2020 International Swimming League – Match 1
- Friday, October 16: 4 PM-6 PM Local Time (10 AM-12 noon U.S. Eastern, 11 PM-1 AM J+1 Japan)
- Saturday, October 17: 8 PM-10 PM Local Time (2 PM-4 PM U.S. Eastern, 3 AM-5 AM J+1 Japan)
- Duna Arena – Budapest, Hungary
- Short Course Meters (SCM) format
- ISL Technical Handbook
- 2020 ISL Scoring Format
- 2020 ISL Prize Money and Bonuses
- How To Watch
- Teams: Energy Standard, Cali Condors, LA Current, NY Breakers
- Results Book Match 1 – Days 1 and 2 (PDF)
The first match of the 2020 International Swimming League season is in the books and Cali Condors’ Lilly King was all alone at the top of the MVP standings. King earned 87.5 points over the two-day contest, leading second-place Ryan Murphy of LA Current by 13 points. Energy Standard’s Sarah Sjostrom, the MVP for the 2019 season, trailed King by 21 points.
King has never lost a race in ISL. She won all her individual events and all the medley relays she swam last season. And she kicked off 2020 with individual event wins in the 50 breast, 100 breast, and 200 breast. She also snagged another gold in the women’s 400 medley relay. What put her ahead of the prolific Sjostrom, however, were the skins race and the jackpot points King stole from competitors who did not meet the time differential. In 2020, the team that wins the medley relay gets to choose the stroke for the skins contest. CAC chose breaststroke and they shut out the three other teams with two entrants -King and Molly Hannis- in the final. King won all three rounds of the 50 breast skins, and with tons of jackpot points.
| Lilly King | Points Scored |
| 200 Breast | 15 |
| 50 Breast | 19 |
| Women’s Medley Relay | 4.5 |
| 100 Breast | 24 |
| 50 Breast Skins * | 25 |
| Total MVP Points | 87.5 |
In addition to the $20,400 in prize money she earned for her racing, King bagged a $10,000 bonus for her 87.5 MVP points.
Murphy’s results were similar to King’s. He won the 50 back and 100 back, was runner-up in the 200 back, was on the winning medley relay, and won all three rounds of the 50 back skins contest. His performances earned him 74.5 MVP points, corresponding to a $6,000 bonus on top of the $22,000 he took home in race winnings.
| Ryan Murphy | Points Scored |
| 200 Back | 7 |
| 50 Back | 24 |
| Men’s Medley Relay | 4.5 |
| 100 Back | 10 |
| 50 Back Skins * | 29 |
| Total MVP Points | 74.5 |
Sjostrom finished third in the MVP standings with 66.5 points and a $4,000 bonus. She also won $15,200 in prize money for her racing. Sjostrom won the 100 fly, 50 free, 100 free, and 100 IM and contributed to the first-place women’s 4×100 free and mixed 4×100 free relays. She was runner-up in the 50 fly and took 2nd with the women’s 4×100 medley relay, and she placed 3rd in the 200 free.
| Sarah Sjostrom | Points Scored |
| 100 Fly | 9 |
| Women’s Free Relay | 4.5 |
| 50 Free | 10 |
| Women’s Medley Relay | 3.5 |
| 100 Free | 10 |
| 100 IM | 12 |
| 200 Free | 6 |
| 50 Fly | 7 |
| Mixed Free Relay | 4.5 |
| Total MVP Points | 66.5 |
* Note: for MVP calculations, the points scored in the skins rounds are divided in half.
PRIZE MONEY FORMAT
Athletes and relays earn money for top-4 finishes under the following system, which we’ve simplified below:
Regular Season Matches
| 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | 4th place | |
| Individual | 2400 USD | 1600 USD | 800 USD | 400 USD |
| Full Relay | 4800 USD | 3200 USD | 1600 USD | 800 USD |
| Skins Round 1 | 2400 USD | 1600 USD | 800 USD | 400 USD |
| Skins Round 2 | 2400 USD | 1600 USD | 800 USD | 400 USD |
| Skins Round 3 | 4800 USD | 1600 USD |
MVP Bonus in Regular Season Matches
- 1st: 10,000 USD
- 2nd 6,000 USD
- 3rd 4,000 USD
The ISL confirmed to SwimSwam on Saturday that where relevant, Jackpot swims can also steal prize money.
