2024 NCAA Women’s Championships: Day 4 Ups/Downs – UVA Hones in on 4th Consecutive Title

2024 Women’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

• March 20-23, 2024
• Gabrielsen Natatorium, Athens, Georgia
• Short Course Yards (25 yards)
• Meet Central
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• Live Results
• Live Stream
• SwimSwam Pick ’em Contest
• Day 1 Finals Live Recap
• Day 2 Finals Live Recap
• Day 3 Finals Live Recap

SATURDAY EVENING HEAT SHEET

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, 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 and divers in the A final, “Down” to B finalists.

Team Scores After Day 3

1. Virginia – 360.5
2. Texas – 319
3. Florida – 267
4. Tennessee – 185
5. Stanford – 177
6. Southern California – 157
7. Indiana – 138
8. Louisville – 136
9. NC State – 114
10. California – 110
11. Ohio St – 104
12. Michigan – 102.5
13. Georgia – 83
14. Texas A&M – 79
15. UNC – 76
16. Wisconsin – 58
17. Duke – 57
18. Auburn – 49
19. Minnesota – 27
20. UCLA – 26
21. (tie) LSU/ Purdue/ Utah / Alabama – 19
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25. SIU – 12
26. Arizona St – 11
27. Northwestern – 8
28. (tie) Kansas / Notre Dame / Virginia Tech / Rutgers / Miami (Ohio) – 6
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33. (tie) Cincinnati / Florida St – 4
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35. (tie) Houston / Miami (Florida) – 3
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37. Akron – 2
38. Arkansas – 1

Virginia came to play on Day 4. The Cavaliers, combining their efforts to secure 7 A-final and 4 B-final slots, outscored their seedings by 24 points. They had several unexpected successes, including placing 2 in the A final of the 200 fly to counteract Texas’s 3.

Texas fell short by 17 but with 4 up/2 down, should remain unchallenged in the second position. Florida (3/1) came up just 7 points under seed but they are projected to clear 4th place by 80 points.

Tennessee (3/2) did what was necessary to keep Stanford at bay. The Cardinal (1 up/4 down) was about 15 points down for the morning, while the Vols improved by 4.

Other exciting team races pit Louisville, USC, and Indiana against each other for 5th place, and NC State, Cal, Ohio State, and Michigan for 8th.

DIVING UPDATE: Purdue put 3 divers into the championship final and is projected to score 50 points, representing an automatic vault into the top 20 of the final standings. Texas, Tennessee, Louisville, and Ohio State all got boosts, as well.

Team Scoring Based on Saturday Prelims

Finals Seeded Team Scoring by Event

Day 4 Ups/Downs

Projected Day 4 Scores

If relay and 1650 free seeds hold, here are the projected results at the conclusion of the meet:

1. Virginia – 528.5
2. Texas – 436
3. Florida – 359
4. Tennessee – 288
5. Stanford – 250
6. Louisville – 215
7. USC – 195
8. Indiana – 189
9. Ohio State – 160
10. NC State – 154
11. Cal – 150
12. Michigan – 141.5
13. Georgia – 129
14. Texas A&M – 99
15. Wisconsin – 98
16. (tie) Duke / North Carolina – 80
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18. Purdue – 69
19. LSU – 51
20. Auburn – 50
21. Minnesota – 44
22. Arizona State – 36
23. UCLA – 35
24. Alabama – 26
25. Virginia Tech – 22
26. Utah – 21
27. South Carolina – 16
28. Southern Illinois – 15
29. Northwestern – 14
30. Penn – 13
31. Washington St – 9
32. (tie) Kansas / Miami (OH) / Notre Dame / Rutgers – 6
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36. (tie) Cincinnati / Florida State – 4
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38. (tie) Akron / Arkansas / Houston / Miami (FL) – 3
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42. Nebraska – 2