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.
For the first time in the meet, Queens was shut out of an event. No Royals qualified for the 500 free championship or consolation final. But don’t cry for Queens; they could almost go home tonight and still win the meet. While only placing 2 swimmers in A finals, the Royals led the field with 9 overall finalists, and are still expected to win the team contest by well over 250 points. The race for second place among Indy, Drury, Oklahoma Baptist is heating up. Indy continues to outperform the psych sheet, then outperform their prelims places in finals, which is keeping them in second place for the moment. Missouri S&T (+38) and Simon Fraser (+37) were the big point-winners versus the psych sheet on Friday. McKendree and Southern Connecticut also did better than projected.
Men’s Ups/Downs – Day 3
Note: while the 800 free relay is included here in ups/downs, it is misleading in that it is a timed final, not a prelims/finals race.
| Team | Individual Ups | Individual Downs | Relay Ups | Relay Downs | |
| Drury | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lindenwood | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simon Fraser | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Queens (NC) | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Florida Southern | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wingate | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Indianapolis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Missouri S&T | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wayne State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cal Baptist | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northern Michigan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| McKendree | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Grand Valley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saint Leo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Delta State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Findlay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fresno Pacific | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nova Southeastern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Southern Connecticut | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Catawba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Colorado Mesa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Truman State | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| UC San Diego | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Men’s 500 Yard Freestyle
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Simon Fraser | 3 | 0 |
| Drury | 2 | 1 |
| Indianapolis | 1 | 0 |
| Missouri S&T | 1 | 0 |
| Nova Southeastern | 1 | 0 |
| Florida Southern | 0 | 2 |
| Cal Baptist | 0 | 1 |
| McKendree | 0 | 1 |
| Northern Michigan | 0 | 1 |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 0 | 1 |
| Wingate | 0 | 1 |
Men’s 100 Yard Backstroke
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Queens (NC) | 1 | 3 |
| Northern Michigan | 1 | 1 |
| Delta State | 1 | 0 |
| Florida Southern | 1 | 0 |
| Fresno Pacific | 1 | 0 |
| Grand Valley | 1 | 0 |
| Indianapolis | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne State | 1 | 0 |
| Cal Baptist | 0 | 2 |
| Drury | 0 | 1 |
| Wingate | 0 | 1 |
Men’s 100 Yard Breaststroke
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 1 | 1 |
| Cal Baptist | 1 | 0 |
| Drury | 1 | 0 |
| Florida Southern | 1 | 0 |
| Lindenwood | 1 | 0 |
| Saint Leo | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne State | 1 | 0 |
| Wingate | 1 | 0 |
| Queens (NC) | 0 | 3 |
| Colorado Mesa | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Valley | 0 | 1 |
| Indianapolis | 0 | 1 |
| UC San Diego | 0 | 1 |
Men’s 200 Yard Butterfly
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Lindenwood | 2 | 1 |
| Queens (NC) | 1 | 1 |
| Findlay | 1 | 0 |
| McKendree | 1 | 0 |
| Missouri S&T | 1 | 0 |
| Southern Connecticut | 1 | 0 |
| Wingate | 1 | 0 |
| Cal Baptist | 0 | 1 |
| Catawba | 0 | 1 |
| Drury | 0 | 1 |
| Florida Southern | 0 | 1 |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 0 | 1 |
| Truman State | 0 | 1 |
Men’s 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Cal Baptist | 1 | 0 |
| Drury | 1 | 0 |
| Florida Southern | 1 | 0 |
| Indianapolis | 1 | 0 |
| McKendree | 1 | 0 |
| Queens (NC) | 1 | 0 |
| Saint Leo | 1 | 0 |
| Wingate | 1 | 0 |
| Carson-Newman | 0 | 1 |
| Delta State | 0 | 1 |
| Lindenwood | 0 | 1 |
| Missouri S&T | 0 | 1 |
| Northern Michigan | 0 | 1 |
| Tampa | 0 | 1 |
| UC San Diego | 0 | 1 |
| William Jewell | 0 | 1 |
Projected Standings
Note: Includes 800 free relay projections.
| Team | Day 1 Actual | Day 2 Actual | Day 3 Prelims | Day 4 Psych | Final Projected Standings |
| Queens (NC) | 127 | 169 | 119.5 | 139 | 554.5 |
| Indianapolis | 57 | 104 | 60 | 79 | 300 |
| Cal Baptist | 47 | 107 | 54 | 81 | 289 |
| Drury | 75 | 53 | 92.5 | 66 | 286.5 |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 79 | 71 | 34 | 91 | 275 |
| Florida Southern | 41 | 97 | 76.5 | 29 | 243.5 |
| Wingate | 28 | 72 | 60 | 60 | 220 |
| Delta State | 24 | 59 | 25 | 74 | 182 |
| Fresno Pacific | 64 | 43 | 14 | 17 | 138 |
| Saint Leo | 25 | 26 | 41 | 46 | 138 |
| Lindenwood | 27 | 29 | 61 | 17 | 134 |
| Grand Valley | 8 | 49 | 19.5 | 55 | 131.5 |
| Nova Southeastern | 26 | 20 | 15 | 61 | 122 |
| Colorado Mesa | 8 | 49 | 1 | 60 | 118 |
| Florida Tech | 29 | 35 | 0 | 51 | 115 |
| McKendree | 9 | 35 | 43 | 27 | 114 |
| Northern Michigan | 14 | 26 | 37 | 33 | 110 |
| Wayne State | 31 | 52 | 27 | 0 | 110 |
| Simon Fraser | 25 | 14 | 45 | 17 | 101 |
| Missouri S&T | 20 | 12 | 42 | 24 | 98 |
| UC San Diego | 6 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 45 |
| St. Cloud State | 0 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 33 |
| Truman State | 3 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 32 |
| Tampa | 0 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 31 |
| Clarion | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 24 |
| Findlay | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 23 |
| Carson-Newman | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| Tiffin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Southern Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Henderson State | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| William Jewell | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Catawba | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Bloomsburg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bridgeport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |