2018 NCAA Division II Women’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.
Queens and Drury loaded up with 8 and 4 finalists, respectively, on the final morning of competition at the 2018 NCAA Division II Championships. Queens stuffed the ballot box, as it were, in the 100 free, with 3 up and 3 down, earning 22 potential points more than anticipated. UC San Diego was the biggest winner on Saturday, however. The Tritons’ 400 free relay added 28 points to their psych sheet seedings; they also improved their positioning in the 200 back. Fresno Pacific, Fairmont State, and Drury also landed in positive territory.
Women’s Ups/Downs – Day 4
Note: does not include 1650 freestyle
| Team | Individual Ups | Individual Downs | Relay Ups | Relay Downs | |
| Queens (NC) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Drury | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fresno Pacific | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wingate | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Nova Southeastern | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| UC San Diego | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Carson-Newman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| CSU East Bay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fairmont State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northern Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northern State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sioux Falls | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| West Chester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Western State Colorado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tampa | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lindenwood | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bloomsburg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grand Valley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Indianapolis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| LIU Post | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| McKendree | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| MSU Mankato | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saint Leo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Shippensburg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Simon Fraser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Truman State | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne State | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Women’s 100 Yard Freestyle
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Queens (NC) | 3 | 3 |
| Drury | 2 | 1 |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 1 | 0 |
| Western State Colorado | 1 | 0 |
| Wingate | 1 | 0 |
| Carson-Newman | 0 | 1 |
| Indianapolis | 0 | 1 |
| Saint Leo | 0 | 1 |
| Tampa | 0 | 1 |
Women’s 200 Yard Backstroke
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 1 | 1 |
| Lewis | 1 | 0 |
| Northern Michigan | 1 | 0 |
| Northern State | 1 | 0 |
| Nova Southeastern | 1 | 0 |
| Queens (NC) | 1 | 0 |
| Sioux Falls | 1 | 0 |
| West Chester | 1 | 0 |
| Grand Valley | 0 | 1 |
| LIU Post | 0 | 1 |
| McKendree | 0 | 1 |
| MSU Mankato | 0 | 1 |
| Simon Fraser | 0 | 1 |
| UC San Diego | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne State | 0 | 1 |
Women’s 200 Yard Breaststroke
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Fresno Pacific | 2 | 0 |
| Carson-Newman | 1 | 0 |
| CSU East Bay | 1 | 0 |
| Drury | 1 | 0 |
| Fairmont State | 1 | 0 |
| Queens (NC) | 1 | 0 |
| UC San Diego | 1 | 0 |
| Wingate | 0 | 2 |
| Bloomsburg | 0 | 1 |
| Lindenwood | 0 | 1 |
| Nova Southeastern | 0 | 1 |
| Shippensburg | 0 | 1 |
| Tampa | 0 | 1 |
| Truman State | 0 | 1 |
Women’s 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
| Team | Ups | Downs |
| Drury | 1 | 0 |
| Fresno Pacific | 1 | 0 |
| Lindenwood | 1 | 0 |
| Nova Southeastern | 1 | 0 |
| Queens (NC) | 1 | 0 |
| Tampa | 1 | 0 |
| UC San Diego | 1 | 0 |
| Wingate | 1 | 0 |
| Cal Baptist | 0 | 1 |
| Carson-Newman | 0 | 1 |
| Florida Southern | 0 | 1 |
| MSU Mankato | 0 | 1 |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 0 | 1 |
| Saint Leo | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne State | 0 | 1 |
| West Florida | 0 | 1 |
Projected Standings
Note: Includes 1650 freestyle projections.
| Team | Day 1 Actual | Day 2 Actual | Day 3 Actual | Day 4 Prelims | Final Projected Standings |
| Queens (NC) | 140 | 157 | 131.5 | 158 | 586.5 |
| Drury | 118 | 95 | 87 | 92 | 392 |
| Nova Southeastern | 67 | 94 | 63 | 73 | 297 |
| Fresno Pacific | 46 | 72 | 41 | 73 | 232 |
| Oklahoma Baptist | 69 | 67 | 40 | 43 | 219 |
| Lindenwood | 28 | 74 | 64 | 40 | 206 |
| UC San Diego | 18 | 63 | 65 | 59 | 205 |
| Wingate | 28 | 38 | 60 | 57 | 183 |
| Carson-Newman | 44 | 62 | 28.5 | 32 | 166.5 |
| Cal Baptist | 45 | 21 | 51 | 20 | 137 |
| West Chester | 42 | 27 | 36 | 32 | 137 |
| Tampa | 7 | 48 | 33 | 34 | 122 |
| CSU East Bay | 38 | 46 | 9 | 16 | 109 |
| Grand Valley | 28 | 16 | 27 | 14 | 85 |
| Simon Fraser | 0 | 21 | 57 | 7 | 85 |
| Northern Michigan | 29 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 77 |
| Colorado Mesa | 27 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 71 |
| Florida Southern | 3 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 64 |
| Clarion | 33 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 62 |
| Wayne State | 10 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 50 |
| Sioux Falls | 14 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 47 |
| Saint Leo | 0 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 43 |
| West Florida | 3 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 43 |
| Indianapolis | 19 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 42 |
| Western State Colorado | 7 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 38 |
| Truman State | 4 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 37 |
| Delta State | 0 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| MSU Mankato | 16 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 34 |
| St. Cloud State | 11 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| Bridgeport | 6 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 23 |
| Shippensburg | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Northern State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| LIU Post | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| Fairmont State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Bloomsburg | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| MSU Moorhead | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| CS Mines | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| Azusa Pacific | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| Indiana Univ (PA) | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Findlay | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| McKendree | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Bellarmine | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Saginaw Valley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Missouri St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |