Official Psych Sheets Released For 2024 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships

2024 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

The official psych sheets for the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships have dropped, with cutlines, eligible relays and an alternates list also released as we descend on the marquee meet on the men’s collegiate calendar at the end of this month.

The competition will run from March 27-30 at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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SwimSwam’s projected cutline on Tuesday was one spot into row 31, but came with the caveat that NC State had 19 swimmers fast enough for an invite but would need to drop one to get under the roster cap of 18.

The Wolfpack have dropped JT Ewing from their NCAA roster, which moves yesterday’s projected first alternate Josh Zuchowski of Stanford into the meet. Ewing having been entered in the 200 back jumps Zuchowski up one spot into 30th on the psych sheets.

Also as a result of the Ewing scratch, ASU’s Jack Wadsworth, Cal’s Ziyad Saleem and Harvard’s Anthony Rincón are now the top three alternates (in that order) after they were projected to be 8th, 9th and 10th yesterday. This is because they were all tied for the 32nd seed in the 200 back and are now tied for 31st.

NC State was the only team that had a decision to make regarding entry cap with 19 on the pre-scratch psych sheets yesterday, as Arizona State (17) and Florida (16) were the only other two schools within range of the 18-swimmer roster limit, with potential diving additions to be considered soon.

If there end up being scratches, ASU’s Wadsworth will get the nod. Although he’s tied with Saleem and Rincón in the 200 back, Wadsworth has the highest rank in a second event (44th in 100 back).

OFFICIAL ALTERNATES LIST

  1. Jack Wadsworth (Arizona State) – 200 back, 1:40.64
  2. Ziyad Saleem (Cal) – 200 back, 1:40.64
  3. Anthony Rincón (Harvard) – 200 back, 1:40.64
  4. Christian Bart (Oakland) – 100 breast, 51.90
  5. Rafael Ponce De Leon (Tennessee) – 500 free, 4:14.93
  6. Hank Rivers (Cal) – 200 breast, 1:53.13
  7. Danny Berlitz (WVU) – 400 IM, 3:43.02
  8. Brady Samuels (Purdue) – 100 back, 45.57
  9. Carl Bloebaum (VA Tech) – 200 fly, 1:42.16
  10. Joey Garberick (Ball State) – 100 breast, 51.93

Arizona State holds the top seed in two-thirds of the events (12/18), while Florida is the only other team with multiple #1 rankings at three.

TOP SEEDS BY EVENT

  • 200 medley relay – Arizona State, 1:20.55
  • 800 free relay – Arizona State, 6:06.14
  • 500 free – Leon Marchand (Arizona State), 4:06.18
  • 200 IM – Hubert Kos (Arizona State), 1:38.77
  • 50 free – Jordan Crooks (Tennessee), 17.99
  • 200 free relay – Florida, 1:14.36
  • 400 IM – Leon Marchand (Arizona State), 3:34.66
  • 100 fly – Josh Liendo (Florida), 43.89
  • 200 free – Macguire McDuff (Florida), 1:30.64
  • 100 breast – Noah Nichols (Virginia) / Liam Bell (Cal), 50.89
  • 100 back – Hubert Kos (Arizona State), 43.75
  • 400 medley relay – Arizona State, 2:58.49
  • 1650 free – Zalan Sarkany (Arizona State), 14:23.01
  • 200 back – Hubert Kos (Arizona State), 1:35.69
  • 100 free – Chris Guiliano (Notre Dame), 40.62
  • 200 breast – Leon Marchand (Arizona State), 1:48.60
  • 200 fly – Ilya Kharun (Arizona State), 1:37.93
  • 400 free relay – Arizona State, 2:44.23

Selection process

1. 35 of the men’s spots and 41 of the women’s spots are set aside for divers, who qualify for the meet at zone competitions closer the NCAA Championships. That leaves 235 men’s spots and 281 for the women.

2. Every ‘A’ cut put up this season is added.

3. The next fastest swimmers in each event are added until every event has the same number of entries. For example, if the 50 free were to have the most ‘A’ cuts of any event with 10, then every other event would get swimmers with the top 10 fastest times in.

4. Finally, one entry is added to each event to keep the entries per event even. This process is repeated until all of the swimming spots (235 for men, 281 for women) are filled. Keep in mind that as more rows are added, swimmers will start to double and triple up. The #1 seed in the 200 back might be the #15 seed in the 100 back – as the 15th row of swimmers is added to each event, she’ll be added to the 100 back list, but won’t take up another one of the 281 invite spots, as she already has her official invite.

