2022 ACC Championships: Day 3 Ups/Mids/Downs

2022 ACC SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• When: Tuesday, February 15th to Saturday, February 19th Prelims 10:00am | Finals 6:00 pm (Tuesday 11:00am/4:30pm)
• Where: McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta Georgia (Eastern Time Zone)
• Defending Champions
  • Women: University of Virginia (17x) (results)
  • Men: University of Louisville (1x) (results)
• Streaming: ACC Network
  • Tuesday (prelims/finals)
  • Wednesday (prelims/finals)
  • Thursday (prelims/finals)
  • Friday (prelims/finals)
  • Saturday (prelims/1650s/finals)
• Championship Central: Here
• Detailed Timeline: Here
• Psych Sheets: Here
• Live Results

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, swimmers qualify for one of three finals heats: the top 8 finishers make the A final, places 9 through 16 the B final and places 17 through 24 the C 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 of any heat in the final.

With that in mind, we’ll be tracking “Ups,” “Mids” and “Downs” after each prelims session. “Up” refers to swimmers in the A final, “Mid” to swimmers in the B final and “Down” to swimmers in the C final.

TEAM SCORES – THRU DAY 2

Women

1. Virginia, 421.0
2. NC State, 415.0
3. Louisville, 274.0
4. Duke, 232.0
5. Virginia Tech, 221.0
6. UNC, 216.0
7. Notre Dame, 176.0
8. Miami (FL), 167
9. FSU, 148.0
10. Georgia Tech, 109.0
11. Pitt, 94.0
12. Boston College, 75.0

Men

1. NC State, 506.5
2. Louisville, 361.5
3. Virginia, 336.0
4. Virginia Tech, 319.0
5. Georgia Tech, 264.0
6. FSU, 248.0
7. UNC, 236.0
8. Pitt, 158.0
9. Duke, 135.0
10. Notre Dame, 84.0
11. Boston College, 79.0
12. Miami (FL), 57.0

Coming out of last night’s session, the women’s team battle was very much alive with UVA clinging to a six-second point advantage over NC State.

This morning we saw both teams have a strong showing, putting six women apiece into tonight’s ‘A’ finals, but the Cavaliers claimed the top seed in all three events to outscore the ‘Pack by a project 65.5 points.

Louisville also put six swimmers into ‘A’ finals (all three teams actually put two women up in each event), though the Cardinals are currently a clear third and appear unlikely to move up or down any spots by meet’s end.

DAY 3 UPS/MIDS/DOWNS – WOMEN

Credit to Andrew Mering for running the numbers.

SCORED PRELIMS – WOMEN

1. Virginia, 265.0
2. Louisville, 219.0
3. NC State, 199.5
4. Virginia Tech, 84.5
5. Duke, 84.0
6. Notre Dame, 78.0
7. FSU, 50.5
8. UNC, 42.5
9. Pitt, 35.0
10. Georgia Tech, 28.0

DAY 2 SCORES + PRELIM PROJECTIONS

Women

1. Virginia, 686.0
2. NC State, 614.5
3. Louisville, 493.0
4. Duke, 316.0
5. Virginia Tech, 305.5
6. UNC, 258.5
7. Notre Dame, 254.0
8. FSU, 198.5
9. Miami (FL), 167.0
10. Georgia Tech, 137.0
11. Pitt, 129.0
12. Boston College, 75.0

The NC State men had another phenomenal session with 10 men moving on to ‘A’ finals tonight, including five in the 200 free, three in the 100 fly and two of the top three in the 400 IM.

The Wolfpack are projected to be up by 284 points at the end of tonight’s session, while Louisville is entrenched in second and UVA and Virginia Tech are locked in a battle for third.

DAY 3 UPS/MIDS/DOWNS – MEN

Credit to Andrew Mering for running the numbers.

Swim-off Results

• Duke’s Bradley Sanford beat out Pitt’s Serhii Ahadzhanian in a 100 fly swim-off to claim the 24th and final spot in tonight’s session.

SCORED PRELIMS – MEN

1. NC State, 347.0
2. Louisville, 208.0
3. Virginia Tech, 169.5
4. Virginia, 114.0
5. Georgia Tech, 75.0
6. Notre Dame, 71.0
7. UNC, 47.5
8. FSU, 39.0
9. Duke, 10.5
10. Boston College, 4.5

DAY 2 SCORES + PRELIM PROJECTIONS

1. NC State, 853.5
2. Louisville, 569.5
3. Virginia Tech, 488.5
4. Virginia, 450.0
5. Georgia Tech, 339.0
6. FSU, 287.0
7. UNC, 283.5
8. Pitt, 158.0
9. Notre Dame, 155.0
10. Duke, 145.5
11. Boston College, 83.5
12. Miami (FL), 57.0