The 2023 U.S. International Team Trials (AKA World Championship Trials) are fast approaching, and the Official SwimSwam Pick ‘Em Contest is now live!
Think you know what races Regan Smith is going to swim? Have an intuition about whether Caeleb is going to make the team? Expecting a big breakout from a hard-working NCAA star? Prove you’ve got the best crystal ball in the game.
The prizes for this contest will be provided by Speedo USA.
CLICK HERE TO ENTER
Need help making picks? Check out the SwimSwam official preview index here.
SCORING SYSTEM
Correctly picking a swimmer to place:
- 1st – 7 points
- 2nd – 5 points
- 3rd – 4 points
- 4th – 3 points
Correctly picking a swimmer to place in the top 4 but putting them in the wrong spot, will earn you 1 point.
Picks will close at 8:00 am Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 27, and at that time, we will post everyone’s picks for them to see.
You CAN go in and edit your responses up until 8:00 am on Tuesday. You can also use this “edit responses” ability to go in and print or save your answers.
The tie-breaker for prizes, if necessary, will be the most correctly-picked winners in the relevant time period, then 2nd-place finishers, then 3rd-place finishers, etc. in the relevant time period.
OFFICIAL RULES
Anybody is eligible to play, but only certain people are eligible for prizes (which are still being determined). For starters, only one entry per person is allowed. If we discover that you have made multiple entries, we may disqualify all of your entries.
To win prizes, entrant must:
- Be 18 or older
- Accept responsibility for any and all taxes
- Accept responsibility for any impact on high school or college eligibility
- Be a legal resident of the United States or Canada (prizes will only be mailed to these countries)
- Must enter contest using their real name
- No purchase is required for entry
- Agree to allow SwimSwam to provide their personal information to a sponsor in order to distribute prizes
SPEEDO PRIZES
Daily Prizes are the VANQUISHER 2.0 & SPEEDO PRINTED TEAMSTER 2.0
Grand Prize is a Speedo Tech Suit.
Many thanks to Speedo, a SwimSwam partner since 2013, for these prizes.
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Can there be an added section of predicting the winning time of each event to the hundredth of a second and if you get the time exactly correct it’s plus 8 points or something like that?
If you predict the men’s 100 breaststroke time down to the hundredth of a second I will mail you $10,000
Let’s say 58.00 to 59.20 is the guaranteed range. 1/120 chance ain’t bad…
Like for real?
My prediction for the WINNING time of the Men’s 100 breast at the US national championships is a 58.72
Is anyone going to fix the times?
Why do some of the 50m events have 10 times?
Because that’s how the swimmers are entered.
Americans generally feel about stroke 50s the way Australians feel about yards, so the rules tell people to enter with their 100m times. You can enter with a 50m time (the top 2 did), but only if it’s faster than the FINA “A” cut.
In the past, was it not the top 6 selections for the relay selection races (M/W 100/200 free)?
Or has it always been just the top 4 in pick ems
Do we have confirmation that Annie Lazor is swimming this meet, or has she retired to take up the Florida coaching position?
She says she’s planning to swim.
How are stroke 50s selected? Does the winner from the 100 get a spot?
50 free top two
50 fly, back and breast winner guaranteed
second might if there are on team in other events
I believe the winner of the 100 is guaranteed the second spot as long as they have the A cut
When are post-scratch psych sheets released, if ever?
I feel like there should be a gap b/n 1st and 2nd like we typically do for meet scoring. 7-5-4-3 or something similar