2016 Olympic Trials Pick ‘Em: Night 3 Scores

2016 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS

Night Three Top Scorers:

T-1. Kmaas3 – 50 points
T-1. covenc – 50
3. grrr – 49
T-4. Duke Kahanamoku – 44
T-4. THEO – 44
T-4. Stay Human – 44

Overall Current Leaders:

1. Shane McK – 113 points
2. Presidential – 111
3. Kmaas3 – 104
4. That Guy – 101
5. aambutterfly – 99

For the second night in a row, two contestants have tied for the night’s top scorer: Kyle Maas (kmaas3) and covenc (who chose to remain anonymous) each scored 50 points.  Both nailed the correct 1-2 finish in the men’s 200 free, as well as the correct 1-2-3 finish in the 100 back.  The overall leaderboard is starting to shape up, with Shane McK and Presidential separating themselves a bit from the field.

Note: Maas is an incoming freshman at Alabama, and will not be accepting prizes (per NCAA rules).  He can, however, accept bragging rights for the day

VIEW ALL PICKS AND SCORES HERE

Day 3 stats/notes:

  • Average score: 19.8 points
  • Median score: 20 points
  • Standard deviation: 10.2 points
    • ~66% of readers scored between 9.5 and 30.0 points
    • ~95% of readers scored between 0 and 40.2 points
  • The “Ledecky effect” was again present.  Without Katie Ledecky (a virtual shoe-in champion) in a final this evening, 22 readers failed to score a point this evening
  • Just 27 readers picked Townley Haas to win the 200 free; 423 readers selected Conor Dwyer, and 128 had Ryan Lochte winning the event
  • Not a single reader had Gunnar Bentz in their top six in the 200 free (he finished 5th)
  • Missy Franklin, who finished a disappointing 7th in the 100 back, was a heavy favorite in the event, with 352 first-place votes
  • 542 readers had Ryan Murphy, David Plummer, and Matt Grevers in some particular order as their top 3 finishers in the 100 backstroke
  • A whopping 400 readers correctly picked Jacob Pebley to finish fourth.  That’s more than double the next-highest number of correct picks for a third or fourth place finisher (spots that are normally more up for grabs than the 1st or 2nd spots) at Trials.

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Stay Human
8 years ago

Up and down a lot here, just moved up to 34th and knocking on your door. Erratic though, complete goose eggs in some events and aced a couple others.

thezwimmer
Reply to  Stay Human
8 years ago

yup same. I missed every spot in the 200 free. I had Dwyer, Lochte, Haas, Rooney, Conger, and Malone 🙁

Stay Human
Reply to  thezwimmer
8 years ago

Yeah I got completely goosed in the 2Free also; had the same 6 swimmers you did, but in a completely different wrong order than yours, lol! I underestimated Bentz, Smith, Haas, and Conger a bit. I aced the 100 back tho; my heart wanted Plummer to win but my head told me that Murphy would probably get his hand on the wall first. I need to listen to my head more.

HulkSwim
8 years ago

299th to 270th to 185th… steadily rising…

HulkSwim
Reply to  HulkSwim
8 years ago

by day 8 i’ll be in -65th!!!

taa
8 years ago

55th. In a last minute adjustment sunday morning i moved smoliga down to 2nd and put franklin 1st. wow that was terrible.

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