

80.

cos

26

81.

dmswim

26

82.

arminta7

26

83.

ILoveOChem

26

84.

SLOswimfan

26

85.

Jonathan43

26

86.

Mac

26

87.

Splash3

26

88.

DC44

26

89.

gappas

26

90.

jiggs

26

91.

YouGotLZKD

26

92.

Epic

26

93.

James

26

94.

LoMoBro

26

95.

ThatSwimKid

26

96.

thisisfun

26

97.

Mocaswmr

26

98.

cavswimdoc

26

99.

marysasala

26

100.

Nate

26

101.

nickh013

25

102.

RG59

25

103.

SoCalAdvRacer

25

104.

brc

25

105.

swammer014

25

106.

TOPNOTCHVESACH

25

107.

Bogi Gibo

25

108.

SwimEagle

25

109.

swimgirl88

25

110.

Jill

25

111.

koda

25

112.

Swim4

25

113.

Nate

25

114.

dkkcali

25

115.

Jenks

25

116.

Kingfish

25

117.

CaptainUnderpants

25

118.

propicker

25

119.

wonkabar23

25

120.

chief

25

121.

WYOES

25

122.

CoachDWY

25

123.

marley0009

25

124.

grizzcoach2014

25

125.

jimbo2121

25

126.

justinwoo3

25

127.

Kidinka

25

128.

lalala938

25

129.

benfken

25

130.

bladam

24

131.

gmanett

24

132.

Champ

24

133.

swimswamsam

24

134.

wonks

24

135.

Rubix911

24

136.

scottcohen3

24

137.

eam288

24

138.

Lara4swim

24

139.

Bob808

24

140.

ema_220

24

141.

MYSTMZ

24

142.

pa

24

143.

gpo613

24

144.

ringo252

24

145.

avici

24

146.

bafish

24

147.

laurcase

24

148.

mattrwahl

24

149.

coachdave8

24

150.

Pete

24

151.

iohc1297

24

152.

Jake

24

153.

peterd

24

154.

Tedward

24

155.

Bayliss

24

156.

MuffinMan

24

157.

rareity11

24

158.

swimfan717

24

159.

Britt

24

160.

demigod

24

161.

OldMan

24

162.

DrewtheCoug21

24

163.

Nate

24

164.

mcvswim13

24

165.

junker23

24

166.

cartcli

24

167.

JD

24

168.

JJ1988

24

169.

waldo

23

170.

SwimOz878

23

171.

bayareab

23

172.

JohnBurke65

23

173.

Swim Jim

23

174.

rlin

23

175.

chlorinated

23

176.

OSUswim333

23

177.

AG13

23

178.

IUo

23

179.

zacademic

23

180.

mailk

23

181.

swimburke321

23

182.

RedFish

23

183.

UglyRaccoon1

23

184.

K-LO

23

185.

JB

23

186.

waaaaaaat

23

187.

realkimshady14

23

188.

James

23

189.

coreycc

23

190.

JW

23

191.

BR

23

192.

butterfly1

23

193.

Kira

23

194.

Timduncan6

23

195.

#swammer

23

196.

Bill White

23

197.

calswammer

22

198.

bridgetkboush

22

199.

Treeball

22

200.

Sean S

22

201.

msully282

22

202.

Bringbackhuskerswimming

22

203.

Jax26

22

204.

Noah

22

205.

SHAZAM

22

206.

Camel

22

207.

pionrh

22

208.

AllWet

22

209.

sheps

22

210.

WichaelMinget

22

211.

cardNvols

22

212.

ERNL

22

213.

haydendup

22

214.

SwimFast

22

215.

Westswimdad

22

216.

A$APDINGO

22

217.

swimlou

22

218.

chitownfan

22

219.

afdawg

22

220.

JMSWIM

22

221.

GogatorsMel

22

222.

pjransswim

22

223.

mirellor

22

224.

Swimaddie17

22

225.

Andy

22

226.

bleachh2o

22

227.

feasdog

22

228.

ILuvChloeSutton

22

229.

tailfin

22

230.

YaAehhHH

22

231.

moonmullens

22

232.

misterlahey

22

233.

Hog

22

234.

Sculbers

22

235.

Frequentflyer

21

236.

TNswmdad

21

237.

logan

21

238.

tigerswimming

21

239.

paulcrew68

21

240.

Kmargh85

21

241.

#swammer

21

242.

GroGro

21

243.

RetireEarly

21

244.

steve400IM

21

245.

kja463

21

246.

DSilver

21

247.

no1swimfreak

21

248.

SRD1178

21

249.

squiggles

21

250.

