2024 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 27-30, 2024
- IUPUI Natatorium, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Short Course Yards (25 yards)
- Meet Central
- Official Psych Sheets
- SwimSwam Preview Index
- SwimSwam Pick ‘Ems Contest
- How To Watch The Meet
- Live Results
- Day 1 Live Recap
- Day 2 Live 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, 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 and divers in the A final, “Down” to B finalists.
Team Scores After Day 2
- Arizona St – 201
- California – 169
- Florida – 161
- Indiana – 107
- Texas – 106
- NC State – 98
- Tennessee – 86
- Stanford – 84
- Auburn – 67
- Virginia Tech – 61
- Georgia – 57
- Michigan – 48
- Ohio St – 42
- Notre Dame – 39
- Louisville – 30
- (tie) SMU / Alabama – 26
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- Texas A&M – 21
- Florida St – 20
- Missouri – 19
- Minnesota – 17
- (tie) Arizona / Miami (Fl) – 15
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- Virginia – 12
- Wisconsin – 7
- LSU – 6
- Purdue – 5
- Brigham Young – 3
- North Carolina – 2
Florida had a big morning in Indianapolis on Day 3, earning 12 finals spots with scorers in each individual swimming event. The Gators put 2 in the top 8 of the 400 IM and 100 back and 1 in the 100 fly and 100 breast. They also earned B-final places in the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free (2), 100 breast, and 100 back. All told, that projects to 122 points before diving and the relay. The Gators are expected to pass Cal and land in second place behind Arizona State tonight.
Arizona State earned finals spots in everything but the 100 breast, including 2 in the top 8 of the 400 IM and 100 back and 1 in the 100 fly. They also picked up 5 B-final spots. Overall, the Sun Devils landed almost exactly where they were seeded, and are expected to maintain their lead over the field tonight.
Cal had 5 up and 4 down and will score in every swimming event, earning 40 more points than the psych sheet would have indicated. Four Golden Bears (2 up, 2 down) will make up 25% of the finalists in the 200 free.
Indiana had a big morning, earning A final spots in everything but the 400 IM. NC State, battling the Hoosiers for #4 in the team rankings earned 2 spots in the 100 fly A final and 1 in the 100 back, but Indiana is likely to pick up diving points, which haven’t yet been accounted for.
Georgia and Virginia Tech scored 2 A-final spots, while Texas, Stanford, Michigan, Tennessee, Alabama, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M came away with 1 each.
Louisville and Michigan outperformed the psych sheet, as did mid-majors Towson, SMU, and George Washington.
UPDATED AFTER DIVING: Indiana added 2 A-finalists and 1 B-finalist in diving, solidifying their 4th-place team position ahead of NC State. Stanford, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Ohio State, Pitt, and Minnesota also earned spots in the top 8 of the 3-meter, while Texas and Florida each earned B-final places.
Day 3 Ups/Downs
| Team | All | 400 IM | 100 Fly | 200 Free | 100 Breast | 100 Back | 3m Diving |
| Florida | 6/7 | 2/1 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 2/1 | 0/1 |
| Indiana | 6/3 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 2/1 |
| Arizona State | 5/5 | 2/2 | 1/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2/1 | 0/0 |
| Cal | 5/4 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 2/2 | 1/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| NC State | 3/4 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| Stanford | 2/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Georgia | 2/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Tennessee | 2/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Texas A&M | 2/1 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Virginia Tech | 2/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Ohio State | 2/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Louisville | 2/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Texas | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/2 |
| Michigan | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Alabama | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Notre Dame | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Towson | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Pittsburgh | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Minnesota | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Virginia | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| SMU | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Auburn | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Penn State | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| LSU | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Wisconsin | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| BYU | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| USC | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| George Washington | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| North Carolina | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Florida State | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Miami (FL) | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Utah | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Scoring Day 3 Prelims
| Team | All | Difference vs Seed | 400 IM | 100 Fly | 200 Free | 100 Breast | 100 Back | 3m Diving |
| Florida | 125 | -14 | 32 | 24 | 15 | 24 | 27 | 3 |
| Cal | 99 | 40 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 20 | 27 | 0 |
| Arizona State | 98 | -0.5 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Indiana | 94 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 37 |
| NC State | 56 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Texas | 46 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
| Stanford | 44 | -24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| Georgia | 38 | -16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 33 | -5.5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| Ohio State | 28 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Texas A&M | 28 | -13 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Virginia Tech | 28 | -5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisville | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan | 21 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alabama | 19 | -3.5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre Dame | 19 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Towson | 16 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Minnesota | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Virginia | 14 | -4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| SMU | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Auburn | 9 | -1.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Penn State | 9 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| LSU | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BYU | 6 | -3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| USC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| George Washington | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Florida State | 4 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami (FL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Utah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Projected Day 3 Scores
| Team | Day 2 Actual | Day 3 Prelims | 400 Medley Relay by Seed | Day 3 Projected Rank |
| Arizona State | 201 | 98 | 40 | 339 |
| Florida | 161 | 125 | 34 | 320 |
| Cal | 169 | 99 | 30 | 298 |
| Indiana | 107 | 94 | 28 | 229 |
| NC State | 98 | 56 | 26 | 180 |
| Texas | 106 | 46 | 6 | 158 |
| Tennessee | 86 | 33 | 32 | 151 |
| Stanford | 84 | 44 | 14 | 142 |
| Virginia Tech | 61 | 28 | 24 | 113 |
| Georgia | 57 | 38 | 2 | 97 |
| Michigan | 48 | 21 | 22 | 91 |
| Auburn | 67 | 9 | 12 | 88 |
| Notre Dame | 39 | 19 | 18 | 76 |
| Ohio State | 42 | 28 | 0 | 70 |
| Louisville | 30 | 23 | 8 | 61 |
| Texas A&M | 21 | 28 | 4 | 53 |
| Alabama | 26 | 19 | 0 | 45 |
| SMU | 26 | 11 | 0 | 37 |
| Virginia | 12 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| Minnesota | 17 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| Florida State | 20 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| Missouri | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Miami (FL) | 15 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Towson | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Arizona | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| LSU | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| BYU | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Penn State | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| USC | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| George Washington | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Purdue | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Utah | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
ASU with the W kos 43.5, Marchand 49.0, kharun 43.5, and kulow shocks the world with a 39.99
2:55.99
Your medley relay by seed is from a different relay, not the 400 Medley. I think you used the 200 free relay.
