Sometimes rankings swimmers is easy. Katie Ledecky is the best women’s swimmer. Andrew Wilson is the best swimmer in Division 3. Sometimes it’s not easy. Is Lilly King the best women’s swimmer in the Big 10? Her 100 breast is clearly the strongest single event of any swimmer in the conference, but she isn’t nationally competitive in her third event. Cierra Runge and Zhesi Li both have 3 nationally competitive events, but no single dominant event. Points scored at conference/nationals breaks down outside the very elite swimmers and even among elite swimmers, doesn’t account for margin of victory or relative event depth.
One approach is Swimulator ‘s power point system for ranking swims. To rank swimmers, we take the sum of the power points in each swimmer’s top 3 events. This approach requires swimmer’s be versatile while still rewarding swimmers for strong top end events. For example, Lilly King , despite her 3rd event rating 70 points lower than any other 3rd event from swimmer in the Big 10 top 5, is 2nd in the Big 10 because of the dominance of her breaststroke. Perhaps this approach undervalues relay events (i.e. a fast 50 swimmer is more valuable to their team than a fast miler), but this is an individual swimmer ranking, so I think this is a valid approach.
We’ve done lots of team rankings (D1 big conferences , D1 small conferences , D2 , D3 part 1 , D3 part 2 ), but haven’t looked at individuals yet. Here’s the top 5 rankings for each division and each D1 conference. These rankings are based on times performed so far this season and are not intended as a prediction of end of season rankings. Just who’s been the best so far. If you want to look at the lower division rankings pick the division, gender, and conference you want on the Swimluator page .
D1 Women
1. Ledecky, Katie – Stanford
200 Freestyle
1:42.16
862 points
500 Freestyle
4:26.46
969 points
1650 Freestyle
15:03.92
968 points
2. Smoliga, Olivia – Georgia
100 Freestyle
46.95
890 points
100 Backstroke
51.24
790 points
50 Freestyle
21.58
877 points
3. Manuel, Simone – Stanford
100 Freestyle
47.37
846 points
200 Freestyle
1:41.90
875 points
50 Freestyle
21.78
833 points
4. Eastin, Ella – Stanford
200 Butterfly
1:52.62
841 points
200 Individual Medley
1:53.26
855 points
400 Individual Medley
4:00.36
853 points
5. Cox, Madisyn – Texas
200 Freestyle
1:43.62
793 points
200 Individual Medley
1:52.83
871 points
400 Individual Medley
4:02.60
813 points
D1 Men
1. Dressel, Caeleb – Florida
100 Freestyle
41.6
861 points
100 Butterfly
44.86
852 points
50 Freestyle
18.73
891 points
2. Kalisz, Chase – Georgia
200 Butterfly
1:40.38
811 points
200 Individual Medley
1:41.26
817 points
400 Individual Medley
3:36.98
825 points
3. Carter, Dylan – Southern Cali
100 Butterfly
45.27
812 points
200 Freestyle
1:32.61
805 points
100 Freestyle
42.14
800 points
4. Conger, Jack – Texas
100 Butterfly
44.94
844 points
200 Butterfly
1:40.24
817 points
50 Freestyle
19.45
731 points
5. Chadwick, Michael – Missouri
100 Freestyle
41.8
838 points
200 Individual Medley
1:43.01
750 points
50 Freestyle
19.18
786 points
D2 Women
1. Nunn, Bailee – Drury
100 Butterfly
53.16
853 points
200 Individual Medley
1:57.96
874 points
100 Breastroke
1:00.42
851 points
2. Michalak, Theresa – West Florida
100 Freestyle
49.42
842 points
100 Breastroke
1:00.62
838 points
50 Freestyle
22.53
879 points
3. Wahlstrom, Emma – Nova S’eastern
100 Freestyle
49.73
811 points
200 Freestyle
1:46.43
888 points
500 Freestyle
4:47.05
856 points
4. Xu, Ariel – Drury
100 Freestyle
49.33
851 points
200 Freestyle
1:49.24
755 points
50 Freestyle
22.48
891 points
5. Van Noort, Leonie – Grand Valley
200 Freestyle
1:47.15
851 points
500 Freestyle
4:47.80
842 points
1650 Freestyle
16:50.36
705 points
D2 Men
1. Stepien, Konrad – Drury
200 Freestyle
1:36.42
740 points
500 Freestyle
4:17.19
895 points