Matt

21

251.

Tony

21

252.

WTN

21

253.

T.O.

21

254.

JR12

21

255.

TK

21

256.

devin1swim

21

257.

Dukeyboy138

21

258.

gosharks

20

259.

Grand Moff Larkin

20

260.

TAR

20

261.

Ajswim

20

262.

dogsrepeat

20

263.

Dukeyboy13

20

264.

kvnd123

20

265.

Rauldaly

20

266.

annaa_31

20

267.

Darkhorse

20

268.

tmd_era

20

269.

AUQANIJAS

20

270.

deavittb

20

271.

meprice33

20

272.

SwimDad

20

273.

MG2018CP

20

274.

kendrickc96

20

275.

KM

20

276.

Alexgrant13

20

277.

BB

20

278.

Flyin’

20

279.

MSCIN CT

20

280.

ugaswim

20

281.

eli2000

19

282.

DrYao94

19

283.

SWIM/RIO\RANCHO

19

284.

WAMTSC

19

285.

BASEDSWAG

19

286.

jhoin121

19

287.

mballenger

19

288.

Swim dad

19

289.

Flyman

19

290.

swimdad

19

291.

swimmer24

19

292.

ars7292

19

293.

tribeswimmer757

19

294.

WahooSwFan

19

295.

MattUC99

19

296.

JRLswim

19

297.

kfra74

19

298.

em18

19

299.

marc-s89

19

300.

WaterBORN

19

301.

emswim

19

302.

laen0224

19

303.

swimfaster

19

304.

Ozzie67

19

305.

SWIMMINGISLIFE

19

306.

Dukes alum

19

307.

Jake

19

308.

Miz

19

309.

DannyF

18

310.

Cheryls

18

311.

rfd425

18

312.

Goodtimes

18

313.

SwimSwag22

18

314.

GOPACKGO

18

315.

BillyD

18

316.

swimwin39

18

317.

dvpalmiotto730

18

318.

kapinga

18

319.

sculbs

18

320.

Elisha23

18

321.

Sprintfree17

18

322.

swimmike

18

323.

CoachC

18

324.

katstevens

18

325.

swagmaster

18

326.

itsallover

18

327.

khayon

18

328.

KingCTutt

18

329.

vappy91

18

330.

G

18

331.

swim4Christ

18

332.

bbell13

18

333.

MEATBALL10

18

334.

Willnagle

18

335.

bigwillystyle

18

336.

cynswims

18

337.

waterlogged

18

338.

iksretaw

18

339.

DayGlo

18

340.

Swimaddie17

18

341.

Aspidites

17

342.

Akazzz

17

343.

MachineAQ

17

344.

jyoshi

17

345.

emskelly3

17

346.

GrizzFan63

17

347.

Megameche

17

348.

ca$hmoney

17

349.

riley

17

350.

aaronm10

17

351.

Chris

17

352.

Macswim99

17

353.

Tox

17

354.

Zipsfan

17

355.

lacalva

17

356.

Swimzz

17

357.

peterhh14

17

358.

Hanna

17

359.

Pointshaver

17

360.

CoachMat

17

361.

LaurenRosy

17

362.

Swimbry13

17

363.

zebrafeet

17

364.

Todd

17

365.

Jmmcqq

17

366.

Davidswims

16

367.

sford

16

368.

swimmd

16

369.

tednssc

16

370.

pureswimming

16

371.

Suz

16

372.

thepheonix

16

373.

richgang14

16

374.

jjr

16

375.

CrossOver

16

376.

Jett

16

377.

shimswam

16

378.

BenJammin

16

379.

flygirl

16

380.

rkao

16

381.

Donster

16

382.

Elite-o-meter

15

383.

Steve R

15

384.

brandesc

15

385.

swimfan25

15

386.

LTyke

15

387.

marlinswim

15

388.

AAPitt1409

15

389.

Ben

15

390.

mayer000

14

391.

udub

14

392.

Jacobs1818

14

393.

JonGagne

14

394.

Robertwd1289

14

395.

JCollen

14

396.

pey12345

14

397.

waterdog1

14

398.

swimfan17

13

399.

Georgie

13

400.

RckTpCch

12

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Natcat
10 years ago

If this is the corrected first day why does NATCAT not have 41 points counted as the first day in the corrected second day for overall points?

Flyin'
10 years ago

What if our name isn’t on the list? Does that just mean I did really poorly? lol

10 years ago

Elite-o-meter… yikes.

bobo gigi
10 years ago

Who is this impostor of Bogi Gibo, 125th? 😡

bobo gigi
Reply to  bobo gigi
10 years ago

124th

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