2019 NAIA Women’s Nationals – Day 3 Ups/Downs

2019 NAIA National Championships – Women’s Meet

• Dates: Wednesday, February 27 – Saturday, March 2; prelims 9 am, finals 5 pm
• Location: Columbus Aquatic Center, Columbus, Georgia (Eastern Time Zone)
• Defending Champions: Keiser University (results)
• Psych Sheets: Available here
• Fan Guides: Available here
• Live Results: Available here
• Live Video: Available here
• Championship Central

Day Three

Indiana Wesleyan, The College of Idaho, Milligan, Loyola New Orleans, and Lindenwood-Belleville all had strong mornings, outperforming the psych sheet by double digits. Olivet Nazarene was hurt by a relay DQ, and Keiser had several A-final misses, while defending champion SCAD Savannah did better than expected in every event but the 100 fly.

Ups/Downs

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, swimmers qualify for one of two finals heats: the top 8 finishers make the A final, while places 9 through 16 go through to 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 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 and “Down” to swimmers in the B final.

By Event – Day 3

Projected Team Scores