Full Individual Awards Prize Money List After Match 1:
Thank you to Barry Revzin for the analysis.
| name | team | pts | indiv | relay | skins | mvp | total |
| KING Lilly | CAC | 87.5 | 7600 | 1200 | 11600 | 10000 | 30400 |
| MURPHY Ryan | LAC | 74.5 | 6800 | 1200 | 14000 | 6000 | 28000 |
| SJOSTROM Sarah | ENS | 66.5 | 12000 | 3200 | 0 | 4000 | 19200 |
| SMOLIGA Olivia | CAC | 56 | 6000 | 2400 | 0 | 0 | 8400 |
| DRESSEL Caeleb | CAC | 52.5 | 10400 | 1200 | 0 | 0 | 11600 |
| MARGALIS Melanie | CAC | 52 | 8000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8000 |
| SHYMANOVICH Ilya | ENS | 40.5 | 5600 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 6400 |
| SHIELDS Tom | LAC | 40 | 5600 | 2400 | 0 | 0 | 8000 |
| GASTALDELLO Beryl | LAC | 38.5 | 6400 | 1200 | 0 | 0 | 7600 |
| HAUGHEY Siobhan | ENS | 38 | 5600 | 2400 | 0 | 0 | 8000 |
| FLICKINGER Hali | CAC | 32 | 4800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4800 |
| SEEBOHM Emily | ENS | 31 | 4000 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 4800 |
| MANAUDOU Florent | ENS | 29.5 | 5600 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 6400 |
| le CLOS Chad | ENS | 28.5 | 2400 | 2800 | 0 | 0 | 5200 |
| KOCH Marco | NYB | 27 | 4000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4000 |
| RESS Justin | CAC | 24 | 3200 | 0 | 1600 | 0 | 4800 |
| ROONEY Maxime | LAC | 23.5 | 1200 | 2400 | 0 | 0 | 3600 |
| KAWECKI Radoslaw | CAC | 23.5 | 2800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2800 |
| DAHLIA Kelsi | CAC | 22.5 | 1200 | 1600 | 0 | 0 | 2800 |
| BROWN Erika | CAC | 21.5 | 400 | 1600 | 0 | 0 | 2000 |
| WOOD Abbie | NYB | 21.5 | 3600 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 3800 |
| HANNIS Molly | CAC | 21.5 | 1600 | 400 | 2400 | 0 | 4400 |
| LITCHFIELD Joe | NYB | 21 | 800 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 1200 |
| RAPSYS Danas | ENS | 21 | 4000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4000 |
| PILATO Benedetta | ENS | 20.5 | 3200 | 0 | 2400 | 0 | 5600 |
| GORBENKO Anastasia | LAC | 20 | 2400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2400 |
| SURKOVA Arina | NYB | 19.5 | 1200 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 1400 |
| RYLOV Evgeny | ENS | 19.5 | 1600 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 2400 |
| SELISKAR Andrew | LAC | 19.5 | 2400 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 2800 |
| ANDREW Michael | NYB | 18 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 800 |
| LITCHFIELD Max | ENS | 18 | 2400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2400 |
| STEWART Coleman | CAC | 17.5 | 2400 | 0 | 800 | 0 | 3200 |
| NELSON Beata | CAC | 17 | 3200 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 3600 |
| WEITZEIL Abbey | LAC | 16.5 | 0 | 1200 | 0 | 0 | 1200 |
| GKOLOMEEV Kristian | LAC | 16.5 | 400 | 1600 | 0 | 0 | 2000 |
| SHKURDAI Anastasiya | ENS | 15.5 | 2000 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 2800 |
| LICON Will | LAC | 15.5 | 1600 | 1200 | 0 | 0 | 2800 |
| LIMA Felipe | ENS | 15.5 | 2400 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 2600 |
| AUBOCK Felix | NYB | 14.5 | 1600 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 1800 |
| MUREZ Andi | LAC | 14 | 400 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 1200 |
| SILVA FRANCA Felipe | LAC | 14 | 1200 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 1600 |
| HINDS Natalie | CAC | 13.5 | 0 | 1600 | 0 | 0 | 1600 |
| HVAS Tomoe | LAC | 13.5 | 2400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2400 |
| CIESLAK Marcin | CAC | 13 | 1600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1600 |
| SMALL Meghan | CAC | 13 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 800 |
| CLAREBURT Lewis | NYB | 13 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
| SMITH Brendon | NYB | 13 | 2400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2400 |
| RICHARDS Matthew | NYB | 12.5 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
| SCHEFFER Fernando | LAC | 12.5 | 2400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2400 |
| HEIDTMANN Jacob | LAC | 12 | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2000 |
| WASICK Kasia | NYB | 11.5 | 400 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 800 |
| BLUME Pernille | ENS | 11 | 0 | 1400 | 0 | 0 | 1400 |
| ESCOBEDO Emily | NYB | 10.5 | 1600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1600 |
| JAKABOS Zsuzsanna | ENS | 10.5 | 1200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1200 |
| FERREIRA Marco | LAC | 10.5 | 0 | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 2000 |
| CHIMROVA Svetlana | NYB | 10 | 1600 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 1800 |
| CLARK Imogen | ENS | 10 | 400 | 200 | 400 | 0 | 1000 |
| BILIS Simonas | ENS | 10 | 0 | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 2000 |
| GREVERS Matthew | ENS | 10 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
| SCHMITT Allison | CAC | 9.5 | 1600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1600 |
| MAJCHRZAK Kacper | CAC | 9 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
| KAPAS Boglarka | NYB | 9 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
| WANG Eddie | CAC | 8.5 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 800 |
| GASSON Helena | LAC | 8 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
| STUPIN Maxim | ENS | 8 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
| SHEVTSOV Sergey | ENS | 8 | 0 | 1000 | 0 | 0 | 1000 |
| KOLESNIKOV Kliment | ENS | 7.5 | 0 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 800 |
| SKIERKA Jakub | NYB | 7 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
| DAVIES Georgia | ENS | 7 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
| McLAUGHLIN Katie | LAC | 6.5 | 0 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 800 |
