2018 NCAA Division III Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships
- Dates: Wednesday, March 21 – Saturday, March 24
- Swimming: prelims 10am, finals 6pm
- Location: IU Natatorium, Indianapolis, IN (Eastern Time Zone)
- Defending Champions: Emory (results)
- Psych Sheet
- Video
- Live Results
- 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.
Denison dominated the first day of heats at 2018 NCAA Division III Championships, putting at least 2 swimmers in the championship finals of each of the individual events, and 3 in the 500 free. The Big Red also scored 2 B-finalists, nearly doubling the finalists of the next-best performer, Kenyon. Denison beat the projections by 39 points thanks to excellent morning swims in the 500 free and 200 IM.
Emory had a strong showing, too, outscoring their psych sheet seedings by 20 points. The Eagles are creeping up on Kenyon in the battle for the second spot in the team standings. Eau Claire gained 20 points with Collin Miller’s 200 IM performance. Tufts and Coast Guard improved their standings, too.
Men’s Ups/Downs – Day 1
| Team | Individual Ups | Individual Downs | Relay Ups | Relay Downs | |
| Denison University | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kenyon College | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Emory University | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Johns Hopkins University | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| New York University | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pomona-Pitzer | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Washington University (MO) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| UW-Stevens Point | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Union College (NY) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tufts University | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Carroll University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lake Forest College | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Loras College | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Springfield College | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SUNY Geneseo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| University of Chicago | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| UW-Eau Claire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Washington & Lee University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Westminster College | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mass Institute of Technology | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Williams College | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Albion College | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Birmingham-Southern College | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Middlebury College | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rowan University | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| SUNY Fredonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| SUNY Geneseo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| U.S. Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| University of St. Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wheaton College (IL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Widener University | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Men’s 500 Yard Freestyle
| Team | Up | Down | |
| Denison University | 3 | 1 | |
| Kenyon College | 2 | 1 | |
| Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | |
| Emory University | 1 | 0 | |
| University of Chicago | 1 | 0 | |
| Williams College | 0 | 3 | |
| Birmingham-Southern College | 0 | 1 | |
| Pomona-Pitzer | 0 | 1 | |
Men’s 200 Yard Individual Medley
| Team | Ups | Downs | |
| Denison University | 2 | 1 | |
| Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 1 | |
| Kenyon College | 1 | 1 | |
| Washington University (MO) | 1 | 1 | |
| New York University | 1 | 0 | |
| Pomona-Pitzer | 1 | 0 | |
| UW-Eau Claire | 1 | 0 | |
| Mass Institute of Technology | 0 | 1 | |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | 0 | 1 | |
| SUNY Geneseo | 0 | 1 | |
| Wheaton College (IL) | 0 | 1 | |
Men’s 50 Yard Freestyle
| Team | Ups | Downs | |
| Emory University | 2 | 1 | |
| Denison University | 2 | 0 | |
| UW-Stevens Point | 1 | 1 | |
| Loras College | 1 | 0 | |
| Tufts University | 1 | 0 | |
| Washington & Lee University | 1 | 0 | |
| Mass Institute of Technology | 0 | 2 | |
| Pomona-Pitzer | 0 | 1 | |
| U.S. Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 1 | |
| Washington University (MO) | 0 | 1 | |
| Widener University | 0 | 1 | |
Men’s 3 Meter Diving
| Team | Ups | Downs | |
| Union College (NY) | 1 | 1 | |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 1 | 0 | |
| John Carroll University | 1 | 0 | |
| Lake Forest College | 1 | 0 | |
| New York University | 1 | 0 | |
| Springfield College | 1 | 0 | |
| SUNY Geneseo | 1 | 0 | |
| Westminster College | 1 | 0 | |
| Albion College | 0 | 1 | |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Institute of Technology | 0 | 1 | |
| Middlebury College | 0 | 1 | |
| Rowan University | 0 | 1 | |
| SUNY Fredonia | 0 | 1 | |
| University of St. Thomas | 0 | 1 | |
Men’s 200 Yard Medley Relay
| Team | Ups | Downs | |
| Denison University | 1 | 0 | |
| Emory University | 1 | 0 | |
| Johns Hopkins University | 1 | 0 | |
| Kenyon College | 1 | 0 | |
| Pomona-Pitzer | 1 | 0 | |
| Tufts University | 1 | 0 | |
| UW-Stevens Point | 1 | 0 | |
| Washington University (MO) | 1 | 0 | |
| Bates College | 0 | 1 | |
| Calvin College | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Institute of Technology | 0 | 1 | |
| New York University | 0 | 1 | |
| U.S. Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 1 | |
| UW-La Crosse | 0 | 1 | |
| Wheaton College (IL) | 0 | 1 | |
| Williams College | 0 | 1 | |
Projected Standings
Note: Does not yet include any projections for 1-meter diving, so there are still 155 unattributed points.
| Team | Day 1 Prelims | Day 2 Psych | Day 3 Psych | Day 4 Psych | Final Projected Standings | Vs Psych Sheet |
| Denison University | 147 | 171 | 85 | 130 | 533 | 39 |
| Kenyon College | 75 | 154 | 80 | 58 | 367 | 2 |
| Emory University | 95 | 76 | 56 | 104 | 331 | 20 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 68 | 88 | 51 | 42 | 249 | -4 |
| Pomona-Pitzer | 47.5 | 96 | 46 | 59 | 248.5 | -8.5 |
| Mass Institute of Technology | 35.5 | 78 | 60 | 49 | 222.5 | -23.5 |
| New York University | 41 | 34 | 77 | 39 | 191 | -6 |
| Tufts University | 42 | 33 | 34 | 64 | 173 | 12 |
| Washington University (MO) | 47.5 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 167.5 | 5.5 |
| UW-Stevens Point | 53 | 65 | 10 | 34 | 162 | -7 |
| Williams College | 29 | 11 | 48 | 40 | 128 | 14 |
| University of Chicago | 11 | 11 | 25 | 14 | 61 | -1 |
| Washington & Lee University | 11 | 14 | 8 | 25 | 58 | -1 |
| DePauw University | 0 | 0 | 29 | 20 | 49 | 0 |
| Calvin College | 2 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 40 | -17 |
| U.S. Coast Guard Academy | 14 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 10 |
| University of St. Thomas | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Whitworth University | 0 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 0 |
| Loras College | 17 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 33 | 2 |
| UW-Eau Claire | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 33 | 20 |
| Rowan University | 6 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 32 | 0 |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 0 |
| Bates College | 12 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 6 |
| SUNY Geneseo | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| UW-La Crosse | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 28 | -1 |
| Bowdoin College | 0 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 27 | 0 |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Birmingham-Southern College | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 26 | -25 |
| Wheaton College (IL) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 3 |
| Albion College | 5 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 23 | -18 |
| SUNY Geneseo | 7 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Buffalo State College | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 22 | 0 |
| Connecticut College | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 |
| Union College (NY) | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Lake Forest College | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Baldwin Wallace University | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Linfield College | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Springfield College | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Carroll University | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mills College | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Saint Vincent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | -11 |
| Cal Lutheran | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -16 |
| Westminster College | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gettysburg College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Widener University | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| Wheaton College (MA) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Grove City College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Mount Union | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| University of Mary Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Caltech | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Catholic University | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Middlebury College | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Occidental College | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| SUNY Fredonia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| York College of Pennsylvania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Keene State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Swarthmore College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