1650 Freestyle
15:31.17
681 points
2. Kim, Jay – Drury
100 Butterfly
47.69
722 points
200 Butterfly
1:44.27
850 points
200 Individual Medley
1:47.16
741 points
3. Dreesens, Dion – Queens (NC)
100 Freestyle
44.55
682 points
200 Freestyle
1:33.95
845 points
500 Freestyle
4:25.77
729 points
4. Pijulet, Paul – Queens (NC)
100 Butterfly
46.93
776 points
100 Backstroke
47.65
741 points
200 Backstroke
1:44.89
735 points
5. VanderHelm, Adrian – Simon Fraser
200 Freestyle
1:36.66
731 points
200 Individual Medley
1:47.32
735 points
500 Freestyle
4:25.24
738 points
D3 Women
1. Senczyszyn, Sam – UWEC
200 Breastroke
2:14.22
850 points
100 Breastroke
1:01.11
896 points
50 Freestyle
23.08
854 points
2. Cheng, Cindy – Emory
200 Freestyle
1:48.13
891 points
200 Backstroke
1:57.26
853 points
100 Backstroke
54.87
813 points
3. Kane, Carolyn – Denison
100 Butterfly
54.67
837 points
100 Freestyle
50.49
835 points
50 Freestyle
23.18
833 points
4. Muir, Fiona – Emory
100 Freestyle
50
884 points
100 Butterfly
55.56
774 points
50 Freestyle
23.12
845 points
5. Kustritz, Kt – Denison
200 Individual Medley
2:03.73
768 points
200 Breastroke
2:15.90
808 points
100 Breastroke
1:01.46
874 points
D3 Men
1. Wilson, Andrew – Emory
200 Individual Medley
1:45.57
925 points
200 Breastroke
1:51.15
1092 points
100 Breastroke
51.14
1145 points
2. Conover, Arthur – Kenyon
200 Freestyle
1:38.05
809 points
500 Freestyle
4:22.70
874 points
1650 Freestyle
14:56.44
891 points
3. Novak, Jesse – Rowan
100 Freestyle
43.82
884 points
200 Freestyle
1:38.58
785 points
50 Freestyle
19.91
889 points
4. Holder, Evan – Johns Hopkins
200 Freestyle
1:36.93
865 points
200 Individual Medley
1:46.54
884 points
100 Breastroke
54.82
802 points
5. Boraski, Ryan – Keene St.
100 Freestyle
44.23
838 points
200 Freestyle
1:38.79
775 points
50 Freestyle
19.95
879 points
D1 Women’s Conferences
Men are below
ACC
1. Comerford, Mallory – Louisville
100 Freestyle
47.36
847 points
200 Freestyle
1:43.02
821 points
500 Freestyle
4:37.64
773 points
2. Jones, Kaitlyn – Virginia
100 Butterfly
51.58
783 points
200 Butterfly
1:52.93
829 points
200 Individual Medley
1:54.05
826 points
3. Marrkand, Jen – Virginia
200 Butterfly
1:53.75
798 points
200 Individual Medley
1:55.20
786 points
200 Freestyle
1:45.11
731 points
4. Smith, Leah – Virginia
200 Freestyle
1:43.72
789 points
500 Freestyle
4:32.52
855 points
400 Individual Medley
4:13.19
648 points
5. Moffitt, Hellen – UNC
100 Butterfly
51.73
773 points
100 Backstroke
51.84
752 points
200 Backstroke
1:52.18
758 points
American East
1. Escobedo, Emily – UMBC
200 Individual Medley
1:59.69
649 points
200 Breastroke
2:10.73
696 points
100 Breastroke
1:02.03
611 points
2. Baykova, Liza – New Hampshire
100 Freestyle
49.68
644 points
200 Freestyle
1:47.71
630 points
50 Freestyle
23.03
604 points
3. Mantz, Sarah – Vermont
100 Freestyle
51.4
492 points
200 Freestyle
1:51.18
479 points
50 Freestyle
24.03
405 points
4. Lennon, Kelly – Vermont
100 Freestyle
52.08
424 points
200 Freestyle
1:51.60
459 points
500 Freestyle
4:58.85
458 points
5. Moro, Hania – UMBC
200 Freestyle
1:52.00
440 points
500 Freestyle
4:57.59
480 points
1650 Freestyle
17:16.40
345 points
AAC
1. Keire, Jackie – Cincinnati
100 Freestyle
47.99
786 points
200 Freestyle
1:43.19
813 points
50 Freestyle
22.28
735 points
2. Samardzic, Matea – SMU
100 Backstroke
52.92
688 points
400 Individual Medley
4:12.22
663 points
200 Backstroke
1:53.54
720 points
3. Cunningham, Victoria – SMU
100 Freestyle
49.37
669 points
200 Freestyle
1:46.71
668 points
50 Freestyle
23.01
608 points
4. Yuskova, Ksenia – Houston
100 Freestyle
50.19
602 points
200 Freestyle
1:46.79
665 points
500 Freestyle
4:48.13
627 points
5. Abert, Marion – East Carolina
100 Freestyle
50.77
551 points
200 Freestyle
1:47.81
626 points
500 Freestyle
4:45.99
656 points
A10
1. Fisher, Sydney – George Mason
100 Butterfly
53.1