| ZIRK Kregor | ENS | 6.5 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
| WADDELL Tevyn | NYB | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OTTESEN Jeanette | NYB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| STEWART Kendyl | LAC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DELOOF Ali | LAC | 6 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
| RENSHAW Molly | NYB | 6 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 800 |
| BAQLAH Khader | CAC | 6 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
| TIMMERS Pieter | NYB | 6 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
| TELEGDY Adam | NYB | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HAAS Townley | CAC | 5.5 | 0 | 1200 | 0 | 0 | 1200 |
| SEBASTIAN Julia | LAC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PRENOT Josh | LAC | 5 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
| CARTER Dylan | LAC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENTZ Gunnar | CAC | 5 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
| WIERLING Damian | NYB | 5 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
| CHRISTOU Apostolos | LAC | 5 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
| BANIC Maddie | ENS | 4.5 | 0 | 1200 | 0 | 0 | 1200 |
| DRESSEL Sherridon | CAC | 4.5 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
| BANIC Madeline | ENS | 4.5 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
| SWITKOWSKI Jan | NYB | 4 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
| GUNES Viktoriya | ENS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SZARANEK Mark | CAC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KESELY Ajna | NYB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JACKSON Tate | CAC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LARSON Breeja | ENS | 3.5 | 0 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 800 |
| WILBY James | NYB | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TETZLOFF Alyssa | LAC | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| USTINOVA Daria S | NYB | 3.5 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
| MARSH Alyssa | LAC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PROUD Ben | ENS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CORDES Kevin | CAC | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NEAL Lia | CAC | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BURCHILL Veronica | CAC | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BECKER Bowe | CAC | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POPRAWA Michal | NYB | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BRO Signe | NYB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GOLDING Chloe | NYB | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| van VLIET Tamara | ENS | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VASEY Sarah | NYB | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SARGENT Makayla | LAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HARVEY Mary-Sophie | ENS | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RASMUS Claire | LAC | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SMITH Kierra | LAC | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I am not happy with the new system. I watch my favourite swimmers irrespective of their team, the 1st day skin winners are among them, I applaud their performances. Yet, IMHO skin was overrated last year and is far overrated this year. In a ‘normal’ race the difference between the dominant winner and an average 5 th place is 5 points. Now, the difference with two swims can be more than 70 ponts. That is too much and is also unfair to non-sprinters who do not even have the chance for skin reward.
This Jackpot system & its implications for incentives, individual performance, team dynamics, coach decision making… is a WHOLE PhD thesis
I just realised that the skins points are halved for MVP. So Lily won 50 points for Cali in the skins . Wow!
I’m still convinced that they should not allow a swimmer to jackpot his/her own teammate, what’s the point of doing that?
The fact that Joe Litchfield after a stellar performance in skins got 5 points and $400 pisses me off. I hate the jackpot times.
Swimming only one round and placing 5th – 4 points.
Swimming all three rounds – 5 points.
Is this a joke? What’s the point of working so hard to get into the final then?
I think the jackpot is too easy to reach. It’s different and fun, but the time margin should be larger so it’s not so dramatic in the team race. It double penalizes the team/swimmer who loses points because of the winner taking the points – this makes the team race not very exciting. The divide simply grows bigger each time. If you want the team race more interesting, you need to lower the amount of the jackpotted points.
I honestly wonder what swimmers who had their points stolen by jackpots think about the jackpots. I know Swimswam doesn’t like them, but I wonder if the swimmers feel like it’s fine, or if they hope it was different in some way, and if so, what they would want the ISL to change about it.
If ENS had swam Pilato in the medley relay they might’ve been able to prevent breast in the skins because Pilato’s flat start time from the individual event would’ve had them win by 0.7s. So CAC aren’t entirely unbeatable in the medley relay.
I think the dors are unbeatable in that relay because of lilly king. Yesterday when ens would’ve “won” if they swam Pilato, King went 1:04.0. King is usually unmotivated for relays, but if Pilato was swimming next to her, or if she has any competition whatsoever, she would’ve went 1:03 low, if not 1:02 (she flat started a 1:03 low today).
Think Lily swam 1.03.1 flat start on Sunday so should could easily gone 1 second faster on the relay.