2015 DIII National Championships: Ups/Downs Day 3

NCAA D-III National Championships

• Dates: Wednesday, March 18th – Saturday, March 21st, 2015
• Location: CISD Natatorium, Conroe, TX
• Defending Champs: Kenyon Men / Emory Women
• Meet Schedule/Time Line
• Live Results
• Live Video (if available): Available

Note: Ups refer to swimmers in the A final, who can finish no lower than 8th barring a DQ, and Downs refer to swimmers in the B final, who can finish no higher than 9th and no lower than 16th (again, barring a DQ on the low end).

Scoring

1. 20
2. 17
3. 16
4. 15
5. 14
6. 13
7. 12
8. 11
9. 9
10. 7
11. 6
12. 5
13. 4
14. 3
15. 2
16. 1

Going into tonight’s finals, the women of Emory look to further extend their lead. Emory has the most athletes coming back with no fewer than two in each individual event. Denison also has multiple athletes returning as does Kenyon. Bates placed first in this morning’s 800 freestyle relay, so we’ll see tonight if their time is good enough to move them up onto the top 8 podium.

For the men, Williams has the most athletes returning with five, and is one of only two teams to have qualified returning athletes in each of the three individual events contested this morning – MIT is the other. Emory’s men only have returning athletes in one event tonight, but that’s the 100 breaststroke, and will feature superstar Andrew Wilson. Wilson promises to light up the pool, the same as he’s done all weekend, including perhaps re-breaking the NCAA record he set this morning in the men’s 100 breast. Keene State took the top time of the morning in the 800 freestyle relay, and we’ll see if they manage to squeak into the top 8 times after finals tonight.

Finals start up again tonight at 6 PM.