The Pick ‘Em Contest for the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is live!
CLICK HERE TO ENTER!
The Pick ‘Em has always been about bragging rights, but we all do love prizes. Many, many thanks to our U.S. Nationals coverage sponsor, Speedo USA.
The Top Scorer of each day receives:
Speedo Silicone Cap, Vanquisher EV Mirrored Goggle, Retro Patch Tee, Teamster Pro Backpack (40L) & Preflex Paddles
The Grand Prize Winner, with the most overall points, receives:
FOR WOMEN – LZR Elite 2 Comfort Strap Kneeskin or LZR Racer X Kneeskin
FOR MEN – LZR Racer X Jammer or LZR Elite 2 Jammer
+ ACCESSORIES FOR MEN & WOMEN GRAND PRIZE WINNERS
WOMEN’S – LZR Elite 2 Comfort Strap Kneeskin
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+ACCESSORIES
CLICK HERE TO ENTER!
SCORING SYSTEM
Correctly picking a swimmer to place:
- 1st – 7 points
- 2nd – 5 points
- 3rd – 4 points
- 4th – 3 points
Correctly picking a swimmer to place in the top 4, but putting them in the wrong spot, will earn you 1 point.
Picks will close at 8pm Eastern Time on Wednesday, August 8th, and at that time, we will post everyone’s picks for them to see.
You CAN go in and edit your responses up until 6 PM on Tuesday. You can also use this “edit responses” ability to go in and print or save your answers.
The tie-breaker for prizes, if necessary, will be the most correctly-picked winners in the relevant time period, then 2nd-place finishers, then 3rd-place finishers, etc. in the relevant time period.
OFFICIAL RULES
Anybody is eligible to play, but only certain people are eligible for prizes (which are still being determined). For starters, only one entry per person is allowed. If we discover that you have made multiple entries, we may disqualify all of your entries.
To win prizes, entrant must:
- Be 18 or older
- Accept responsibility for any and all taxes
- Accept responsibility for any impact on high school or college eligibility
- Be a legal resident of the United States or Canada (prizes will only be mailed to these countries)
- Must enter contest using their real name
- No purchase is required for entry
- Agree to allow SwimSwam to provide their personal information to a sponsor in order to distribute prizes
I thought it said it was open until 8 PM Pacific? Just tried to enter and it says the entries are closed.
I just tried to enter well ahead of 8pm Pacific time and it wouldn’t take my entry. Bummed!
Placing by PanPac rule, right? Even though three Americans place top 3, then the third one will compete in B..I almost picked three Americans, but by that rule, I need to pick two maximum. Right?
Correct, we will score based on the official finish order, not “fastest times.”
Echoing the question above, for the Timed Final events like the 1500, if three swimmers from the same country finish in the Top 3, will you drop the 3rd swimmer for the Pick Em results?
Results will be the official finish order, not best time. This will be the answer to every “what if” question regarding the top 2 rules that anybody wants to come up with.
If you look at the 2014 Results, they have 3 USA swimmers finishing 1-4-5 in the Women’s Timed Final 800, so they didn’t kick the fifth place finisher out of the top 8. Do we assume that they are going to behave the same way this year?
How do we edit our picks? Last time I just re-submitted the whole thing with new picks… it looks like it worked because I am only on the list once. Is there a better way?
Thanks 🙂
Sucks Aussies can’t win prizes 🙁
I just awarded myself the win .I saw some retro Speedos & goggles & ordered them in . I haven’t even thought about the picks yet but why wait to be rewarded by someone else ? Girls doing it for themselves/ Pre emotive Prize Winning is where it is at .
Don’t worry most of our swimmers can’t seem to either
Is there a way to pick the open water swimmers for the distance events? I specifically wanted to pick Ashley Twichell, but she’s not in the pick ‘em. Did I miss something and she chose not to enter the pool races?
She’s in there, just under ‘Ashley Grace Wall’. Seeded 2nd in the mile and 7th in 800.
too impressed – everyone who is on the psych sheets is on the pick ’em.
How many swimmers per country can swim finals at PanPacs?
2 in the A final, 1 in the B final
Does the “2 in the A final” rule still apply to distance events?
Thank you