680 points
100 Freestyle
49.67
645 points
50 Freestyle
22.7
662 points
2. Lankiewicz, Elise – Davidson
100 Butterfly
53.52
652 points
200 Freestyle
1:47.33
644 points
500 Freestyle
4:47.47
636 points
3. Polaha, Megan – Fordham
200 Butterfly
1:58.92
627 points
200 Individual Medley
2:01.97
578 points
400 Individual Medley
4:20.59
527 points
4. Bullock, Mia – Fordham
100 Butterfly
54.84
562 points
200 Butterfly
2:00.16
586 points
200 Individual Medley
2:04.29
497 points
5. Owens, Kayla – Duquesne
200 Individual Medley
2:03.94
510 points
200 Breastroke
2:15.91
564 points
100 Breastroke
1:04.04
483 points
Big 12
1. Cox, Madisyn – Texas
200 Freestyle
1:43.62
793 points
200 Individual Medley
1:52.83
871 points
400 Individual Medley
4:02.60
813 points
2. Millard, Rebecca – Texas
100 Freestyle
47.84
800 points
200 Freestyle
1:45.38
720 points
50 Freestyle
21.95
798 points
3. Rule, Remedy – Texas
100 Butterfly
52.03
751 points
200 Butterfly
1:53.97
790 points
50 Freestyle
22.18
754 points
4. Karosas, Tasija – Texas
100 Backstroke
50.86
815 points
200 Backstroke
1:51.65
773 points
200 Freestyle
1:46.04
694 points
5. Adams, Claire – Texas
100 Backstroke
51.88
749 points
200 Backstroke
1:52.43
751 points
50 Freestyle
22.4
714 points
Big East
1. Goodwin, Darby – Villanova
100 Backstroke
53.93
629 points
200 Individual Medley
2:01.44
595 points
200 Backstroke
1:57.64
608 points
2. Fabbri, Alexa – Villanova
100 Freestyle
50.11
608 points
200 Freestyle
1:48.09
615 points
50 Freestyle
23.04
603 points
3. Fitzpatrick, Molly – Georgetown
200 Individual Medley
2:04.61
485 points
200 Breastroke
2:13.29
633 points
100 Breastroke
1:01.69
630 points
4. Gaertner, Caroline – Xavier
100 Butterfly
54.55
583 points
100 Backstroke
55
563 points
50 Freestyle
23.32
551 points
5. Mayo, Emily – Villanova
200 Freestyle
1:50.26
522 points
500 Freestyle
4:48.66
619 points
1650 Freestyle
16:44.84
511 points
Big 10
1. Li, Zhesi – Ohio St
100 Butterfly
51.42
795 points
100 Freestyle
48.2
767 points
50 Freestyle
21.7
850 points
2. King, Lilly – Indiana
200 Individual Medley
1:59.28
661 points
200 Breastroke
2:05.64
831 points
100 Breastroke
57.3
909 points
3. Runge, Cierra – Wisconsin
200 Freestyle
1:43.18
813 points
500 Freestyle
4:35.55
805 points
1650 Freestyle
15:52.22
733 points
4. Haughey, Siobhan Bernadette – Michigan
100 Freestyle
48.16
770 points
200 Freestyle
1:42.93
825 points
200 Individual Medley
1:56.22
753 points
5. Zeiger, Brooke – Minnesota
500 Freestyle
4:39.55
745 points
400 Individual Medley
4:02.71
811 points
1650 Freestyle
15:44.00
768 points
Coastal College
1. Latham, Katie – Florida Gulf
100 Freestyle
49.1
691 points
100 Backstroke
54.45
598 points
50 Freestyle
22.57
684 points
2. Elmgreen, Christina Kaas – Florida Gulf
100 Butterfly
53.83
632 points
200 Butterfly
1:57.17
683 points
200 Individual Medley
2:00.33
629 points
3. Teijonsalo, Fanny – Florida Gulf
100 Butterfly
53.85
631 points
100 Backstroke
54.22
612 points
50 Freestyle
22.81
643 points
4. Caraballo, Barbara – Florida Gulf
100 Backstroke
55.29
544 points
200 Individual Medley
2:00.07
637 points
200 Backstroke
1:58.04
596 points
5. Redding, Gracie – Florida Gulf
100 Butterfly
54.54
584 points
100 Freestyle
50.65
562 points
50 Freestyle
23.13
586 points
CAA
1. Bernhardt, Rachel – Drexel
100 Freestyle
50.66
561 points
200 Breastroke
2:10.62
699 points
100 Breastroke
1:00.38
704 points
2. Miller, Jaimie – William & Mary
100 Freestyle
50.36
587 points
200 Freestyle
1:51.29
474 points
50 Freestyle
22.81
643 points
3. Kutch, Alexa – Drexel
100 Backstroke
53.76
639 points
200 Backstroke
1:56.00
653 points
50 Freestyle
24.14
381 points
4. Kosten, Emily – Drexel
100 Freestyle
50.27
595 points
200 Freestyle
1:50.63
505 points
50 Freestyle
23.21
571 points
5. Icard, Jacy – Towson
100 Backstroke
53.79
637 points
200 Backstroke
2:01.49
486 points
50 Freestyle
