2018 Women’s NCAA Championships: Day 4 Up/Downs

by Andrew Mering 3

March 17th, 2018 College, News

2018 WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

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.

Day 2 Up/Downs, Day 3 Up/Downs

Day 2 Finals Scoring Analysis, Day 3 Finals Scoring Analysis

Diving prelims have not concluded yet, so they aren’t included in the numbers below.

Day 4 Up/Downs

For the first time all meet, someone other than Stanford has the most swimmers in A finals tonight. Texas A&M lead the way with 6. They are highlighted by a meet high 4 swimmers in the 200 breast final. Stanford still have the most night swims with 4 up and 4 down.

Individual Relays 200 Back 100 Free 200 Breast 200 Fly 400 Free Relay
Texas A&M 6/1 1/0 1/0 1/0 4/0 0/1 1/0
Stanford 4/4 1/0 1/2 1/0 0/1 2/1 1/0
California 4/2 1/0 1/0 2/1 0/0 1/1 1/0
Michigan 4/1 1/0 1/0 1/1 1/0 1/0 1/0
Kentucky 3/2 0/0 2/1 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0
Louisville 2/1 1/0 0/0 1/0 0/1 1/0 1/0
Georgia 2/1 0/1 1/0 0/1 0/0 1/0 0/1
USC 2/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/1 2/0 0/1
Tennessee 1/3 1/0 0/1 1/1 0/0 0/1 1/0
Auburn 1/2 0/1 0/2 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/1
Wisconsin 1/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Minnesota 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0
Indiana 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0
Virginia 0/4 1/0 0/1 0/2 0/0 0/1 1/0
Texas 0/1 1/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 1/0
NC State 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1
Missouri 0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/1
North Carolina 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0
Arizona St 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0
Akron 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0
South Carolina 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0
Eastern Michigan 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0
West Virginia 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Virginia Tech 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Ohio State 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1
Alabama 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1
Notre Dame 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1

Day 4 Points

Despite Texas A&M’s 6 up, Stanford still lead the morning points scored out as seeded. This doesn’t contain diving (not done yet) or the mile (no prelims). Louisville had the best morning against the psych sheet, picking up 18.5 points. USC dropped the most, losing 22

Day 4 Points Day 4 Psych Points Difference Day 4 Prelim Points + Days 1,2,3 Real Points
Stanford 122 132 -10 536
Texas A&M 103 112 -9 289
California 96.5 88 8.5 364.5
Michigan 87.5 82.5 5 237.5
Louisville 71.5 53 18.5 239.5
Kentucky 53 40.5 12.5 94
Georgia 53 39 14 135
Tennessee 46 42 4 183.5
Virginia 44.5 49 -4.5 150.5
Southern Cali 42 64 -22 125
Auburn 40 43 -3 91.5
Texas 33 40 -7 204
Wisconsin 20 26 -6 82
Indiana 20 24 -4 144
NC State 15 0 15 52
Minnesota 14 12 2 148
Ohio State 12 25 -13 0
Notre Dame 10 0 10 10
Missouri 9 17 -8 81
Arizona St 7 5 2 34
Virginia Tech 6 0 6 17
Akron 6 2 4 6
West Virginia 5 4 1 5
South Carolina 4 0 4 48
Alabama 4 0 4 19
UNC 3 17 -14 28
Eastern Michigan 3 0 3 18
Arizona 0 6 -6 45
Purdue 0 0 0 29
Denver 0 0 0 20
Penn St 0 0 0 9
Florida St 0 0 0 3
UCLA 0 6 -6 15
Northwestern 0 0 0 20
Rutgers 0 0 0 6
LSU 0 0 0 8
Miami 0 0 0 2
Nevada 0 0 0 33
Florida 0 0 0 11
Arkansas 0 0 0 30
Hawaii 0 1 -1 12
Duke 0 0 0 2
Miami Ohio 0 0 0 14

Day 4 Event Scores

The highest scoring single event is Texas A&M in the 200 breast with 56 projected points. Next is Stanford in the 200 fly with 40, Kentucky in the 200 back with 36, and USC in the 200 fly with 25.

200 Back 100 Free 200 Breast 200 Fly 400 Free Relay
Stanford 24 17 1 40 40
Texas A&M 11 12 56 2 22
California 17 27 0 18.5 34
Michigan 13 20.5 13 11 30
Louisville 0 20 5 14.5 32
Georgia 12 7 0 16 18
Kentucky 36 0 17 0 0
Tennessee 2 17 0 1 26
Virginia 1 6.5 0 9 28
USC 0 0 9 25 8
Auburn 10 16 0 0 14
Texas 0 9 0 0 24
Indiana 0 0 20 0 0
Wisconsin 20 0 0 0 0
NC State 9 0 0 0 6
Minnesota 0 0 14 0 0
Ohio State 0 0 0 0 12
Notre Dame 0 0 0 0 10
Missouri 0 0 0 7 2
Arizona St 0 0 7 0 0
Akron 0 0 6 0 0
Virginia Tech 0 0 0 6 0
West Virginia 0 0 0 5 0
South Carolina 0 0 4 0 0
Alabama 0 0 0 0 4
North Carolina 0 3 0 0 0
Eastern Michigan 0 0 3 0 0

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Right Dude Here
6 years ago

Michigan, Texas, and Louisville in a great battle for 4-6th.

The Grand inquisitor
6 years ago

Don’t forget Stanford has 3 swimmers in the last “swim with finals” heat of the 1650 Free.

beachair
Reply to  The Grand inquisitor
6 years ago

Bowman, Salo, Bauerle; I’m not impressed