2018 WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 14th – Saturday, March 17th
- McCorkle Aquatic Pavillion — Columbus, OH
- Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM (Eastern Time)
- Defending Champion: Stanford (1x) (results)
- Live stream: Wednesday/Thursday Prelims & Finals, Friday/Saturday Prelims / Friday/Saturday finals on ESPNU
- Championship Central
- Event-by-Event Previews
- Psych Sheet
- 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 at the NCAA National Championships, swimmers and divers 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, or score the most diving points, 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, “Down” to swimmers in the B final.
Diving prelims have not concluded yet, so they aren’t included in the numbers below.
Day 3 Up/Downs
Stanford’s streak of winning every event will come to an end tonight as they didn’t put someone in every final. The do have the most individual A finalists with 8 and the most B finalist with 4, so their overall lead should remain unchallenged. Cal have the second most A finals swims with 6.
| Individual | Relays | 400 IM | 100 Fly | 200 Free | 100 Breast | 100 Back | 200 Medley Relay | 3 mtr Diving | |
| Stanford | 9/4 | 1/0 | 3/1 | 1/1 | 2/0 | 0/2 | 2/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 |
| California | 6/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 2/0 | 2/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Texas A&M | 4/2 | 1/0 | 2/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Indiana | 3/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 |
| Missouri | 3/1 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Texas | 2/3 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/1 |
| Minnesota | 2/3 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 1/1 |
| Louisville | 2/2 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Michigan | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Ohio St | 2/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Tennessee | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Southern Cali | 1/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| NC State | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Virginia | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| South Carolina | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Arkansas | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 |
| Wisconsin | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Arizona St | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Purdue | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Hawaii | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Eastern Michigan | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Miami Ohio | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Nevada | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Georgia | 0/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Auburn | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Florida St | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| UCLA | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Florida | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Virginia Tech | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Alabama | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Denver | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Duke | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Kentucky | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| LSU | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Northwestern | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
Day 3 Points
Stanford led the morning with 172.5 projected swimming points tonight. The best morning vs psych sheet seeds belonged to Louisville who gained 39 points. Tennessee dropped the most vs seed losing 27.5.
| Scored Prelim Day 3 Points | Psych Sheet Day 3 Points | Difference | Scored Prelims+Actual Day 1&2 Score | |
| Stanford | 172.5 | 165 | 7.5 | 383.5 |
| California | 125 | 113 | 12 | 272 |
| Texas A&M | 98 | 107 | -9 | 187 |
| Indiana | 78 | 72 | 6 | 124 |
| Louisville | 69 | 30 | 39 | 168 |
| Southern Cali | 55 | 62.5 | -7.5 | 85 |
| Missouri | 54 | 38 | 16 | 69 |
| Minnesota | 49 | 60 | -11 | 119 |
| Michigan | 45 | 61 | -16 | 146 |
| Texas | 42 | 18 | 24 | 151 |
| Ohio St | 34 | 33 | 1 | 74 |
| Wisconsin | 30 | 38 | -8 | 63 |
| NC State | 30 | 38 | -8 | 48 |
| Tennessee | 29 | 56.5 | -27.5 | 137.5 |
| Virginia | 23.5 | 34 | -10.5 | 109.5 |
| Virginia Tech | 22 | 23 | -1 | 26 |
| Georgia | 19.5 | 21 | -1.5 | 64.5 |
| Auburn | 18.5 | 35 | -16.5 | 53 |
| Eastern Michigan | 17 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| Purdue | 13 | 0 | 13 | 31 |
| Arizona St | 12 | 11 | 1 | 26 |
| Alabama | 12 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| Hawaii | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Denver | 9 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| South Carolina | 6 | 6.5 | -0.5 | 29 |
| Florida | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| UCLA | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Florida St | 1.5 | 7.5 | -6 | 1.5 |
| Duke | 1.5 | 4 | -2.5 | 1.5 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 19 | -18 | 33 |
| UNC | 0 | 3 | -3 | 25 |
| Penn St | 0 | 3 | -3 | 9 |
Day 3 Event Scores
The highest single event score belongs to Stanford with 58 in the 400 IM. Next is Michigan in the 200 free and Stanford in the 100 back each with 31. Then it’s Cal in the 100 fly with 30.
| 400 IM | 100 Fly | 200 Free | 100 Breast | 100 Back | 200 Medley Relay | 3 mtr Diving | |
| Stanford | 58 | 20 | 28.5 | 3 | 31 | 32 | 11 |
| California | 11 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 34 | 0 |
| Texas A&M | 28 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 26 | 0 |
| Indiana | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 40 | 12 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 20 |
| Louisville | 0 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 0 |
| Texas | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 17 |
| Southern Cali | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Missouri | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 0 |
| Michigan | 0 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio St | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| NC State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 3 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Virginia | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Virginia Tech | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Georgia | 0 | 8.5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Auburn | 0 | 12.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nevada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Miami Ohio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona St | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| UCLA | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Denver | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| LSU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Florida St | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Duke | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
With 3m boards prelims complete, layer on this to the above: Texas 1/1, Minnesota 1/1, Stanford 1/0, Indiana 1/0. Stanford picks up another 11 points at minimum.