23.45
525 points
Conference USA
1. Ruele, Naomi – Florida Int’l
100 Freestyle
49.47
661 points
100 Backstroke
53.34
664 points
50 Freestyle
22.28
735 points
2. Bertelli, Letizia – Florida Int’l
100 Freestyle
49.32
673 points
100 Butterfly
53.91
627 points
50 Freestyle
22.66
669 points
3. Pereira, Kyna – Florida Int’l
200 Freestyle
1:46.53
675 points
500 Freestyle
4:43.81
686 points
1650 Freestyle
16:26.04
597 points
4. Schillinger, Marie-Claire – Rice
200 Individual Medley
2:03.97
509 points
200 Breastroke
2:11.67
673 points
100 Breastroke
1:00.94
673 points
5. Caldwell, Alicia – Rice
100 Backstroke
53.66
645 points
200 Backstroke
1:58.32
588 points
200 Freestyle
1:48.00
618 points
Horizon
1. Aschan, Patricia – Oakland
200 Individual Medley
1:59.36
658 points
400 Individual Medley
4:17.54
580 points
200 Breastroke
2:15.83
566 points
2. Morren, Holly – Oakland
100 Freestyle
49.46
662 points
100 Butterfly
55.74
493 points
50 Freestyle
22.96
617 points
3. Mcnamara, Molly – Cleveland St
100 Butterfly
54.36
596 points
200 Butterfly
1:59.93
594 points
200 Individual Medley
2:03.28
534 points
4. Siehs, Mandie – Wis.- Milwaukee
100 Freestyle
50.02
616 points
200 Freestyle
1:50.22
524 points
50 Freestyle
23.25
564 points
5. Bentley, Sara – Wis.- Milwaukee
100 Butterfly
55.37
522 points
100 Backstroke
54.88
571 points
200 Individual Medley
2:03.21
536 points
Ivy
1. Zhou, Kina – Yale
100 Freestyle
49.25
679 points
200 Freestyle
1:47.15
651 points
50 Freestyle
22.66
669 points
2. Dahlke, Miki – Harvard
100 Freestyle
49.05
695 points
100 Butterfly
53.67
643 points
200 Freestyle
1:47.43
641 points
3. Nelson, Destiny – Yale
200 Individual Medley
1:59.59
652 points
400 Individual Medley
4:13.73
640 points
200 Backstroke
1:56.27
646 points
4. Hindley, Bella – Yale
100 Freestyle
50.43
581 points
100 Backstroke
54.53
593 points
50 Freestyle
22.61
677 points
5. Burns, Virginia – Penn
100 Freestyle
50.73
555 points
200 Freestyle
1:47.04
656 points
500 Freestyle
4:48.68
619 points
Metro Athletic
1. Wurtz, Meredith – Marist
100 Freestyle
51.89
443 points
100 Butterfly
58.11
299 points
50 Freestyle
23.85
443 points
2. Kligys, Sydney – Niagara
100 Butterfly
56.99
390 points
100 Freestyle
52.97
335 points
50 Freestyle
24
411 points
3. Palmer, Ariana – Rider
100 Freestyle
53.04
329 points
100 Butterfly
58.21
291 points
50 Freestyle
23.94
424 points
4. Nestrowitz, Sarah – Marist
200 Freestyle
1:54.54
316 points
500 Freestyle
5:00.13
435 points
1650 Freestyle
17:33.14
259 points
5. Goldman, Georgia – Marist
100 Freestyle
53.56
280 points
100 Backstroke
58.4
317 points
50 Freestyle
24.29
350 points
MAC
1. Burns, Megan – Buffalo
100 Freestyle
48.55
736 points
200 Freestyle
1:47.21
649 points
50 Freestyle
22.11
767 points
2. Myers, Madison – Akron
100 Freestyle
49.33
672 points
100 Backstroke
52.93
687 points
200 Individual Medley
1:58.51
684 points
3. Fazekas, Sadie – Akron
100 Butterfly
53.31
666 points
100 Freestyle
49.73
640 points
50 Freestyle
22.81
643 points
4. Marrero, Paloma – Akron
200 Individual Medley
2:01.85
582 points
200 Breastroke
2:11.34
681 points
100 Breastroke
1:01.41
646 points
5. Szynal, Luka – Akron
100 Backstroke
52.94
687 points
200 Individual Medley
2:05.30
459 points
200 Backstroke
1:52.94
736 points
Missouri Valley
1. Pavel, Lauren – Missouri St
200 Individual Medley
2:02.37
565 points
200 Breastroke
2:13.78
621 points
100 Breastroke
1:01.50
641 points
2. Zupan, Sydney – Missouri St
100 Butterfly
54.77
567 points
100 Backstroke
54.95
566 points
200 Backstroke
1:58.23
591 points
3. Handley, Bryn – SIUC
200 Freestyle
1:49.54
554 points
500 Freestyle
4:48.99
614 points
1650 Freestyle
16:37.85
545 points
4. Parsons, Samantha – SIUC
200 Individual Medley
2:02.68
554 points
200 Breastroke
2:14.40
605 points
100 Breastroke
1:03.41
525 points
5. Pearson, Josie – Missouri St
200 Butterfly
2:01.62
