2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 23-26, 2022
- McAuley Aquatic Center, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (Eastern Daylight Time)
- Prelims 10AM /Finals 6PM
- Short Course Yards (25 yards)
- Live Results
- Championship Central
- Event Page
- Official Psych Sheets
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 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 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, and “Down” to swimmers in the B final.
The Cal Golden Bears took over the lead from Texas on Friday night and are now in first place in the standings by 7.5 points. Florida and NC State sit pretty much alone in third and fourth places, but there is an exciting battle brewing among Indiana, Arizona State, and Stanford for the fifth step of the rung. Georgia is unlikely to catch Stanford tonight, but Ohio State, Virginia, Louisville, and Virginia Tech are all in contention for eighth place.
Team Standings Through Day 3
- California – 320.5
- Texas – 313
- Florida – 272
- NC State – 214
- Indiana – 183
- Arizona St – 167
- Stanford – 159
- Georgia – 150
- (tie) Louisville / Ohio St – 108
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- Virginia Tech – 89.5
- Alabama – 80
- Virginia – 77.5
- Harvard – 76
- LSU – 65
- Arizona – 61
- (tie) Purdue / Texas A&M – 42
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- Tennessee 40.5
- Michigan 34
- Columbia 30
- Minnesota 27
- (tie) UNC / Southern California – 24
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- Auburn 22
- Missouri 7
- Princeton 7
- (tie) Northwestern / Penn – 6.5
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- Notre Dame 5
- (tie) SMU / Georgia Tech / Towson / Wisconsin – 4
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- Utah 2
Cal had a big morning on Day 4, effectively shutting down Texas’ chances of repeating their 2021 NCAA title, with 7 A-finalists and 5 B-finalists through the four events contested in prelims this morning. Diving is still an unknown, where Texas has two entrants and Cal none, but the Golden Bears are projected to win by 45 points so diving shouldn’t make too much of a difference in that contest.
Texas put six swimmers in scoring position, including four in A finals. Virginia and Stanford both earned three A-final spots, and the Cavs also put a swimmer in a B final. Arizona State and Georgia Tech scored two A-final slots each and ASU also added a B-finalist.
Day 4 Ups/Downs
Credit to Andrew Mering for running the numbers. Updated to include diving.
| Team | All | 200 Back | 100 Free | 200 Breast | 200 Fly | Platform Diving |
| Cal | 7/5 | 3/1 | 1/0 | 1/3 | 2/1 | 0/0 |
| Texas | 4/3 | 1/0 | 2/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Virginia | 3/1 | 1/1 | 2/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Stanford | 3/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Florida | 2/3 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 |
| Ohio State | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 |
| Arizona State | 2/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Purdue | 2/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/1 |
| Georgia Tech | 2/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Miami (FL) | 2/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 |
| Tennessee | 2/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Indiana | 1/7 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/3 |
| Virginia Tech | 1/4 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Missouri | 1/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Georgia | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Kentucky | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Louisville | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| LSU | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Minnesota | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Penn | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| NC State | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Alabama | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Princeton | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Arizona | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Harvard | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Michigan | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Texas A&M | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| USC | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Projected Scoring Breakdown
| Team | 200 Back | 100 Free | 200 Breast | 200 Fly | Platform Diving |
| Cal | 54 | 20 | 30 | 33 | 0 |
| Texas | 17 | 36 | 24 | 0 | 3 |
| Florida | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| NC State | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Indiana | 6 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 21 |
| Arizona State | 0 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 0 |
| Stanford | 13 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ohio State | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Virginia | 14 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Virginia Tech | 7 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 0 |
