Division III Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 16-19, 2016
- Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Prelims 10 AM, Finals 6 PM – U.S. Eastern Time Zone (GMT -4 currently)
- Event schedule
- Meet program
- Real-time results – diving
- Real-time results – swimming
- Video link
- Championship Central
Women’s Ups/Downs
It had always been projected that the battle for first place would be between Kenyon and Emory, that Williams and Denison would fight for third and fourth, and that there would be a huge drop to the next tier where MIT, Amherst, Wash U, and Wisconsin-Eau Claire, among others, would be vying for position. The first morning gave us a few interesting twists on this story as Kenyon and Williams picked up important points that could change these key races. Kenyon, in particular, narrowed the projected gap with Emory from 75 to 57.5 points, thanks to outscoring the projections by 3, 18, and 24 points in the 500 free, 200 IM, and 50 free, respectively. Williams outperformed in the 500 free, 200 IM and medley relay.
Below are the Ups (“A” finalists) / Downs (“B” finalists) for Day 1:
| Team | 500fr | 200im | 50fr | 200MR | Day 1 Indiv Totals | Day 1 Relay Totals |
| Kenyon College | 2/1 | 2/0 | 2/0 | 1/0 | 6/1 | 1/0 |
| Emory University | 1/2 | 1/1 | 2/1 | 1/0 | 4/4 | 1/0 |
| Denison University | 2/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 3/0 | 1/0 |
| Williams College | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 2/2 | 1/0 |
| Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 2/0 | 0/1 |
| Bates College | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 |
| Amherst College | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 |
| Connecticut College | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| DePauw University | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Keene State | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Middlebury College | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Mass Institute of Technology | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/1 |
| Washington University (MO) | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/1 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| St. Thomas | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| New York University | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
| Pomona-Pitzer | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| University of Mary Washington | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Mount Holyoke College | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Luther College | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Calvin College | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Washington & Lee University | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| University of Redlands | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Wheaton Illinois | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| University of Chicago | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Kalamazoo College | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| 8/8 | 8/8 | 8/8 | 8/8 | 24/24 | 8/8 |
| Team | Day 1 Prelims | Day 1 Psych | Diff | Projected Day 4 Finish |
| Kenyon College | 116 | 71 | 45 | 449 |
| Emory University | 113.5 | 86 | 27.5 | 506.5 |
| Williams College | 81 | 64 | 17 | 382 |
| Denison University | 77 | 104 | -27 | 357 |
| Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 45.5 | 32 | 13.5 | 139.5 |
| Amherst College | 41 | 52 | -11 | 138 |
| New York University | 37 | 27 | 10 | 150 |
| Bates College | 33 | 27 | 6 | 83 |
| Pomona-Pitzer | 26 | 15 | 11 | 44 |
| Wheaton Illinois | 26 | 12 | 14 | 146 |
| MIT | 24 | 25 | -1 | 162 |
| St. Thomas | 20 | 20 | 0 | 90 |
| Washington University (MO) | 18 | 31 | -13 | 128 |
| DePauw University | 16 | 20 | -4 | 64 |
| Middlebury College | 15 | 11 | 4 | 37 |
| Connecticut College | 14 | 15 | -1 | 63 |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | 13 | 18 | -5 | 31 |
| Keene State | 12 | 30 | -18 | 15 |
| University of Chicago | 10 | 26 | -16 | 90 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 7 | 19 | -12 | 67 |
Men’s Ups/Downs
Day 1 prelims gave us a glimpse of what is to come, with Kenyon and Denison trading hits and misses. Denison didn’t do as well as expected in the freestyle events but had a better-than-expected 200 IM and stacked the A final in 3-meter diving. Kenyon improved on its seedings in the 500 free and 200 IM but slipped a little in the relay – which may or may not mean anything until finals. Still the projected margin between the two teams has narrowed considerably, and in Kenyon’s favor.
Other strong morning performances came from Claremont-McKenna-Scripps, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Williams, and DePauw.
Below are the Ups (“A” finalists) / Downs (“B” finalists) for Day 1:
| Team | 500fr | 200im | 50fr | 3mtr | 200MR | Day 1 Indiv Totals | Day 1 Relay Totals |
| Denison University | 1/2 | 2/1 | 0/1 | 3/0 | 1/0 | 6/4 | 1/0 |
| Kenyon College | 1/0 | 2/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 4/3 | 1/0 |
| Emory University | 2/0 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 4/2 | 1/0 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 2/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 3/1 | 1/0 |
| Mass Institute of Technology | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 2/0 | 1/0 |
| Rowan University | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 |
| Whitworth University | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 |
| DePauw University | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| SUNY Fredonia | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| Washington University (MO) | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 |
| University of Chicago | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/1 |
| New York University | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/1 |
| St. Lawrence | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Buffalo State College | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| SUNY Geneseo | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Tufts University | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| U.S. Merchant Marine Academy | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Washington & Lee University | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/1 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Williams College | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/2 | 1/0 |
| Calvin College | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| The College of New Jersey | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
| Connecticut College | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Case Western Reserve | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Gettysburg College | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Lake Forest College | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Bowdoin College | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Birmingham-Southern College | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Pomona-Pitzer | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| St. Olaf | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Union College (NY) | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Widener University | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Wheaton College (IL) | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| 8/8 | 8/8 | 8/8 | 8/8 | 8/8 | 24/24 | 8/8 |
| Team | Day 1 Prelims | Day 1 Psych | Diff | Projected Day 4 Finish |
| Denison University | 141 | 146 | -5 | 404 |
| Kenyon College | 106.5 | 107 | -0.5 | 397.5 |
| Emory University | 104 | 96 | 8 | 313 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 84 | 64 | 20 | 266 |
| Williams College | 52 | 40 | 12 | 175 |
| Mass Institute of Technology | 46 | 13 | 33 | 209 |
| The College of New Jersey | 36 | 29 | 7 | 97 |
| Washington University (MO) | 35 | 46 | -11 | 182 |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 26.5 | 9 | 17.5 | 112.5 |
| Rowan University | 26.5 | 40 | -13.5 | 106.5 |
| SUNY Fredonia | 20 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Whitworth University | 19 | 22 | -3 | 52 |
| New York University | 17 | 19 | -2 | 107 |
| Washington & Lee University | 16.5 | 20 | -3.5 | 50.5 |
| Calvin College | 16 | 22 | -6 | 102 |
| University of Chicago | 16 | 21 | -5 | 101 |
| SUNY Geneseo | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 14 | 5 | 9 | 21 |
| DePauw University | 14 | 4 | 10 | 45 |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | 14 | 14 | 0 | 53 |
My guess is you don’t know Jack.
In the men’s 500 watch out for Conover–looks like he shut it down in prelims– he might have more left to give than Baker Greenhalgh.
In the men’s 2 IM– I am guessing Holder takes Lindell in finals for a new record. Holder shut it down the 2nd hundred, and his breastroke/free are better than Lindell’s. Watch Manz to move up to 3rd– he shut it down in prelims too.
My predictions exactly. I see Lindell AND Holder breaking this morning’s barrier, but also see Holder taking the win. But I could be wrong.