534 points
200 Individual Medley
2:03.21
536 points
400 Individual Medley
4:19.64
544 points
Mountain Pacific
1. Weidner, Franziska – Hawaii
100 Freestyle
48.66
727 points
200 Freestyle
1:46.71
668 points
200 Individual Medley
1:57.92
701 points
2. Hansen, Bryndis – Hawaii
100 Freestyle
49.03
697 points
200 Freestyle
1:46.93
660 points
50 Freestyle
22.5
696 points
3. Laughlin, Solie – UC Davis
200 Individual Medley
2:00.77
616 points
400 Individual Medley
4:11.91
667 points
200 Backstroke
1:54.48
694 points
4. Quintana, Heaven – UCSB
100 Butterfly
53.7
641 points
200 Butterfly
1:59.92
594 points
100 Breastroke
1:01.11
663 points
5. Jorgensen, Whitney – Pacific
200 Individual Medley
2:00.36
628 points
400 Individual Medley
4:16.26
601 points
200 Breastroke
2:14.81
594 points
Mountian West
1. Aoyama, Brittany – Boise St
100 Butterfly
52.04
751 points
100 Freestyle
49.03
697 points
50 Freestyle
22.45
705 points
2. Martin, Katelyn – Boise St
100 Freestyle
49.46
662 points
100 Butterfly
54.31
600 points
50 Freestyle
22.52
693 points
3. Miller, Genevieve – Air Force
200 Freestyle
1:49.15
571 points
500 Freestyle
4:42.42
705 points
1650 Freestyle
16:13.14
650 points
4. Chard, Emma – Boise St
100 Freestyle
50.15
605 points
200 Freestyle
1:47.60
634 points
500 Freestyle
4:44.18
681 points
5. Berggren, Frida – San Diego St
200 Butterfly
1:58.76
632 points
200 Individual Medley
2:00.21
633 points
400 Individual Medley
4:12.89
653 points
Northeast
1. Garber, Maddy – Central Conn St
200 Individual Medley
2:06.95
395 points
200 Breastroke
2:14.55
601 points
100 Breastroke
1:02.06
609 points
2. Nihipali, Anu – Wagner
100 Freestyle
51.41
491 points
100 Backstroke
54.93
568 points
50 Freestyle
23.54
507 points
3. Rasile, Christine – Central Conn St
100 Freestyle
50.62
564 points
200 Freestyle
1:51.01
487 points
50 Freestyle
23.72
470 points
4. Kashyrina, Oleksandra – LIU Brooklyn
100 Freestyle
51.16
515 points
100 Butterfly
56.66
418 points
50 Freestyle
23.62
491 points
5. Jefferies, Danielle – LIU Brooklyn
100 Butterfly
56.08
466 points
200 Individual Medley
2:04.85
476 points
100 Breastroke
1:04.45
455 points
Pac 12
1. Ledecky, Katie – Stanford
200 Freestyle
1:42.16
862 points
500 Freestyle
4:26.46
969 points
1650 Freestyle
15:03.92
968 points
2. Manuel, Simone – Stanford
100 Freestyle
47.37
846 points
200 Freestyle
1:41.90
875 points
50 Freestyle
21.78
833 points
3. Eastin, Ella – Stanford
200 Butterfly
1:52.62
841 points
200 Individual Medley
1:53.26
855 points
400 Individual Medley
4:00.36
853 points
4. Hansson, Louise – Southern Cali
100 Freestyle
47.47
835 points
200 Freestyle
1:43.04
820 points
100 Butterfly
51.17
814 points
5. Baker, Kathleen – California
100 Backstroke
51.25
789 points
200 Individual Medley
1:53.41
849 points
200 Backstroke
1:49.83
829 points
SEC
1. Smoliga, Olivia – Georgia
100 Freestyle
46.95
890 points
100 Backstroke
51.24
790 points
50 Freestyle
21.58
877 points
2. Seidt, Asia – Kentucky
100 Backstroke
51.5
773 points
200 Individual Medley
1:55.33
782 points
200 Backstroke
1:51.18
787 points
3. Gibson, Sarah – Texas A&M
100 Butterfly
51.37
799 points
200 Butterfly
1:54.59
768 points
200 Freestyle
1:44.37
761 points
4. Burchill, Veronica – Georgia
100 Butterfly
51.79
768 points
100 Freestyle
48.44
746 points
50 Freestyle
22.21
748 points
5. Pickrem, Sydney – Texas A&M
200 Individual Medley
1:56.14
756 points
400 Individual Medley
4:06.50
749 points
200 Breastroke
2:09.21
734 points
Patriot League
1. Barber, Lauren – U.S. Navy
200 Individual Medley
2:00.13
635 points
200 Breastroke
2:13.75
621 points
100 Breastroke
1:01.41
646 points
2. Margroum, Kenzie – U.S. Navy
100 Freestyle
50.35
588 points
200 Freestyle
1:50.20
525 points
50 Freestyle
23.05
601 points
3. Foss, Julianna – Bucknell
200 Butterfly
2:00.72
567 points
200 Individual Medley
2:02.60
557 points
200 Backstroke
1:59.27
