2016 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS
- Sunday June 26th-Sunday July 3rd, 2016
- Century Link Center – Omaha, Nebraska
- Friday-Sunday – Prelims – 11:00 am EDT Finals – 7:45 pm EDT
- SwimSwam Preview Links & Schedule
- NBC Televison Coverage Schedule
- Psych Sheets
- Live results
Night Seven Top Scorers:
1. UAHSalum – 46 points
2. Cindy K – 44
3. GoVols – 43
T-4. J Janszen – 42
T-4. LTyke – 42
Night Eight Top Scorers:
T-1. dan – 34 points
T-1. JHS – 34
T-1. brandesc – 34
T-1. Beccamarie – 34
T-1. tmaida1 – 34
T-1. Ethan00 – 34
T-1. BooYa – 34
Overall FINAL Standings:
1. Mike9600 – 247 points
2. THEO – 245
3. TartarSauce – 242
4. kevmvirn – 239
T-5. fvb – 238
T-5. ScottyW – 238
Congratulations to Mike9600, our overall champion with 247 points! Despite never finishing in the top 8 on a particular night, his general consistency gave him the edge over the field. Our night seven winner was UAHSalum with 46 points, while night eight brought a seven-way tie for first place (with there only being two events contested).
Night seven & eight notes:
- Average (days 7 & 8 together): 41.0
- Median: 41.5
- Standard deviation: 9.96
- ~66% of readers scored between 31.1 and 51.0 points
- ~95% of readers scored between 21.1 and 61.0 points
- 590 of 592 contestants who made 800 freestyle picks selected Katie Ledecky to win. The two non-Ledecky picks were for Leah Smith
- 573 of 595 contestants who made 100 fly picks selected Michael Phelps to win
- Not a single reader picked Seth Stubblefield to finish in the top three of the men’s 100 fly, and just seven picked him to finish fourth
- The women’s 200 backstroke was by far the weakest event of the meet; our readers made just 59 correct picks out of a possible 2371 (just 2.5% accuracy)
- 575 of 593 contestants who made men’s 1500 picks selected Connor Jaeger to win
- Not a single reader picked Chris Wieser to finish in the top four
VIEW ALL PICKS AND SCORES HERE
NOTE: total scores have shifted due a scoring fix from night six w
Thanks for setting up the contest, SwimSwam it was fun. Hmm I got 32nd place. I think the hardest part that affected scores the most, on top of predicting scratching or faltering favorites, was who was going to have their breakout swims to break into the top 4 to replace those faltering or scratched favorites. (Did anyone pick Ruby Martin for 4th in the 200 fly?? Bethany Galat for her two 3rd place finishes?)
I was really erratic though. I aced the men’s 100 back and 400 free, but I got total goose eggs in at least half a dozen events, probably more than that, maybe a dozen.
Are there any awards for the winners?
Tyler – there are! Winners will be contacted soon. Top 3 scorers each day get TYR USA-themed goggles and cap, and the overall champion gets a year-long subscription to SwimSwam Magazine and a limited edition Omaha Nights tech suit.
https://swimswam.com/2016-u-s-olympic-trials-pick-em-contest-presented-by-tyr/
damn. So close.
But that was fun, I can’t complain (:
In fact, seeing as this is Olympic Trials and all.. shouldn’t second place make the team? *wink wink*
yikes- i posted a goose egg on Night 6… solid scores every other night, but a big old fat zero on night six. SadHulk
A very solid 66th place finish on my part : I am impressed despite many mistakes in predicting of course … Started from day 1 with zero points . Well done Ervin ????
This was lots of fun, I’ll definitely do it for the Olympics and 2017 NCAA’s. The following 4 things were probably the biggest 4 happenings that affected people’s scores the most
1. Becca Mann’s overall poor performance
2. Phelps not swimming the freestyle events
3. No Ella Eastin in the top 4 of either IM event
4. Grevers and Coughlin not making the team
IMO, the hardest decisions to make were: mens 100 back and 1st and 2nd between DiRado and Beisel in the 400 im. Or maybe women’s 200 free 2nd, 3rd, and 4th between Smith, Scmhitt, and Missy (Try saying “Smith,Schmitt, Missy 5 times fast!)
A solid 80th. I’ll take that for my first pick ’em. My picks went off a cliff towards the end of the meet. e.g. Lawrence and Meili in the 200 breast
4th! Better than I could have ever predicted! Thank you guys for putting together such a fun way to make our predictions…Can’t wait for the next one!