2022 Women’s NCAAs: Day 3 Ups/Downs

2022 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• March 16-19, 2022
• McAuley Aquatic Center, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (Eastern Daylight Time)
• Prelims 10AM /Finals 6PM
• Short Course Yards (25 yards)
• Championship Central
• Official Psych Sheets
• 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 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.

Scores Thru Day 2

1. Virginia  210
2. Texas  128
3. Stanford  123
4. Alabama 120
5. NC State  99
6. Louisville  95
7. California 89
8. Ohio St 83
9. Michigan  66
10. Florida   62
11. Georgia  57
12. Tennessee / UNC  53
13. Tie
14. Wisconsin / Indiana  34
15. Tie
16. Miami (Florida) / Southern California 27
17. Tie
18. Duke 26
19. Missouri / Kentucky  24
20. Tie
21. Penn  20
22. Arizona St 19
23. Minnesota 17
24. Arizona 16
25. Northwestern 15
26. South Carolina 9
27. Arkansas 6
28. LSU  / UCLA  4
29. Tie
30. Notre Dame  3
31. Virginia Tech  2
32. Yale  1

Virginia entered today’s prelims session with an 82 point lead over Texas. Stanford only sits at five points behind Texas, and Alabama is eight points behind the Longhorns. This morning, Virginia and Stanford claimed two of the top seeds and Texas claimed the top seed in one event.

Based on this morning’s swims, it looks as if Virginia will be able to expand upon their lead as the Hoos placed the most swimmers into A finals. It also looks like Stanford has the potential to overtake Texas for second place as Stanford will have one additional A finalist and two more B finalists than Texas. NC State and Alabama are projected to still be in a tight battle after tonight.

Virginia and Stanford placed the most swimmers into a single A final. Virginia placed three into the 400 IM, and Stanford placed three into the 200 freestyle.

Total Day 3 Ups/Downs

Day 3 Scored Prelims

Credit to Andrew Mering for running the numbers.

SCORED PRELIMS +ACTUAL