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2022 M NCAAs: Official SwimSwam Pick’em Contest Response Breakdown

2022 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 2022 Men’s NCAA DI Swimming & Diving Championships will be underway in just a few hours. Before the action kicks off tonight in Atlanta, let’s take a moment to examine the results from the Official SwimSwam Pick’em contest.

Right off the bat, we have an interesting result. The first event of the meet, the 200 medley relay, shows our Pick’em contestants selecting Texas as the favorites. It’s certainly not an out of the blue pick, but the Longhorns are the 4th seed. Of course, a wrench was thrown into the event with the news that Louisville’s Abdelrahman Elaraby, a member of the 2021 title winning relay, has scratched the meet. That hurts Louisville’s chances in the meet.

Our readers also overwhelmingly selected Kieran Smith to win the 500 free. Smith is the NCAA record holder, bit didn’t win the event last year. Defending champion Jake Magahey isn’t the 2nd most popular pick either, those honors went to top seed Matt Sates.

The highest share of votes went to Bobby Finke winning the 1650 free on Saturday. A whooping 98.7% of respondents chose Finke to win the event.

Prizes are courtesy of SwimSwam partner GMX7.  Thank you to GMX7!

 

2022 MEN’S NCAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

200 MEDLEY RELAY

800 FREE RELAY

500 FREE

200 IM

50 FREE

200 FREE RELAY

400 IM

100 FLY

200 FREE

100 BREAST

100 BACK

400 MEDLEY RELAY

1650 FREE

200 BACK

100 FREE

200 BREAST

200 FLY

400 FREE RELAY

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2 years ago

I forgot who I picked for some 2nd-4th finishes. Is there a way we can see our entries?

DMacNCheez
2 years ago

Looks like a lotta people forgot about NC State in the 200 Medley and Lasco in the 100 back since they weren’t at the top of the drop down

Steve Nolan
2 years ago

A lot of big favorites on Saturday, but Finke losing would be the only huge surprise imo. Can reasonably talk myself into someone else for every other event that day.

Which I think means this should be a hell of a meet.

Former Big10
Reply to  Steve Nolan
2 years ago

Maybe the 4 IM or 200 back are the only other events with an almost assured winner. Although, if Marchand/Lasco are the slightest bit off, someone could pip them at the touch.

K chilly
2 years ago

It’s pretty cool to see the fans so divided on relays! Goes to show how equal some of the top team are

Some Guy
2 years ago

100 back with some nice division in opinion! Should be a good race

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Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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