Ups/Mids/Downs on Day 2 at SEC Championships

NOTE: THESE NOW INCLUDE DIVING

In team battles that are expected to be as contentious as the SEC Championships, every swimmer in every A, B, or this year C final can have a huge impact on a team’s overall finish. With that in mind, let’s take a look at who ended up where after day 2’s prelims. For the sake of time, we’ll focus on the teams expected to be contending for top 3 finishes at this meet.

For those unfamiliar with the terminology: “Up” means a swimmer who is in the A-final, as those swimmers cannot fall lower than 8th barring a DQ. “Mid,” new for this year, is what we’ll call teams in the “B” final, who are bound from 9th-16th�places. “Down” will mean C-finalists, who are between 17th-24th place. Keep in mind only the A-final in diving is fought-out.

The big surprise when looking at this was the Georgia men, who still look in very good shape despite some disappointments in the 500 free. The Florida and Tennessee squads are still clearly the most outperforming, though. The men’s scoring looks like it will be much more balanced than the women’s scoring in tonight’s finals session, at least in the lanes, where every men’s team has at least four finalists to watch.

Here’s a reminder of the scoring rules, and where we were after night 1, which will be followed by up/down tables (women’s 1-meter diving is included):

Scoring for a 24-place meet: 32-28-27-26-25-24-23-22/20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11/9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, and then doubled for relays.

Women
1. Tennessee 185
T-2. LSU 151
T-2. Georgia 151
4. Missouri 141
5. Auburn 132
6. A&M 130
7. Florida 126
8. Arkansas 118
9. Alabama 110
10. Kentucky 91
11. South Carolina 65
12. Vanderbilt 62

Men
1. Auburn 196
2. LSU 156
3. Florida 149
4. Tennessee 147
5. Missouri 146
6. Texas A&M 123
7. South Carolina 107
8. Georgia 103
9. Kentucky 95
10. Alabama 82

Women

Men