The 2023 conference championship season kicks off today, and we at SwimSwam are trying to make it easy for you to follow along. Over the last two days, we have published primers for each NCAA division, giving the dates, live results and video links, championship central sites, and team lists for each conference championship meet.
But what times are these swimmers aiming for at their championship meets if their goal is to make their respective NCAA National Championships? (Note: divers have a different process; they qualify via regional championships, after the conference meets.)
Anya Pelshaw reported on the new swimming time standards, many of which are faster, for the 2023 NCAA Division I Championships. She noted that the NCAA will hold 235 swimming spots for men and 281 swimming spots for women for individual events. Nicole Miller presented the new standards for Division II, with entries capped at 183 female and 157 male swimmers, and Division III, which limits its participants to 260 men (including 24 divers) and 319 women (including 29 divers).
In the tables below, we have laid out the 2023 automatic qualifying times (A standards) and consideration times (B standards) for women and for men, along with the times it took to be invited to the 2022 NCAA Championships, for each division. Bookmark this page for a handy guide as you follow your favorite teams on the road to the National Championships.
2023 NCAA Division I Championship Standards
| Swimming Events | Women A Standard | Women B Standard | Women 2022 Invited | Men A Standard | Men B Standard | Men 2022 Invited |
| 50 free | 21.66 | 22.71 | 22.16 | 18.88 | 19.82 | 19.28 |
| 100 free | 47.18 | 49.44 | 48.44 | 41.64 | 43.59 | 42.34 |
| 200 free | 1:42.84 | 1:47.12 | 1:45.42 | 1:31.98 | 1:35.88 | 1:33.08 |
| 500 free | 4:35.76 | 4:47.20 | 4:43.08 | 4:11.40 | 4:22.35 | 4:14.96 |
| 1650 free | 15:52.41 | 16:30.59 | 16:16.47 | 14:37.31 | 15:26.19 | 14:55.21 |
| 100 back | 50.89 | 53.91 | 52.46 | 44.79 | 47.59 | 45.87 |
| 200 back | 1:50.50 | 1:57.07 | 1:53.97 | 1:39.13 | 1:44.82 | 1:40.92 |
| 100 breast | 58.10 | 1:01.56 | 59.87 | 51.40 | 53.87 | 52.20 |
| 200 breast | 2:06.18 | 2:13.89 | 2:09.15 | 1:51.54 | 1:57.95 | 1:53.23 |
| 100 fly | 50.92 | 53.69 | 52.35 | 44.82 | 47.23 | 45.57 |
| 200 fly | 1:52.86 | 1:59.23 | 1:56.14 | 1:40.20 | 1:46.31 | 1:42.42 |
| 200 IM | 1:53.66 | 1:59.56 | 1:56.85 | 1:41.22 | 1:46.52 | 1:43.36 |
| 400 IM | 4:03.62 | 4:17.30 | 4:11.60 | 3:39.16 | 3:51.31 | 3:43.50 |
| 200 free relay | 1:28.43 | 1:29.21 | 1:16.80 | 1:17.58 | ||
| 400 free relay | 3:14.10 | 3:16.32 | 2:50.52 | 2:52.44 | ||
| 800 free relay | 7:00.86 | 7:05.88 | 6:16.02 | 6:20.41 | ||
| 200 medley relay | 1:36.24 | 1:37.02 | 1:23.76 | 1:24.42 | ||
| 400 medley relay | 3:31.38 | 3:33.54 | 3:04.96 | 3:06.84 |
2023 NCAA Division II Championship Standards
| Swimming Events | Women A Standard | Women B Standard | Women 2022 Invited | Men A Standard | Men B Standard | Men 2022 Invited |
| 50 free | 22.79 | 23.93 | 23.30 | 19.63 | 20.61 | 19.93 |
