2020 ISL Match 5: Shields and Atkinson Are MVPs Following Skins Wins

INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE – MATCH 5

• Friday, October 30th: 3-5pm CET/9-11am U.S. Central
• Saturday, October 30th: 12-2pm CET/6-8am U.S. Central
• Duna Arena – Budapest, Hungary
• Short Course Meters (SCM) format
• ISL Technical Handbook
• 2020 ISL Scoring Format
• 2020 ISL Prize Money and Bonuses
• How To Watch
• Omega Results
• Teams: London Roar/DC Trident/LA Current/Tokyo Frog Kings
• Day 1 Live Recap
• Day 2 Live Recap

TEAM STANDINGS AFTER DAY 2:

1. London Roar: 499 Points
2. LA Current: 478.5 Points
3. Tokyo Frog Kings: 446.5
4. DC Trident: 287.0

Thank you to Barry Revzin for the analysis.

On day 2 of Match 5 of ISL’s 2020 season, the London Roar were able to hold on to their lead from day 1 to pull off the win against LA Current, the Tokyo Frog Kings, and DC Trident. While his team came in second, it was Tom Shields who ranked first in terms of MVP points and cash earned. Following Shields in MVP points was London Roar’s Alia Atkinson and third place was Shields’ teammate Beryl Gastaldello.

For Shields, it’s his first time cracking the top 3 of MVP point standings at a meet this season, finishing 8th at Match 1 and 5th at Match 3. The victory comes

Tom Shields MVP Points

Shields’ MVP win is greatly due to his skins performance. In his first-ever skins race in the ISL, Shields took the top spot in both the first and third rounds and dropped to second in the second round. Ultimately, he defeated the field to win a total of 31 points, counting for 15.5 MVP points. To go along with his race earnings, Shields won the $10,000 MVP bonus bringing his meet total to $27,600.

Coming into the meet, Shields was the league’s highest money-earner who hadn’t won any MVP bonuses.

Second place finisher Beryl Gastaldello has been a star thus far in ISL Season 2. Finishing 9th in MVP rankings at Match 2 and rose to 1st place at match two where she used a decisive skins victory to earn 78 MVP points. At Match 5, without a skins race to win, she was still able to hit third place in earnings but actually earned more MVP points with 53.25.

Beryl Gastaldello

*One point deducted from women’s 4×100 freestyle relay disqualification

Similar to Shields, this was Atkinson’s first time in the top three as she ascended to a third-place MVP ranking in Match 5.

Alia Atkinson MVP Points

Atkinson can attribute the win mainly to her performance in the skins where she won 33 points, adding 16.5 to her MVP tally. She also won the 50 breast and 100 breast individually, along with the 4×100 medley relay.

FULL INDIVIDUAL AWARDS PRIZE MONEY (USD) LIST – MATCH 4 – SORTED BY EARNINGS:

PRIZE MONEY FORMAT

Athletes and relays earn money for top-4 finishes under the following system, which we’ve simplified below:

Prize Money Points

Event Earnings – Regular Season Matches

MVP Bonus in Regular Season Matches

• 1st: 10,000 USD
• 2nd 6,000 USD
• 3rd 4,000 USD

The ISL confirmed to SwimSwam that where relevant, Jackpot swims can also steal prize money.