2024 WOMEN’S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 20-23, 2024
- Gabrielsen Natatorium, Athens, Georgia
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- Day 1 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Live Recap|Day 2 Finals Recap
- Day 3 Prelims Live Recap
DIVING UPDATE: The Longhorns added two more A finalists in 3-meter diving, going 1-2 on the board for a 37-point boost.
Thanks to SwimSwam’s Andrew Mering for compiling this data.
A great morning from the Texas Longhorns, including a 2-3-4 finish in the 100 fly, has them scored to finish with the most individual swimming points on Friday evening in Athens.
The Longhorns are scheduled for 11 swims, plus diving and relays, in the evening session, with 5 going into A-Finals and 6 going into B-Finals. The Texas depth is the difference-maker on the day: while 1st-place Virginia (5/2) and 2nd-place Florida (5/0) have the same number of A-Finalists, the Texas women have more B-Finalists than either.
Combined with a strong diving crew, the Longhorns should be able to make up some ground on Virginia and likely surpass Florida in the evening session.
Virginia is still in the driver’s seat, though. Their hypothetical morning prelims scoring of 101.5 is +9 versus their seed in those events, while Texas’ is -1. The Longhorns had to make up about 100 points on paper between seed changes and diving at this meet to beat Virginia.
Florida also had a good morning (+12 on paper), while Stanford continues to exceed expectations with a +10.5.
The Data
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
- Virginia – 210.5
- Florida – 163
- Texas – 141
- Stanford – 105
- Tennessee – 104
- Louisville – 99
- Southern California – 94
- Indiana – 87
- Michigan – 80.5
- Georgia – 75
- Ohio St – 61
- California – 59
- NC State – 50
- Wisconsin – 40
- UNC – 34
- Duke – 33
- Texas A&M – 26
- Utah – 14
- Minnesota – 13
- (tie) Auburn / Alabama – 12
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- Arizona St – 11
- (tie) Rutgers / Virginia Tech / LSU – 6
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- Northwestern – 4
- Kansas – 3
- Akron – 1
Team Scoring Based on Friday Prelims
Women |
1. Texas: 137.5 |
2. Virginia: 103.5 |
3. Florida: 73.5 |
4. Stanford: 67.0 |
5. Tennessee: 67.0 |
6. Indiana: 48.0 |
7. NC State: 42.0 |
8. USC: 41.0 |
9. Ohio State: 35.5 |
10. Texas A&M: 35.0 |
11. Cal: 33.0 |
12. UCLA: 32.0 |
13. North Carolina: 31.5 |
14. Michigan: 26.0 |
15. Auburn: 24.5 |
16. Purdue: 21.0 |
17. Wisconsin: 17.0 |
18. Minnesota: 16.0 |
19. LSU: 14.0 |
20. Southern Illinois: 12.0 |
21. Louisville: 10.5 |
22. Florida State: 8.0 |
23. Alabama: 6.0 |
24. Georgia: 6.0 |
25. Cincinnati: 5.0 |
26. Miami (FL): 4.0 |
27. Northwestern: 3.0 |
28. Notre Dame: 3.0 |
29. Arkansas: 2.0 |
30. Utah: 2.0 |
31. Miami (OH): 1.5 |
32. Akron: 1.0 |
33. Houston: 1.0 |
34. Kansas: 1.0 |
Finals Seeded Team Scoring By Event
Team | 400 IM | 100 Fly | 200 Free | 100 Breast | 100 Back | 3 mtr Diving |
Texas | 6.5 | 48 | 6 | 28 | 13 | 36 |
UVA | 29 | 20 | 14 | 24 | 3.5 | 13 |
Florida | 31 | 13.5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stanford | 30 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 22 | 29 | 16 | 0 |
Indiana | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 11 |
NC State | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
USC | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
Ohio State | 0 | 2.5 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 0 |
Texas A&M | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 9 |
California | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
UCLA | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
UNC | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3.5 | 17 |
Michigan | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Auburn | 0 | 13.5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Wisconsin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Minnesota | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
LSU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
SIU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Louisville | 0 | 8.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida St | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Miami (FL) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Arkansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Utah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Miami (Ohio) | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Akron | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Day 3 Up/Downs
Team | All | 400 IM | 100 Fly | 200 Free | 100 Breast | 100 Back | 3 mtr Diving |
Texas | 7/6 | 0/2 | 3/0 | 0/1 | 2/0 | 0/3 | 2/0 |
UVA | 6/2 | 2/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
Florida | 5/0 | 2/0 | 1/0 | 2/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Stanford | 4/2 | 2/0 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Tennessee | 3/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
Ohio State | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 2/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Texas A&M | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 |
California | 2/1 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
NC State | 2/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 | 0/0 |