559 points
4. Rosenberg, Abigail – Bucknell
100 Freestyle
50.67
560 points
200 Freestyle
1:49.16
571 points
500 Freestyle
4:55.10
522 points
5. Lawson, Casey – U.S. Navy
200 Freestyle
1:47.64
632 points
200 Individual Medley
2:04.73
481 points
200 Backstroke
2:00.02
536 points
Summit
1. Andison, Bailey – Denver
200 Individual Medley
1:55.82
766 points
400 Individual Medley
4:07.40
735 points
200 Breastroke
2:14.13
612 points
2. Roas, Johanna – Denver
100 Freestyle
48.72
722 points
100 Backstroke
52.92
688 points
200 Freestyle
1:46.94
660 points
3. Sanders, Amanda – Denver
200 Individual Medley
2:02.15
572 points
200 Breastroke
2:09.29
732 points
100 Breastroke
1:00.47
699 points
4. McCormick, Morgan – Denver
100 Backstroke
54.03
623 points
200 Individual Medley
1:59.62
651 points
200 Backstroke
1:53.77
714 points
5. Myers, Maddie – Denver
500 Freestyle
4:43.43
691 points
400 Individual Medley
4:12.60
657 points
1650 Freestyle
16:32.49
569 points
WAC
1. Wittenauer-Lee, Blaise – Seattle U
200 Individual Medley
2:01.77
584 points
200 Breastroke
2:11.26
683 points
100 Breastroke
1:01.19
659 points
2. Davis Ortiz, Estela – Grand Canyon
100 Backstroke
54.15
616 points
400 Individual Medley
4:19.10
554 points
200 Backstroke
1:55.87
657 points
3. Frey, Steph – North Dakota
100 Freestyle
50.82
546 points
100 Breastroke
1:01.76
626 points
50 Freestyle
23.52
511 points
4. Staffeldt, Alina – Northern Ariz
100 Butterfly
54.48
588 points
200 Butterfly
2:00.18
585 points
50 Freestyle
23.62
491 points
5. Christianson, Alyssa – Grand Canyon
200 Individual Medley
2:05.00
471 points
200 Breastroke
2:13.79
620 points
100 Breastroke
1:03.12
544 points
D1 Men’s Conferences
ACC
1. Held, Ryan – NC State
100 Freestyle
42.4
773 points
100 Butterfly
46.06
741 points
50 Freestyle
19.09
806 points
2. Ipsen, Anton Oerskov – NC State
500 Freestyle
4:13.40
783 points
400 Individual Medley
3:45.40
674 points
1650 Freestyle
14:39.63
734 points
3. Claverie, Carlos – Louisville
200 Individual Medley
1:45.36
669 points
200 Breastroke
1:53.32
749 points
100 Breastroke
52.37
740 points
4. Tarasevich, Grigory – Louisville
100 Backstroke
45.78
737 points
200 Backstroke
1:40.32
742 points
50 Freestyle
20.04
618 points
5. Merrilees, Jorden – UNC
200 Freestyle
1:34.31
724 points
500 Freestyle
4:17.86
707 points
200 Backstroke
1:43.08
653 points
AAC
1. Gomez, Jonathan – SMU
200 Butterfly
1:43.36
699 points
400 Individual Medley
3:50.84
580 points
1650 Freestyle
15:39.90
423 points
2. Bready, Chris – Cincinnati
200 Freestyle
1:39.54
480 points
500 Freestyle
4:23.24
619 points
1650 Freestyle
15:15.32
562 points
3. Craven, Erle – East Carolina
200 Breastroke
1:58.65
592 points
100 Breastroke
54.29
603 points
50 Freestyle
20.85
440 points
4. Davis, Connor – Cincinnati
100 Freestyle
44.84
540 points
200 Freestyle
1:38.41
539 points
50 Freestyle
20.41
542 points
5. Cadiat, Maxime – East Carolina
100 Freestyle
45.17
504 points
100 Butterfly
49.23
468 points
50 Freestyle
20.41
542 points
A10
1. McCoy, Ryan – St. Louis
100 Butterfly
47.07
658 points
100 Freestyle
44.38
587 points
200 Freestyle
1:38.13
552 points
2. Vizza, Joseph – Fordham
100 Freestyle
45.37
482 points
200 Freestyle
1:38.85
516 points
500 Freestyle
4:33.23
434 points
3. Bergman, Fabian – La Salle
100 Backstroke
48.85
511 points
200 Individual Medley
1:52.90
375 points
200 Backstroke
1:48.28
468 points
4. Morin, Alec – George Mason
100 Freestyle
45.45
473 points
100 Butterfly
49.78
414 points
50 Freestyle
20.76
462 points
5. Williams, Isaiah – St. Louis
100 Butterfly
49.21
470 points
200 Butterfly
1:48.94
492 points
400 Individual Medley
4:00.53
376 points
Big 12
1. Conger, Jack – Texas
100 Butterfly
44.94
844 points
200 Butterfly
1:40.24
817 points
50 Freestyle
19.45
731 points
2. Smith, Clark – Texas
200 Freestyle
1:34.22
728 points
500 Freestyle
4:11.20
824 points