| 100 free | 49.63 | 52.11 | 51.00 | 43.15 | 45.31 | 43.89 |
| 200 free | 1:47.70 | 1:53.08 | 1:51.23 | 1:35.51 | 1:40.29 | 1:37.44 |
| 500 free | 4:50.30 | 5:04.82 | 4:58.58 | 4:21.76 | 4:34.84 | 4:27.54 |
| 1000 free | 9:54.77 | 10:24.51 | 10:18.01 | 9:04.45 | 9:31.67 | 9:18.64 |
| 1650 free | 16:31.17 | 17:20.73 | 17:16.00 | 15:14.36 | 16:00.08 | 15:38.96 |
| 100 back | 53.51 | 56.18 | 55.85 | 46.61 | 48.94 | 48.03 |
| 200 back | 1:57.03 | 2:02.88 | 2:01.31 | 1:43.61 | 1:48.79 | 1:46.38 |
| 100 breast | 1:01.03 | 1:04.08 | 1:03.36 | 52.91 | 55.56 | 54.30 |
| 200 breast | 2:13.06 | 2:19.71 | 2:18.39 | 1:55.12 | 2:00.87 | 1:59.64 |
| 100 fly | 53.37 | 56.04 | 55.66 | 46.74 | 49.07 | 47.73 |
| 200 fly | 1:59.37 | 2:05.34 | 2:03.74 | 1:44.66 | 1:49.90 | 1:47.87 |
| 200 IM | 1:59.39 | 2:05.36 | 2:03.78 | 1:45.93 | 1:51.22 | 1:48.69 |
| 400 IM | 4:17.69 | 4:30.57 | 4:25.52 | 3:48.97 | 4:00.42 | 3:54.98 |
| 200 free relay | N/A | 1:34.06 | N/A | 1:20.84 | ||
| 400 free relay | N/A | 3:25.19 | N/A | 2:59.27 | ||
| 800 free relay | N/A | 7:29.84 | N/A | 6:36.42 | ||
| 200 medley relay | N/A | 1:42.98 | N/A | 1:28.40 | ||
| 400 medley relay | N/A | 3:45.71 | N/A | 3:15.47 |
2023 NCAA Division III Championship Standards
| Swimming Events | Women A Standard | Women B Standard | Women 2022 Invited | Men A Standard | Men B Standard | Men 2022 Invited |
| 50 free | 22.72 | 23.63 | 23.55 | 19.46 | 20.51 | 20.27 |
| 100 free | 49.31 | 51.55 | 51.27 | 43.31 | 45.11 | 44.66 |
| 200 free | 1:47.13 | 1:52.15 | 1:51.87 | 1:36.74 | 1:39.80 | 1:38.90 |
| 500 free | 4:45.33 | 5:00.37 | 4:59.97 | 4:20.26 | 4:32.31 | 4:28.98 |
| 1650 free | 16:27.52 | 17:21.20 | 17:18.85 | 15:02.59 | 16:16.65 | 15:38.05 |
| 100 back | 53.70 | 56.82 | 56.82 | 46.91 | 49.68 | 48.54 |
| 200 back | 1:55.94 | 2:03.30 | 2:02.84 | 1:43.63 | 1:49.86 | 1:47.80 |
| 100 breast | 1:00.05 | 1:04.57 | 1:04.34 | 52.11 | 55.78 | 54.85 |
| 200 breast | 2:11.55 | 2:21.44 | 2:20.50 | 1:53.85 | 2:02.30 | 2:00.10 |
| 100 fly | 52.92 | 56.29 | 55.79 | 47.19 | 49.02 | 48.35 |
| 200 fly | 1:56.90 | 2:05.40 | 2:04.51 | 1:45.31 | 1:50.85 | 1:48.82 |
| 200 IM | 1:58.27 | 2:06.23 | 2:05.78 | 1:45.47 | 1:51.45 | 1:49.64 |
| 400 IM | 4:13.77 | 4:29.76 | 4:27.96 | 3:47.19 | 4:01.49 | 3:57.21 |
| 200 free relay | N/A | 1:35.59 | 1:35.08 | N/A | 1:22.28 | 1:21.32 |
| 400 free relay | N/A | 3:29.60 | 3:28.68 | N/A | 3:02.40 | 3:00.30 |
| 800 free relay | N/A | 7:39.30 | 7:38.17 | N/A | 6:45.00 | 6:39.35 |
| 200 medley relay | N/A | 1:45.32 | 1:44.57 | N/A | 1:30.37 | 1:29.35 |
| 400 medley relay | N/A | 3:51.41 | 3:50.23 | N/A | 3:19.92 | 3:18.14 |
A lot of the D3 invited times on both sides are off just a bit…
That being said, I don’t see 28 women getting invited in all individual events this year, regardless!
Can you tell me which times you think are off? I just went through and compared all of the men’s times to this initial psych sheet:
https://swimswam.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-D3-men-official-psych-sheet.pdf
And they all lined up, so want to make sure I’m not overlooking something…