5. The final row of swimmers added won’t come out exactly even. In the final row, the swimmers with entry times closest to the NCAA ‘A’ cut will get added first, and when the 235th man or 281st woman is added, the process stops. So the 100 fly could have 38 women and the 200 fly 39 women – that would mean the 39th 200 flyer was closer to the NCAA ‘A’ cut than the 39th 100 flyer and therefore won the ‘tie-breaker’ for the final spot.

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Joe
6 months ago

Anyone up to score out the psych sheet? Curious how much ASU is up by

snailSpace
Reply to  Joe
6 months ago

By around a 100 points up on Florida, ~250 points up on Cal if the Swimulator is to be believed.

Old Swim Guy
6 months ago

When is the cutoff for inviting alternates?

Admin
Reply to  Old Swim Guy
6 months ago

It’s not stated explicitly, but rules seem to indicate ‘start of the meet’.

Long Strokes
6 months ago

Luke Hobson misses out on the 500FR 💀

snailSpace
Reply to  Long Strokes
6 months ago

He has the invite in the 200 free and I’m pretty sure he has the B cut in the 500 so I don’t think so.

jp input is too short
Reply to  snailSpace
6 months ago

Yeah, he’s 37 seed.

Gotta luv 'em
Reply to  jp input is too short
6 months ago

Seeded 37, yet I’d consider him co-favorite with Leon.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Why is garberick listed on the alternate list but not the cut line list?

jp input is too short
Reply to  Anonymous
6 months ago

People below the cut line on the psych sheet were selected in a different event and that’s one of their other B cuts. Garberick won’t show up on the psych sheet because he hasn’t been selected.

Fast and Furious
6 months ago

Looks like Indiana are using Tomer Frankel on all 5 relays

Wethorn
6 months ago

I think the Texas men qualified 6 divers for 12 entries.

Pescatarian
Reply to  Wethorn
6 months ago

The Eddie sunset tour went on two years too long.

Old Swim Coach
Reply to  Pescatarian
6 months ago

They are in a down phase, comparatively speaking, but they have plenty of talent to work with. In recruiting, next year’s class is phenomenal, maybe better than this year’s group. Not sure why people count them out when all they’ve done is outperform everyone’s expectations.

mds
6 months ago

What a sport/selection process.

NC State traveled to ASU to open its dual meet season on 10/20/23. Redshirt-Freshman J.T. Ewing led through the early stages of the 200 back, holding a 1:14.41 – 1:14.96 lead at the 150 over Hubi Kos, who was recently returned from the Fukuoka Worlds with the Gold Medal in the LCM version of the event. In a great early season battle, Kos came home in :25.15 for a 1:40.11 win, while Ewing fought home in:25.80 for a PB and eventual Invited Time at 1:40.21. This certainly seemed an excellent early staging point for J.T.’s college career.

Fast forward 5 months and NC State has 19 invited men and J.T. is the odd man out.… Read more »

Breezeway
Reply to  mds
6 months ago

And that was before the Spring enrollment of Daniel Diehl

mds
Reply to  mds
6 months ago

Not only is the loss of a meet slot sad due to his team being too good for the rules of the game (19 swimmers with invited times), but it is just getting so fast and SO CLOSE that it is amazing and feels vaguely unsettling.

In the Men’s 100 Breaststroke, Noah Nichols, VA, and Liam Bell, Cal, tied for the top seed time at :50.89. The Invited Time(:51.89) is exactly 1 second off the #1 time. ASU had an athlete at :51.99, 1.10 seconds off the Bell/Nichols nation leading time, yet on the pre-selection psych sheet he was on line 36, 6 lines/athletes away from the promised land. Cal alone was represented on two of those six lines by… Read more »

Friuti
Reply to  mds
6 months ago

I’d sooner say the top times in the 100 BR were pretty weak relatively speaking.

Pescatarian
Reply to  mds
6 months ago

And your point other than bashing NC state? JT was sick last year and made a great comeback. He just didn’t improve at the conference level and may be sick etc. NCSU is stacked. Probably a top 3 team.

Gotta luv 'em
Reply to  Pescatarian
6 months ago

In no sense intended to bash NC State. I wish them well based on performance quality. It is to “bash” the selection process which limits reward based on quality of performance.

tsd23
6 months ago

What ever happened with Jake Newmark from Wisconsin?

bigNowhere
Reply to  tsd23
6 months ago

He swam at big-10s but didn’t swim his normal events. I don’t have any inside information, but I am guessing he was either sick or had an injury.

swimmer
Reply to  tsd23
6 months ago

he’s been dealing with chronic illnesses this year. Wishing him good health as he’s an incredibly talented swimmer and a hard worker

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James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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