1650 Freestyle
14:32.77
769 points
3. Haas, Townley – Texas
100 Freestyle
43.28
689 points
200 Freestyle
1:33.72
751 points
500 Freestyle
4:14.36
766 points
4. Ringgold, Brett – Texas
100 Freestyle
42.45
768 points
100 Butterfly
46.82
678 points
50 Freestyle
19.49
723 points
5. Jackson, Tate – Texas
100 Freestyle
42.79
735 points
100 Butterfly
46.78
681 points
50 Freestyle
19.69
685 points
Big East
1. Hoin, Jake – Villanova
100 Butterfly
48.29
556 points
100 Freestyle
45.56
460 points
50 Freestyle
20.75
464 points
2. Yanchulis, Noah – Seton Hall
100 Freestyle
46.18
388 points
200 Freestyle
1:39.70
471 points
500 Freestyle
4:29.85
501 points
3. Suriano, Rodrigo – Xavier
100 Freestyle
45.65
450 points
200 Freestyle
1:40.37
434 points
50 Freestyle
20.77
459 points
4. Pettinichi, Michael – Xavier
200 Breastroke
2:01.15
511 points
100 Breastroke
55.45
514 points
50 Freestyle
21.49
286 points
5. Grubert, Lior – Seton Hall
200 Butterfly
1:50.46
426 points
200 Individual Medley
1:50.86
464 points
400 Individual Medley
3:58.77
415 points
Big 10
1. Lanza, Vini – Indiana
100 Butterfly
45.56
785 points
200 Butterfly
1:41.34
773 points
200 Individual Medley
1:43.57
731 points
2. El Kamash, Marwan – Indiana
200 Freestyle
1:34.10
734 points
500 Freestyle
4:13.44
782 points
1650 Freestyle
14:48.34
692 points
3. Ryan, Shane – Penn St
100 Freestyle
42.49
764 points
100 Backstroke
45.75
739 points
50 Freestyle
19.68
687 points
4. Pieroni, Blake – Indiana
100 Freestyle
42.31
783 points
200 Freestyle
1:33.43
765 points
50 Freestyle
19.99
628 points
5. Hutchins, Matt – Wisconsin
200 Freestyle
1:36.10
646 points
500 Freestyle
4:15.03
754 points
1650 Freestyle
14:47.62
696 points
CCSA
1. Shvets, Kyrylo – Incarnate Word
200 Freestyle
1:38.41
539 points
500 Freestyle
4:24.61
596 points
400 Individual Medley
3:54.01
518 points
2. Ruvalcaba Cruz, Hector – Incarnate Word
200 Butterfly
1:47.85
537 points
200 Individual Medley
1:49.29
528 points
400 Individual Medley
3:52.65
545 points
3. Fusilier, Beau – Incarnate Word
200 Freestyle
1:38.76
521 points
200 Individual Medley
1:50.35
485 points
400 Individual Medley
3:53.46
529 points
4. Moore, David – Incarnate Word
200 Individual Medley
1:49.49
520 points
500 Freestyle
4:31.64
466 points
400 Individual Medley
3:53.07
537 points
5. Brennock, John – Fla Atlantic
100 Freestyle
45.72
442 points
100 Backstroke
48.93
504 points
50 Freestyle
20.58
504 points
CAA
1. Saunderson, Jack – Towson
100 Butterfly
47.92
588 points
200 Butterfly
1:46.76
579 points
200 Freestyle
1:40.58
423 points
2. Ryan, Will – UNC Wilmington
200 Breastroke
2:00.02
549 points
100 Breastroke
55.69
494 points
400 Individual Medley
3:55.56
486 points
3. Eiden, Joseph – William & Mary
100 Freestyle
45.04
518 points
200 Freestyle
1:40.18
445 points
50 Freestyle
20.43
538 points
4. Arthur, Jason – Drexel
100 Backstroke
49.8
432 points
200 Individual Medley
1:49.78
509 points
200 Backstroke
1:47.78
488 points
5. Ress, Brandon – Towson
100 Freestyle
46.47
355 points
200 Freestyle
1:39.15
501 points
500 Freestyle
4:28.54
526 points
Horizon
1. Sikatzki, Philipp – Cleveland St
100 Butterfly
46.33
718 points
100 Backstroke
46.89
658 points
200 Individual Medley
1:46.63
626 points
2. Huch, Paul – Oakland
100 Freestyle
44.43
582 points
100 Backstroke
48.24
559 points
50 Freestyle
20.38
549 points
3. Wolst, Tommi – Cleveland St
200 Individual Medley
1:49.46
521 points
200 Backstroke
1:46.07
553 points
100 Breastroke
54.6
580 points
4. Kiviluoma, Tuomas – Oakland
100 Butterfly
48.06
576 points
200 Freestyle
1:38.37
541 points
200 Individual Medley
1:49.42
523 points
5. Nowicki, Devon – Oakland
200 Individual Medley
1:50.69
471 points
200 Breastroke
2:01.43
501 points
100 Breastroke
54.43
593 points
Ivy
1. Farris, Dean – Harvard
100 Freestyle
43.45
674 points
200 Freestyle
1:34.30
725 points
50 Freestyle
19.82
661 points
