2018 NCAA Division II Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
- Dates: Wednesday, March 14 – Saturday, March 17
- Swimming: prelims 10am, finals 6pm; Diving: 2pm
- Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina (Eastern Time Zone)
- Defending Champions: Queens (results)
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- Championship Central
For those unfamiliar with swimming terminology, the concept of “Ups” and “Downs” is a good way to track which teams performed best at prelims. In prelims at the NCAA National Championships, swimmers and divers qualify for one of two finals heats: the top 8 finishers make the A final, and places 9 through 16, the B final. In finals, swimmers are locked into their respective final, meaning a swimmer in the B heat (spots 9-16) can only place as high as 9th or as low as 16th, even if they put up the fastest or slowest time, or score the most diving points, of any heat in the final.
With that in mind, we’ll be tracking “Ups,” and “Downs” after each prelims session. “Up” refers to swimmers in the A final, “Down” to swimmers in the B final.
Queens had a strong morning, with 6 ups (including 3 A finalists in the 200 fly) and 2 downs. Drury has shaken loose the competition for runners-up in the team race; their 4 A finalists on Friday were a contributing factor.
Colorado Mesa, Carson-Newman, UC San Diego, and MSU-Moorhead all did better than expected on Friday morning, making for interesting battles for team positioning in the top-10.
Women’s Ups/Downs – Day 3
Note: while the 800 free relay is included here in ups/downs, it is misleading in that it is a timed final, not a prelims/finals race.
| Team | Individual Ups | Individual Downs | Relay Ups | Relay Downs | |
| Queens (NC) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Drury | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fresno Pacific | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| West Chester | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Simon Fraser | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cal Baptist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Colorado Mesa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nova Southeastern | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lindenwood | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| UC San Diego | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Delta State | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wingate | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Carson-Newman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Clarion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grand Valley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Indianapolis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| LIU Post | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| St. Cloud State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bloomsburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bridgeport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MSU Moorhead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sioux Falls | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Truman State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| CSU East Bay | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wayne State | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tampa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Azusa Pacific | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bellarmine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| CS Mines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Indiana Univ (PA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| MSU Mankato | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| West Florida | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Florida Southern | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Women’s 500 Yard Freestyle
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Lindenwood | 1 | 1 |
| Nova Southeastern | 1 | 1 |
| Queens (NC) | 1 | 1 |
| West Chester | 1 | 1 |
| Bridgeport | 1 | 0 |
| Cal Baptist | 1 | 0 |
| Drury | 1 | 0 |
| Fresno Pacific | 1 | 0 |
| CS Mines | 0 | 1 |
| Delta State | 0 | 1 |
| Indiana Univ (PA) | 0 | 1 |
| Simon Fraser | 0 | 1 |
Women’s 100 Yard Backstroke
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 2 | 1 |
| LIU Post | 1 | 1 |
| Northern Michigan | 1 | 1 |
| Queens (NC) | 1 | 1 |
| Drury | 1 | 0 |
| MSU Moorhead | 1 | 0 |
| Sioux Falls | 1 | 0 |
| CSU East Bay | 0 | 1 |
| Delta State | 0 | 1 |
| MSU Mankato | 0 | 1 |
| UC San Diego | 0 | 1 |
Women’s 100 Yard Breaststroke
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Drury | 2 | 0 |
| Fresno Pacific | 2 | 0 |
| Bloomsburg | 1 | 0 |
| Carson-Newman | 1 | 0 |
| Queens (NC) | 1 | 0 |
| Truman State | 1 | 0 |
| UC San Diego | 0 | 2 |
| Bellarmine | 0 | 1 |
| CSU East Bay | 0 | 1 |
| Lindenwood | 0 | 1 |
| Nova Southeastern | 0 | 1 |
| Tampa | 0 | 1 |
| Wingate | 0 | 1 |
Women’s 200 Yard Butterfly
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Queens (NC) | 3 | 0 |
| Simon Fraser | 2 | 0 |
| Cal Baptist | 1 | 0 |
| Delta State | 1 | 0 |
| Wingate | 1 | 0 |
| Nova Southeastern | 0 | 2 |
| Carson-Newman | 0 | 1 |
| Indianapolis | 0 | 1 |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne State | 0 | 1 |
| West Chester | 0 | 1 |
| West Florida | 0 | 1 |
Women’s 1 Meter Diving
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Colorado Mesa | 2 | 0 |
| Clarion | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Valley | 1 | 1 |
| St. Cloud State | 1 | 1 |
| Indianapolis | 1 | 0 |
| UC San Diego | 1 | 0 |
| West Chester | 1 | 0 |
| Azusa Pacific | 0 | 1 |
| Cal Baptist | 0 | 1 |
| Lindenwood | 0 | 1 |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne State | 0 | 1 |
Women’s 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Florida Southern | 1 | 0 |
| Lindenwood | 1 | 0 |
| Nova Southeastern | 1 | 0 |
| Queens (NC) | 1 | 0 |
| Simon Fraser | 1 | 0 |
| Tampa | 1 | 0 |
| UC San Diego | 1 | 0 |
| Wingate | 1 | 0 |
| Cal Baptist | 0 | 1 |
| Carson-Newman | 0 | 1 |
| Colorado Mesa | 0 | 1 |
| CSU East Bay | 0 | 1 |
| Delta State | 0 | 1 |
| Drury | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Valley | 0 | 1 |
| Truman State | 0 | 1 |
Projected Standings
Note: Includes 800 free relay projections.
| Team | Day 1 Actual | Day 2 Actual | Day 3 Prelims | Day 4 Psych | Final Projected Standings |
| Queens (NC) | 140 | 157 | 138 | 139 | 574 |
| Drury | 118 | 95 | 83 | 81 | 377 |
| Nova Southeastern | 67 | 94 | 71 | 90 | 322 |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 69 | 67 | 51 | 39 | 226 |
| Lindenwood | 28 | 74 | 58 | 51 | 211 |
| Fresno Pacific | 46 | 72 | 36.5 | 56 | 210.5 |
| Carson-Newman | 44 | 62 | 29 | 50 | 185 |
| UC San Diego | 18 | 63 | 58 | 26 | 165 |
| Wingate | 28 | 38 | 41 | 50 | 157 |
| West Chester | 42 | 27 | 39 | 29 | 137 |
| Tampa | 7 | 48 | 33 | 46 | 134 |
| Cal Baptist | 45 | 21 | 49 | 14 | 129 |
| CSU East Bay | 38 | 46 | 16 | 17 | 117 |
| Colorado Mesa | 27 | 0 | 44 | 14 | 85 |
| Simon Fraser | 0 | 21 | 57 | 0 | 78 |
| Florida Southern | 3 | 25 | 30 | 18 | 76 |
| Grand Valley | 28 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 76 |
| Northern Michigan | 29 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 74 |
| Saint Leo | 0 | 35 | 0 | 30 | 65 |
| West Florida | 3 | 33 | 2 | 25 | 63 |
| Clarion | 33 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 62 |
| Delta State | 0 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 59 |
| Indianapolis | 19 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 53 |
| Truman State | 4 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 44 |
| Western State Colorado | 7 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 38 |
| St. Cloud State | 11 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 36 |
| Wayne State | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 35 |
| MSU Mankato | 16 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
| Sioux Falls | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| LIU Post | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| Bridgeport | 6 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 23 |
| Shippensburg | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Northern State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| MSU Moorhead | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Bloomsburg | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 1 | 14.5 |
| CS Mines | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Indiana Univ (PA) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Saginaw Valley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| Findlay | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Azusa Pacific | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Bellarmine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Fairmont State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| McKendree | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Missouri St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
