2018 WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 14th – Saturday, March 17th
- McCorkle Aquatic Pavillion — Columbus, OH
- Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM (Eastern Time)
- Defending Champion: Stanford (1x) (results)
- Live stream: Wednesday/Thursday Prelims & Finals, Friday/Saturday Prelims / Friday/Saturday finals on ESPNU
- Championship Central
- Event-by-Event Previews
- Psych Sheet
- Live Results
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 Up/Downs, Day 3 Up/Downs
Day 2 Finals Scoring Analysis, Day 3 Finals Scoring Analysis
Diving prelims have not concluded yet, so they aren’t included in the numbers below.
Day 4 Up/Downs
For the first time all meet, someone other than Stanford has the most swimmers in A finals tonight. Texas A&M lead the way with 6. They are highlighted by a meet high 4 swimmers in the 200 breast final. Stanford still have the most night swims with 4 up and 4 down.
Individual | Relays | 200 Back | 100 Free | 200 Breast | 200 Fly | 400 Free Relay | |
Texas A&M | 6/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 4/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
Stanford | 4/4 | 1/0 | 1/2 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 2/1 | 1/0 |
California | 4/2 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 2/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/0 |
Michigan | 4/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 |
Kentucky | 3/2 | 0/0 | 2/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Louisville | 2/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 |
Georgia | 2/1 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 |
USC | 2/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 2/0 | 0/1 |
Tennessee | 1/3 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
Auburn | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
Wisconsin | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Minnesota | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Indiana | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Virginia | 0/4 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
Texas | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
NC State | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
Missouri | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
North Carolina | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Arizona St | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Akron | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
South Carolina | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Eastern Michigan | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
West Virginia | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Virginia Tech | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Ohio State | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
Alabama | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
Notre Dame | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
Day 4 Points
Despite Texas A&M’s 6 up, Stanford still lead the morning points scored out as seeded. This doesn’t contain diving (not done yet) or the mile (no prelims). Louisville had the best morning against the psych sheet, picking up 18.5 points. USC dropped the most, losing 22
Day 4 Points | Day 4 Psych Points | Difference | Day 4 Prelim Points + Days 1,2,3 Real Points | |
Stanford | 122 | 132 | -10 | 536 |
Texas A&M | 103 | 112 | -9 | 289 |
California | 96.5 | 88 | 8.5 | 364.5 |
Michigan | 87.5 | 82.5 | 5 | 237.5 |
Louisville | 71.5 | 53 | 18.5 | 239.5 |
Kentucky | 53 | 40.5 | 12.5 | 94 |
Georgia | 53 | 39 | 14 | 135 |
Tennessee | 46 | 42 | 4 | 183.5 |
Virginia | 44.5 | 49 | -4.5 | 150.5 |
Southern Cali | 42 | 64 | -22 | 125 |
Auburn | 40 | 43 | -3 | 91.5 |
Texas | 33 | 40 | -7 | 204 |
Wisconsin | 20 | 26 | -6 | 82 |
Indiana | 20 | 24 | -4 | 144 |
NC State | 15 | 0 | 15 | 52 |
Minnesota | 14 | 12 | 2 | 148 |
Ohio State | 12 | 25 | -13 | 0 |
Notre Dame | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Missouri | 9 | 17 | -8 | 81 |
Arizona St | 7 | 5 | 2 | 34 |
Virginia Tech | 6 | 0 | 6 | 17 |
Akron | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
West Virginia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
South Carolina | 4 | 0 | 4 | 48 |
Alabama | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
UNC | 3 | 17 | -14 | 28 |
Eastern Michigan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
Arizona | 0 | 6 | -6 | 45 |
Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Penn St | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Florida St | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
UCLA | 0 | 6 | -6 | 15 |
Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
LSU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Miami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Nevada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Arkansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Hawaii | 0 | 1 | -1 | 12 |
Duke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Miami Ohio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Day 4 Event Scores
The highest scoring single event is Texas A&M in the 200 breast with 56 projected points. Next is Stanford in the 200 fly with 40, Kentucky in the 200 back with 36, and USC in the 200 fly with 25.
200 Back | 100 Free | 200 Breast | 200 Fly | 400 Free Relay | |
Stanford | 24 | 17 | 1 | 40 | 40 |
Texas A&M | 11 | 12 | 56 | 2 | 22 |
California | 17 | 27 | 0 | 18.5 | 34 |
Michigan | 13 | 20.5 | 13 | 11 | 30 |
Louisville | 0 | 20 | 5 | 14.5 | 32 |
Georgia | 12 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 18 |
Kentucky | 36 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Tennessee | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
Virginia | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 9 | 28 |
USC | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 8 |
Auburn | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Texas | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Indiana | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Wisconsin | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NC State | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Missouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
Arizona St | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Akron | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
North Carolina | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eastern Michigan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Michigan, Texas, and Louisville in a great battle for 4-6th.
Don’t forget Stanford has 3 swimmers in the last “swim with finals” heat of the 1650 Free.
Bowman, Salo, Bauerle; I’m not impressed