2018 NCAA Division II Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships
- Dates: Wednesday, March 14 – Saturday, March 17
- Swimming: prelims 10am, finals 6pm; Diving: 2pm
- Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina (Eastern Time Zone)
- Defending Champions: Queens (results)
- Psych Sheet
- Video
- Live Results
- Championship Central
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.
Day 2 was difficult for several teams, especially those who suffered relay DQs. But a championship meet is a zero-sum game and on the other side there are big winners. Wayne State picked up 23 points over its seedings on Thursday. Northern Michigan was up 21, Florida Southern 15, and UIndy 13. The biggest winner, though, was Cal Baptist, gaining 45 points over the psych sheet. Furthermore, there is now a tight battle for second place in the team standings among Cal Baptist, Drury, Indy, and Oklahoma Baptist.
Men’s Ups/Downs – Day 2
| Team | Individual Ups | Individual Downs | Relay Ups | Relay Downs | |
| Queens (NC) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Cal Baptist | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Drury | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Indianapolis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Colorado Mesa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| McKendree | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Truman State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Delta State | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lindenwood | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Florida Southern | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wingate | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Nova Southeastern | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| St. Cloud State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wayne State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Clarion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Simon Fraser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fresno Pacific | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Grand Valley | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Northern Michigan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tampa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Findlay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Missouri S&T | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| William Jewell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Florida Tech | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| UC San Diego | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Men’s 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Cal Baptist | 1 | 0 |
| Delta State | 1 | 0 |
| Florida Southern | 1 | 0 |
| Florida Tech | 1 | 0 |
| Fresno Pacific | 1 | 0 |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 1 | 0 |
| Queens (NC) | 1 | 0 |
| Wingate | 1 | 0 |
| Bloomsburg | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Valley | 0 | 1 |
| Henderson State | 0 | 1 |
| Indianapolis | 0 | 1 |
| Lindenwood | 0 | 1 |
| Nova Southeastern | 0 | 1 |
| Saint Leo | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne State | 0 | 1 |
Men’s 400 Yard Individual Medley
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Cal Baptist | 1 | 1 |
| Florida Southern | 1 | 1 |
| Lindenwood | 1 | 1 |
| Queens (NC) | 1 | 1 |
| Drury | 1 | 0 |
| Simon Fraser | 1 | 0 |
| Truman State | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne State | 1 | 0 |
| Indianapolis | 0 | 1 |
| Northern Michigan | 0 | 1 |
| Nova Southeastern | 0 | 1 |
| Tampa | 0 | 1 |
Men’s 100 Yard Butterfly
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Queens (NC) | 2 | 1 |
| Wingate | 1 | 1 |
| Delta State | 1 | 0 |
| Drury | 1 | 0 |
| Fresno Pacific | 1 | 0 |
| McKendree | 1 | 0 |
| Nova Southeastern | 1 | 0 |
| Findlay | 0 | 1 |
| Florida Tech | 0 | 1 |
| Lindenwood | 0 | 1 |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 0 | 1 |
| UC San Diego | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne State | 0 | 1 |
Men’s 200 Yard Freestyle
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Cal Baptist | 2 | 0 |
| Queens (NC) | 2 | 0 |
| Drury | 1 | 1 |
| McKendree | 1 | 1 |
| Indianapolis | 1 | 0 |
| Truman State | 1 | 0 |
| Delta State | 0 | 1 |
| Florida Southern | 0 | 1 |
| Missouri S&T | 0 | 1 |
| Tampa | 0 | 1 |
| William Jewell | 0 | 1 |
| Wingate | 0 | 1 |
Men’s 1-Meter Diving
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Colorado Mesa | 2 | 1 |
| Indianapolis | 2 | 0 |
| Cal Baptist | 1 | 1 |
| St. Cloud State | 1 | 1 |
| Clarion | 1 | 0 |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 1 | 0 |
| Grand Valley | 0 | 3 |
| Delta State | 0 | 1 |
| Northern Michigan | 0 | 1 |
Men’s 400 Yard Medley Relay
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Cal Baptist | 1 | 0 |
| Florida Southern | 1 | 0 |
| Indianapolis | 1 | 0 |
| Lindenwood | 1 | 0 |
| Queens (NC) | 1 | 0 |
| UC San Diego | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne State | 1 | 0 |
| Wingate | 1 | 0 |
| Colorado Mesa | 0 | 1 |
| Delta State | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Valley | 0 | 1 |
| Henderson State | 0 | 1 |
| Missouri S&T | 0 | 1 |
| Northern Michigan | 0 | 1 |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 0 | 1 |
| Saint Leo | 0 | 1 |
Projected Standings
| Team | Day 1 Actual | Day 2 Prelims | Day 3 Psych | Day 4 Psych | Final Projected Standings |
| Queens (NC) | 127 | 160 | 146 | 139 | 572 |
| Cal Baptist | 51 | 118 | 46 | 81 | 296 |
| Drury | 71 | 49 | 96 | 66 | 282 |
| Indianapolis | 57 | 93 | 47 | 79 | 276 |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 77 | 72 | 33 | 91 | 273 |
| Florida Southern | 39 | 87 | 81 | 29 | 236 |
| Wingate | 28 | 82 | 63 | 60 | 233 |
| Delta State | 18 | 68 | 29 | 74 | 189 |
| Nova Southeastern | 26 | 30 | 48 | 61 | 165 |
| Lindenwood | 27 | 55 | 59 | 17 | 158 |
| Colorado Mesa | 10 | 51 | 31 | 60 | 152 |
| Fresno Pacific | 66 | 35 | 16 | 17 | 134 |
| Grand Valley | 14 | 33 | 27 | 55 | 129 |
| Saint Leo | 25 | 12 | 46 | 46 | 129 |
| Wayne State | 31 | 60 | 22 | 0 | 113 |
| Florida Tech | 25 | 30 | 0 | 51 | 106 |
| McKendree | 9 | 34 | 33 | 27 | 103 |
| Northern Michigan | 14 | 25 | 27 | 33 | 99 |
| Simon Fraser | 25 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 70 |
| Missouri S&T | 20 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 59 |
| UC San Diego | 10 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 52 |
| Tampa | 0 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 44 |
| Truman State | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| St. Cloud State | 0 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 32 |
| Clarion | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 24 |
| Findlay | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| Tiffin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Henderson State | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Bridgeport | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Carson-Newman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Saginaw Valley | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| William Jewell | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Bloomsburg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Catawba | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |