ACC Championships Day 4 Ups/Mids/Downs

• When: Tuesday, February 15th to Saturday, February 19th Prelims 10:00am | Finals 6:00 pm (Tuesday 11:00am/4:30pm)
• Where: McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta Georgia (Eastern Time Zone)
• Defending Champions
  • Women: University of Virginia (17x) (results)
  • Men: University of Louisville (1x) (results)
• Streaming: ACC Network
  • Tuesday (prelims/finals)
  • Wednesday (prelims/finals)
  • Thursday (prelims/finals)
  • Friday (prelims/finals)
  • Saturday (prelims/1650s/finals)
• Championship Central: Here
• Psych Sheets: Here
• 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, 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.

SCORES THRU DAY 3

Women

1. Virginia – 790.5
2. NC State – 690
3. Louisville – 547.5
4. Duke – 425
5. North Carolina – 365
6. Virginia Tech – 356
7. Notre Dame – 340
8. Miami (FL) – 273
9. Florida State – 268
10. Georgia Tech – 211
11. Pitt – 175
12. Boston College – 104

Men

1. NC State – 843.5
2. Louisville – 634.5
3. Virginia Tech – 561
4. Virginia – 487
5. Georgia Tech – 382.5
6. Florida State – 344
7. North Carolina – 332
8. Notre Dame – 212
9. Pittsburgh – 202
10. Duke – 187
11. Boston College – 115.5
12. Miami (FL) – 57

On the women’s side, the race was tight between Virginia and NC State going into day 3, but after day 4, Virginia has taken a solid lead. The Cavaliers expanded their lead from six to 100.5 from day 3 to day 4. 

NC State put the most swimmers into tonight’s finals, as well as the most into the A finals. Based on the scored prelims, NC State has the potential to shrink the gap again between them and Virginia.

Although Duke had a solid lead for fourth place after day three, UNC had a strong morning and are projected to shrink that gap to only two points.

Day 4 Ups/Mids/Downs- Women

Credit to Andrew Mering for running the numbers.

Swim-Off Results:

• There is a swim-off required for the 100 breaststroke as Duke’s Catherine Belyakov and Georgia Tech’s Claudia Butterfield tied for 24th in a time of 1:02.15. Both are currently considered in the “downs” part as the results of the swim-off have not been posted

Scored Prelims

Scored Prelims Day 4 + Day 3 Scores

On the men’s side, NC State holds a commanding lead over Louisville through day three. Based on their prelims swims, they look to at least have the potential to hold that lead, or expand on it slightly. Both the top two teams placed the same number of swimmers into the A final. The biggest difference is that NC State has four in the B final whereas Louisville has 2 in the B and 2 in the C. 

Virginia Tech and Virginia have been in a battle for third place, but based on the scored prelims, Virginia Tech looks to slightly expand on their lead.

The Pitt men had a big morning placing two swimmers into the A final of the 100 breast. They are currently projected to jump ahead of Notre Dame for eighth place.

Day 4 Ups/Mids/Downs- Men

Scored Prelims

Scored Prelims Day 4 + Day 3 Scores