2022 Women’s Ivy Up/Mid/Downs Day 2: Harvard Poised to Extend Lead

Anne Lepesant
by Anne Lepesant 0

February 17th, 2022 News

2022 Women’s Ivy League Swimming & Diving 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, 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.

Harvard had a strong morning on Day 2 of the 2022 Women’s Ivy League Championships, earning 18 finals spots, 12 of which were in A-finals. The Crimson did better than their psych sheet seedings in the 500 free and 200 IM, and they pulled off the biggest feat of the day by placing five divers among the top-8. Harvard swimmers Felicia Pasadyn and Samantha Shelton will be the top 2 seeds in the 200 IM and their divers, led by Morgane Herculano, ranked 1-2-3-4 after prelims on the 1m board.

Princeton qualified 16 finalists, including 7 in A finals. After a disappointing 500 free, the Tigers had strong showings in the 200 IM, with Jess Yeager and Liza Whitmire qualifying third and fourth, and the 50 free, with Nikki Venema placing second. They also secured an A-final spot in diving.

Penn qualified 14 for finals. The Quakers will have the three middle lanes in the 500 free thanks to morning performances from Lia Thomas, Anna Sofia Kalandadze, and Catherine Buroker. Yale earned 5 A-final slots and made 13 finals overall. Iszac Henig was the fastest 50-freestyler by nearly half a second, and will take aim at the Ivy League meet record tonight.

Women’s Ups/Mids/Downs – Day 2

Team Up Mid Down Total
Brown 1 3 7 11
Columbia 2 3 6 11
Cornell 0 3 4 7
Dartmouth 1 3 2 6
Harvard 12 4 2 18
Penn 4 7 3 14
Princeton 7 5 4 16
Yale 5 4 4 13

500 Free

Team Up Mid Down Total
Brown 0 1 3 4
Columbia 1 0 2 3
Cornell 0 0 0 0
Dartmouth 0 0 1 1
Harvard 2 2 0 4
Penn 3 2 1 6
Princeton 1 2 1 4
Yale 1 1 0 2

200 IM

Team Up Mid Down Total
Brown 0 1 1 2
Columbia 0 0 1 1
Cornell 0 0 2 2
Dartmouth 0 1 0 1
Harvard 4 0 0 4
Penn 0 3 1 4
Princeton 2 2 2 6
Yale 2 1 1 4

50 Free

Team Up Mid Down Total
Brown 1 0 1 2
Columbia 0 2 2 4
Cornell 0 1 2 3
Dartmouth 1 1 0 2
Harvard 1 0 0 1
Penn 0 2 1 3
Princeton 3 1 0 4
Yale 2 1 2 5

1-Meter Diving

Team Up Mid Down Total
Brown 0 1 2 3
Columbia 1 1 1 3
Cornell 0 2 0 2
Dartmouth 0 1 1 2
Harvard 5 2 2 9
Penn 1 0 0 1
Princeton 1 0 1 2
Yale 0 1 1 2

Team Scores After Day 1

  1. Harvard – 118
  2. Princeton – 116
  3. Yale – 112
  4. Penn – 104
  5. Brown / Columbia 98
  6. Dartmouth – 92
  7. Cornell – 90

Projected Standings

Team Day 1 Actual Day 2 Prelims Day 3 Psych Day 4 Psych Projected Score
Brown 98 155.5 295 317 865.5
Columbia 98 166 257 265 786
Cornell 90 114 91 191 486
Dartmouth 92 124 51 106 373
Harvard 118 431.5 504 557 1611
Penn 104 278.5 380 377 1140
Princeton 116 320.5 510 391 1338
Yale 112 272 498 382 1264

 

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About Anne Lepesant

Anne Lepesant

Anne Lepesant is the mother of four daughters, all of whom swam in college. With an undergraduate degree from Princeton (where she was an all-Ivy tennis player) and an MBA from INSEAD, she worked for many years in the financial industry, both in France and the U.S. Anne is currently …

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