| Alabama | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harvard | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| LSU | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Arizona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 0 |
| Miami (FL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Penn | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Missouri | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| USC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Princeton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Day 3 Scored Prelims
(does not include distance free or the 400 free relay)
- Cal: 137.0
- Texas: 80.0
- Indiana: 54.0
- Stanford: 39.0
- Virginia: 37.0
- Arizona State: 35.0
- Purdue: 35.0
- Florida: 34.0
- Tennessee: 34.0
- Miami (FL): 32.0
- Ohio State: 29.0
- Virginia Tech: 29.0
- Georgia Tech: 27.0
- NC State: 23.0
- Louisville: 20.0
- Penn: 20.0
- Missouri: 19.0
- Georgia: 17.0
- Minnesota: 17.0
- LSU: 16.0
- Kentucky: 12.0
- Princeton: 11.0
- Harvard: 5.0
- Texas A&M: 4.0
- Alabama: 3.0
- Arizona: 2.0
- Michigan: 2.0
- USC: 2.0
Day 3 Scored Prelims + Actual Scores
- Cal: 457.5
- Texas: 393.0
- Florida: 306.0
- Indiana: 237.0
- NC State: 237.0
- Arizona State: 202.0
- Stanford: 198.0
- Georgia: 167.0
- Ohio State: 137.0
- Louisville: 128.0
- Virginia Tech: 118.5
- Virginia: 114.5
- Alabama: 83.0
- Harvard: 81.0
- LSU: 81.0
- Purdue: 77.0
- Tennessee: 74.5
- Arizona: 63.0
- Texas A&M: 46.0
- Minnesota: 44.0
- Michigan: 36.0
- Miami (FL): 32.0
- Georgia Tech: 31.0
- Columbia: 30.0
- Penn: 26.5
- Missouri: 26.0
- USC: 26.0
- North Carolina: 24.0
- Auburn: 22.0
- Princeton: 18.0
- Kentucky: 12.0
- Northwestern: 6.5
- Notre Dame: 5.0
- SMU: 4.0
- Wisconsin: 4.0
- Towson: 4.0
- Utah: 2.0
Florida has 1up/1down in platform.
You’re going to start seeing more divers come to Florida. Bryan Gillooly has that program in a great place, and they’ve had male and female divers score at NCs in multiple events this year.
Looks like 1 down for Texas in the platform
Is what I am watching on ESPN3 right now a replay of the prelims?
I watched earlier through 6 rounds then went out to walk the dog. It’s on again but I’ll confess I don’t know exactly what’s going on.
It’s really so diametically opposed to swimming in a way. Subjective grading vs objective times. Ying/yang.
Edit: ok I see prelim live results have loaded. This must be a replay and I should be embarassed to admit I didn’t even realize it…
i think you are watching the consolation final
Right you are. Harness #13th for 4 pts.
Team Races to keep an eye on:
1st seems like a lock as long as Cal can replicate this morning and not DQ the relay.
2-4 seem to also be locked in, barring any DQs.
5th between Indiana, Arizona State, and Stanford could get interesting, depending on finals performances. a Few second place finishes and final, or consolation wins from any of these teams could result in one higher place in the standings when all is said and done.
Georgia looks to be a comfy 8th, unless Luca has another nuts swim on the relay… 39.5???
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Are people ignoring the 1650 this afternoon/evening?
Cal put it all together this meet. Amazing team
Cal can make it four NCAAs in a row out swimming Texas
If you’d rather have Texass allocate it’s two diving scholarships to swimming we can just let Eddie know 😂
They already have maxed out swimming roster and are leaving people at home. I don’t think the extra swimming scholarships would help too much.
they would be able to bring in more higher level swimmers with promises of scholarships.
Bringing more non scoring swimmers would not help the situation Eddy already knows this.
But 2 scholarships taken from divers and given to swimmers certainly makes a huge difference. That works be noon scoring swingers at home that would be extra dudes to score and swim relays
9.9 total scholarships (NCAA limit) for men’s swimming and diving split between the 17 Texas swimmers and 2 divers at the meet. Plus the kids left at home. Nobody goes to the top programs for the scholarship money. They want to be in the pool with the best and become one of the best. Besides Jordon Wendel was the top scorer for Texas last year.
Remember that Windle was a bonus – it would have been his 5th year, and his scholarship didn’t count against the cap. Same as Grieshop, Julian, and Bryce Mefford.
I’m curious. Is the 5th year exemption just a COVID thing and goes away next year?
Haven’t done the math so it may not make a difference…. But it looks like non Texas 1650 swimmers underperformed in the 500. All 3 Texas swimmers may end up in the top 8 or better with good swims.
Zettle was right on what he did last year and then wound up getting 9th in the 1650. Although I think last years 1650 was historically a little slower.
Congrats to Cal, it was there for Texas even without the diving points but Cal just swam better all week!!