2022 Women’s B1G Championships: Day 2 Ups/Mids/Downs (Updated With Diving)

2022 B1G WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS

• When: Wednesday, February 16 – Saturday, February 19, 2022
• Where: Madison, Wis. – Soderholm Family Aquatic Center
• Defending Champion: Ohio State (2x) (2021 Results)
• Prelims: 10 am, Finals: 5:30 pm (Central), (Wednesday night relays begin at 5 pm)
• Championships Central
• Live Results
• Streaming: DAY 1  |  DAY 2  |  DAY 3  |  DAY 4
• Day 2 Prelims Heat Sheet

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 three finals heats: the top 8 finishers make the A final, places 9 through 16 the B final and places 17 through 24 the C 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,” “Mids” and “Downs” after each prelims session. “Up” refers to swimmers in the A final, “Mid” to swimmers in the B final and “Down” to swimmers in the C final.

Before getting into the prelim numbers, here’s a look at how the team scores currently stand following the conclusion of Wednesday night’s relays:

TEAM SCORES – THRU DAY 1

1. Ohio State, 128.0
2. Michigan, 110.0
3. Indiana, 108.0
4. Northwestern, 104.0
5. Wisconsin, 102.0
6. Minnesota, 96.0
7. Rutgers, 90.0
8. Penn State, 86.0
9. Nebraska, 84.0
10. Purdue, 68.0
11. Illinois, 64.0
12. Iowa, 60.0

The first preliminary session from Women’s Big Tens was more balanced across the top teams relative to some of the other conference championship meets going on, with Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio State all having a solid showing on Thursday morning.

The Wolverines led the way by putting six swimmers through to ‘A’ finals, including three in the 50 free where senior Maggie MacNeil has a chance for a four-peat.

Wisconsin notably managed to put at least three swimmers into ‘A’ and ‘B’ finals (combined) in all three events, including going 2/2 in the 200 IM. Indiana put five women ‘up’ but earned zero ‘B’ final berths on the session, while OSU showed off its depth by going 4/7/3.

Couple those big-time numbers in finals (14 total swims) with their relay wins last night, the Buckeyes are projected to extend their lead over Michigan by 20 points tonight, with Wisconsin jumping into third, well ahead of Indiana.

Diving Update

After the 1-meter diving prelims concluded, Indiana mad a big charge by going 3/2, giving them eight total athletes in championship finals tonight.

DAY 2 UPS/MIDS/DOWNS

Credit to Andrew Mering for running the numbers.

SCORED PRELIMS

Updated with diving

1. Indiana, 247.0
2. Michigan, 243.0
3. Ohio State, 228.0
4. Wisconsin, 202.5
5. Minnesota, 191.5
6. Northwestern, 137.0
7. Purdue, 56.0
8. Rutgers, 53.5
9. Nebraska, 48.0
10. Penn State, 30.5
11. Illinois, 9.0
12. Iowa, 2.0

DAY 1 SCORES + PRELIM PROJECTIONS

Updated with diving

1. Ohio State, 356.0
2. Indiana, 355.0
3. Michigan, 353.0
4. Wisconsin, 304.5
5. Minnesota, 287.5
6. Northwestern, 241.0
7. Rutgers, 143.5
8. Nebraska, 132.0
9. Purdue, 124.0
10. Penn State, 116.5
11. Illinois, 73.0
12. Iowa, 62.0