ASU's sprint prowess was on full display this morning as the Sun Devil men took 7 of the 8 spots in tonight's A-final, account for a massive project point gain. Archive photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography
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 three finals heats: the top 8 finishers make the A final, places 9 through 16 the B final and places 17 through 24 the C 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,” “Mids” and “Downs” after each prelims session. “Up” refers to swimmers in the A final, “Mid” to swimmers in the B final and “Down” to swimmers in the C final.
Team Scores Thru Day 1
Women
Men
1. Houston – 170
1. ASU – 128
2. ASU – 168
2. Arizona – 112
3. Arizona – 157
3. BYU/Utah/TCU – 104
4. Utah/BYU/TCU – 150
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6. Cincinnati/WVU – 94
7. Cincinnati – 141
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8. Kansas – 134
9. WVU/Iowa State – 122
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Day 3 Ups/Mids/Downs — Women
Team
All (Projected Points)
500 Free (Projected Points)
200 IM (Projected Points)
50 Free (Projected Points)
Houston
1/5/2 (109)
0/2/1 (31)
1/2/2 (58)
0/1/0 (20)
ASU
12/2/2* (353.5)
5/0/0 (129)
4/2/0 (136)
3/0/2* (88.5)
Arizona
5/3/6* (197.5)
1/0/2 (32)
1/1/1 (51)
3/2/3* (114.5)
Utah
1/2/1 (61)
0/1/0 (12)
0/1/0 (20)
1/0/1 (29)
BYU
2/1/3 (80)
1/0/2 (36)
1/0/1 (68
0/1/0 (12)
TCU
1/5/2 (105)
1/2/1 (60)
0/0/1 (3)
0/3/0 (42)
Cincinnati
1/2/3 (95)
0/0/1 (7)
1/1/0 (39)
1/1/2 (49)
Kansas
0/0/2 (15)
0/0/1 (9)
0/0/1 (6)
0/0/0 (0)
WVU
0/3/1 (48)
0/3/0 (46)
0/0/1 (2)
0/0/0 (0)
Iowa State
0/1/2 (20)
0/0/0 (0)
0/1/1 (15)
0/0/1 (5)
*There was a tie for 24th between ASU’s Iza Adame and Arizona’s Mariam Sheikhalizadehkhanghah with each recording a mark of 23.17 this morning. Swim off to occur between sessions.
Day 3 Ups/Mids/Downs — Men
Team
All (Projected Points)
500 Free (Projected Points)
200 IM (Projected Points)
50 Free (Projected Points)
ASU
15/3/2 (443)
4/1/1 (130)
4/1/0 (118)
7/1/1 (195)
Arizona
2/5/5 (116)
1/2/0 (60)
0/1/0 (17)
1/2/5 (89)
BYU
1/4/1 (90.5)
1/0/1 (30)
0/2/0 (31)
0/2/0 (29.5)
Utah
4/7/5 (210.5)
2/4/2 (99)
2/3/3 (111.5)
0/0/0 (0)
TCU
0/3/6 (67)
0/0/3 (18)
0/1/2 (23)
0/2/1 (26)
Cincinnati
2/1/1 (63.5)
0/1/0 (12)
2/0/1 (51.5)
0/0/0 (0)
WVU
0/1/4 (34.5)
0/0/1 (2)
0/0/2 (10)
0/1/1 (22.5)
Projected Scores after Day 2 (not including diving)
Found link to live evening session at: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/73572355-88f7-4d62-b6fa-3100f21bace0#bucketId=4712
Coach Herbie is doing great as most thought he would. Utah seems to be having a great start to the meet as well.