Are those projections for the 400 medley relay correct? I thought asu was top seed so shouldn’t they be projected 40 points?
The University of Texas men’s swimming program is relegated to mediocrity. The end of an era.
I wanted Arizona to win the title…
Did they ever win the title in the school’s history?
Marchand deserves it
Arizona and Arizona State are two different schools little bro. Ironically enough they’re on completely different trajectories as a program.
Sorry…I wanted to say Arizona state
You mean Arizona state
Diving: Of the Top 5, Texas got 2 down, Indiana got 2 up 1 down, and Florida got 1 down.
UF 6/7
Indiana 6/3
Texas 1/4
According to the projections, the fat lady has NOT sung.
Decent chance FL is in the lead after tonight, especially if they win the relay, which seems quite possible after last two nights. If you flip the relay projection to UF 1 and ASU 2, that’s a 12 point swing on the above and UF only needs to pick up 10 net points over seed in order to take the lead. They may get a few points from diving (one of their divers was in 16th through 5 rounds of prelim diving). With the 8th and 16th seeds in backstroke, decent chance they improve a bit on the projections. Big decisions will be who swims back and breast on relays.
I don’t know when relay cards are due, but if they’re due before the individual events, I’d guess you have to go Chaney and Smith – they’ve got the track record of stepping up an extra step on relays, especially Chaney who typically goes even faster 100 back on the 400MR than his individual. IMO ASU has a more interesting decision on backstroke.
Looking at prelims again, I think Cal is probably the favorite to win the relay. They probably pick up close to a second on BK/Br over UF, and Rose won’t lose to Liendo by that much. And then you have Alexy (I assume) v. probably McDuff in the free and that should favor Cal. Unless Marchand does something absolutely nuts like has the best breast split by 1.5 sec or more, I think it is Cal – UF – ASU. But really those three could be in any order. Those three teams could all be within 20 of each other going into tomorrow.
Alexy swam both relays the first night; swam the 4×50 free last night; he’s only go one remaining spot to ‘relay.’ They clearly need him on the 4×100 free. Most handicappers I saw suggested it would be Lasco and Seeliger on the back and free legs, not Alexy anchoring. Actually Lasco and Seeliger could go either way as both are great back/free sprint contributors.
I think it’ll be Lasco/Bell/Rose/Seeliger for Cal (Alexy has already been on 3 relays and I highly doubt they’ll leave him off the 400 free relay), Chaney/Savickas/Liendo/McDuff for Florida (Smith is probably the better choice for breaststroke but like Alexy has already swum 3 relays and will likely be needed on the 400 free relay tomorrow), and for ASU Marchand/Kharun/Kulow is a lock for the final 3 legs and the choice between McDonald and Kos will probably be a last second decision (my bet is on McDonald)
Florida might be better off having Smith scratch the individual 100 free tomorrow (he’s not seeded to score) and having him 5-relay it. They do have Ed Fullum-Huot as an option in the 400 free relay, but his flat start PB is 42.38 vs 41.98 for Smith
Alexy is probably not on the Medley tonight, I would bet this is the one he skips, so they’ll have bjorn anchor.
As much as I like what Rose did this morning, I think Liendo blasts something like a 42.2 and Rose goes around 44.0, and I think Chaney/Smith are closer to Lasco/Bell than you expect. And I would bet they don’t use Alexy on this one to save him for the 400 FR – as good as Seeliger can be, he isn’t quite the anchor Jack is.
Cal can’t swim Alexy if they want to use him for the last relay tomorrow.