USC | 2/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Auburn | 2/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Indiana | 3/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 |
Michigan | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
UNC | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
UCLA | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 |
Wisconsin | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
LSU | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
Minnesota | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
SIU | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
Louisville | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Florida St | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
Miami (Ohio) | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Miami (FL) | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Akron | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Northwestern | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Alabama | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Cincinnati | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Arkansas | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Houston | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Georgia | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
Kansas | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
Utah | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
Projected Day 3 Scores
If relay seeds hold, here are the projected results at the conclusion of Day 3:
Team | Day 2 Actual | Day 3 Scored Prelims | Day 3 Projected Rank |
Virginia | 210.5 | 143 | 353.5 |
Texas | 141 | 167.5 | 308.5 |
Florida | 163 | 105.5 | 268.5 |
Tennessee | 104 | 101 | 205 |
Stanford | 105 | 69 | 174 |
USC | 94 | 69 | 163 |
Indiana | 87 | 56 | 143 |
Ohio State | 61 | 59.5 | 120.5 |
Louisville | 99 | 20.5 | 119.5 |
Cal | 59 | 59 | 118 |
NC State | 50 | 64 | 114 |
Michigan | 80.5 | 26 | 106.5 |
Georgia | 75 | 6 | 81 |
Texas A&M | 26 | 53 | 79 |
Wisconsin | 40 | 29 | 69 |
North Carolina | 34 | 31 | 65 |
Auburn | 12 | 38.5 | 50.5 |
Duke | 33 | 4 | 37 |
UCLA | 0 | 32 | 32 |
Minnesota | 13 | 16 | 29 |
Alabama | 12 | 12 | 24 |
Purdue | 0 | 21 | 21 |
LSU | 6 | 14 | 20 |
Utah | 14 | 2 | 16 |
Southern Illinois | 0 | 12 | 12 |
Arizona State | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Florida State | 0 | 8 | 8 |
Northwestern | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Rutgers | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Virginia Tech | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Cincinnati | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Kansas | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Miami (FL) | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Akron | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Arkansas | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Miami (OH) | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Houston | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hope SwimSwam does a study after both meets if there was a trend (good or bad) of wearing suits for all dual meets! I remember the first team to wear suits all the time was Missouri. I don’t even know if they have any men or women at either NCs, but it definitely hasn’t gotten them to a higher level!! The biggest proponent this year was ASU and their women definitely didn’t have another gear this week! We don’t know for sure if it is because they wore tech suits all the time or what! Meets might be “faster” but if it hurts the end of the year, is it worth it?
Why would it make them slower?
Has there ever been in instance where a men’s and women’s program from the same school won NCAAs? In recent years I can only think maybe Missy Franklin years at Cal, but it was around the time when Texas was arguably at peak dominance.
I believe Arizona in 2008
Auburn did it 4 times in the 2000s
Auburn – 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
Arizona 2008
Cal – 2011, 2012
Texas was the first to win men and women’s national championships – 1981 or 1982.
You forgot to take into account the women’s 4 x 100 medley relay.
Texas has two divers in the A-final while neither of Florida’s divers made it back. Texas will move into second tonight (baring something drastic like a relay DQ). Still don’t see them getting past Virginia, but they can make it much closer this year than previous.
Lizzy Kaye kind of serving for the Hoos. She made A-final for diving after making her first B-final last night. As Alex said in her 200 IM post-race interview with Beisel, “the hoos are here, baby.”
Can we pls get the final projected scores instead of having to add them ourselves?;
Why all the down votes? This used to be common practice?
Texas divers in 1st and 2nd after 4 rounds. UVA diver in 6th.
Ahem!
Alex Walsh is not going to lose the W 400 IM not after the dominant W 200 IM performance.
There could be 3-4 swimmers under 4:00 tonight. Drag race the last 50!
Weyant will catch AW on the last 50
Weyant is swimming great and I fully expect she’ll get far under 4:00. But Walsh is also swimming great and I’ll predict a 3:55 if not a 3:54.
I could see that happening this summer, however.
Not in SCY
PB – 400 IM (SCY)
E. Weyant – 4:00.98
A. Walsh – 3:57.24
More like eat my wake.