2022 NCAA Division III Championships
- Wednesday, March 16 – Saturday, March 19, 2022
- IUPUI IU Natatorium, Indianapolis, IN
- Defending Champs: Emory women (10x) & Denison men (2x) – (2019 Results)
- Psych Sheet
- Live Results
- Live Stream
- Day 1 Prelims Recap
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 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 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.
Note: A previous version of this story was published with incorrect numbers. It has been updated accordingly.
The opening session of the Division III NCAA Championships saw Denison, Kenyon and Emory set the pace on the women’s side, putting three swimmers and their 200 medley relays up into tonight’s ‘A’ finals.
Overall, Denison leads the way with nine second swims for finals, including going three up in the 500 free.
Dension also leads the men’s side with three ‘A’ final and five consolation swims, while Emory, Williams and Johns Hopkins also earned a trio of championship final appearances.
The Kenyon men notably swam the fastest time in the 200 medley relay prelims before getting disqualified for an early take-off, leaving them with just two ‘A’ final swims on Day 1. That will hurt them in the overall team race, with Kenyon expect to be in a tight battle for a top-three finish.
DAY 1 UPS/DOWNS
Women’s Up/Downs
| Total | 500 Free | 200 IM | 50 Free | 200 Medley Relay | |
| Denison | 4/5 | 3/0 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 1/0 |
| Kenyon | 4/2 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 2/0 | 1/0 |
| Emory | 4/2 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 2/1 | 1/0 |
| Pomona-Pitzer | 3/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 | 1/0 |
| Williams | 3/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| MIT | 2/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| CMS | 2/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Bowdoin | 2/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 |
| St. Kate’s | 2/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Tufts | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Johns Hopkins | 1/2 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Wheaton | 1/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Amherst | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Nazareth | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Chicago | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Mary Washington | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Albion | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| NYU | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Bates | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Hope | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Colby | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Ursinus | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| UW-Stevens Point | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Middlebury | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Wash U | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
Men’s Up/Downs
| Total | 500 Free | 200 IM | 50 Free | 200 Medley Relay | |
| Denison | 3/5 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 1/0 | 1/0 |
| Emory | 3/3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/0 |
| Williams | 3/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Johns Hopkins | 3/2 | 1/0 | 2/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Kenyon | 2/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| MIT | 2/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/0 |
| Wash U | 2/1 | 1/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| F&M | 2/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/1 |
| Chicago | 2/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| NYU | 2/0 | 2/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| CMS | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
| Bates | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| UWEC | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Calvin | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 |
| Coast Guard | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Cal Lutheran | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Rowan | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| John Carroll | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Trinity U. | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Pomona-Pitzer | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Carnegie Mellon | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Bowdoin | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Tufts | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Ursinus | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Whitworth | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Swarthmore | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| TCNJ | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Scored prelims were not run due to complications within the live results page.
FWIW, my quite possibly erroneous scored prelims are…
Men
Emory 83 Williams 81 Denison 70 Johns Hopkins 67 Chicago 48 MIT 47 CMS 43 Kenyon 36 Wash U 35 F&M 29 NYU 29 John Carroll 24 Trinity U. 22 UWEC 22 Rowan 20 Calvin 19 Pomona-Pitzer 17 Bates 16 Tufts 12 Cal Lutheran 11 Carnegie Mellon 11 Coast Guard 11 TCNJ 7 Whitworth 7 Swarthmore 6 Gustavus 4 Bowdoin 2
Women
Kenyon 101 Denison 96.5 Emory 91 Williams 58 Pomona-Pitzer 55 MIT 53 Johns Hopkins 35 Bowdoin 34 St. Kate’s 28 Wheaton MA 27 Chicago 24 Tufts 21.5 Bates 20 CMS 19 Mary Washington 15 Nazareth 15 Albion 13 Amherst 13 Hope 12 NYU 11 Middlebury 10 Colby 9 Ursinus 7 UW-Stevens Point 5 Wash U 2
Edited to Note: Swimming Only. Men’s 3M Diving Prelims and Consols Not Included.