2. Evdokimov, Alex – Cornell
200 Breastroke
1:54.31
719 points
100 Breastroke
52.41
737 points
50 Freestyle
20.52
518 points
3. Klotz, Daniel – Brown
100 Freestyle
44
623 points
100 Butterfly
47.53
621 points
50 Freestyle
19.82
661 points
4. Andrew, Mark – Penn
200 Freestyle
1:36.36
634 points
500 Freestyle
4:26.35
566 points
400 Individual Medley
3:49.36
606 points
5. Novak, Brennan – Harvard
200 Freestyle
1:36.80
615 points
500 Freestyle
4:19.99
672 points
1650 Freestyle
15:24.19
514 points
Metro
1. Molloy, Zachary – Rider
100 Freestyle
43.84
638 points
200 Freestyle
1:36.07
647 points
50 Freestyle
20.38
549 points
2. Carey, Justin – Rider
100 Butterfly
48.78
511 points
100 Backstroke
48.67
526 points
200 Backstroke
1:49.70
411 points
3. Musselman, Luke – Rider
200 Individual Medley
1:50.78
467 points
400 Individual Medley
3:59.32
403 points
200 Backstroke
1:49.21
431 points
4. Molloy, William – Rider
100 Freestyle
46.09
399 points
200 Freestyle
1:40.14
447 points
500 Freestyle
4:32.53
448 points
5. Martir, Matthan-Matthew – Rider
100 Butterfly
49.65
427 points
100 Freestyle
45.97
413 points
50 Freestyle
20.83
445 points
MAC
1. Osvath, Artur – Missouri St.
100 Butterfly
48.14
569 points
200 Breastroke
1:55.52
684 points
100 Breastroke
54.15
613 points
2. Willett, Phillip – Missouri St.
200 Individual Medley
1:47.40
599 points
400 Individual Medley
3:50.54
585 points
200 Breastroke
1:58.94
583 points
3. Miller, Mason – Buffalo
100 Butterfly
47.86
593 points
100 Freestyle
45.04
518 points
50 Freestyle
20.05
616 points
4. Huang, Scott – Buffalo
200 Individual Medley
1:48.98
540 points
200 Breastroke
1:58.54
595 points
400 Individual Medley
3:50.94
578 points
5. Thomas, Antonio – Missouri St.
200 Freestyle
1:39.74
469 points
500 Freestyle
4:22.87
625 points
1650 Freestyle
15:04.50
616 points
Mountain Pacific
1. Sorenson, Payton – Brigham Young
100 Freestyle
43.06
710 points
100 Backstroke
48.97
501 points
50 Freestyle
19.22
778 points
2. Jenkins, Preston – Brigham Young
100 Freestyle
43.49
670 points
200 Freestyle
1:35.96
652 points
200 Backstroke
1:44.67
601 points
3. Aydin, Metin – Hawaii
100 Backstroke
47.57
609 points
200 Individual Medley
1:45.74
657 points
200 Backstroke
1:43.15
651 points
4. Mullis, Billy – UCSB
100 Butterfly
47.25
644 points
100 Backstroke
46.97
652 points
200 Individual Medley
1:47.27
604 points
5. Ongstad, Mitchell – Pacific
100 Freestyle
43.4
678 points
100 Backstroke
49.19
483 points
50 Freestyle
19.64
695 points
Pac 12
1. Carter, Dylan – Southern Cali
100 Butterfly
45.27
812 points
200 Freestyle
1:32.61
805 points
100 Freestyle
42.14
800 points
2. Murphy, Ryan – California
100 Backstroke
44.61
831 points
200 Individual Medley
1:42.53
768 points
200 Backstroke
1:38.65
801 points
3. Seliskar, Andrew – California
200 Butterfly
1:40.74
796 points
200 Individual Medley
1:42.41
772 points
400 Individual Medley
3:39.54
776 points
4. Jensen, Michael – California
100 Freestyle
42.75
739 points
200 Freestyle
1:33.76
749 points
50 Freestyle
19.49
723 points
5. Shoults, Grant – Stanford
200 Freestyle
1:34.15
731 points
500 Freestyle
4:12.03
808 points
1650 Freestyle
14:53.44
668 points
SEC
1. Dressel, Caeleb – Florida
100 Freestyle
41.6
861 points
100 Butterfly
44.86
852 points
50 Freestyle
18.73
891 points
2. Kalisz, Chase – Georgia
200 Butterfly
1:40.38
811 points
200 Individual Medley
1:41.26
817 points
400 Individual Medley
3:36.98
825 points
3. Chadwick, Michael – Missouri
100 Freestyle
41.8
838 points
200 Individual Medley
1:43.01
750 points
50 Freestyle
19.18
786 points
4. Schwingenschlogl, Fabian – Missouri
100 Butterfly
47
664 points
200 Breastroke
1:53.34
748 points
100 Breastroke
51.07
846 points
5. Litherland, Jay – Georgia
200 Freestyle
1:34.04
736 points
400 Individual Medley
3:38.19
801 points
200 Backstroke
1:41.65
699 points
Patriot
1. Brutkiewicz, Marlin – U.S. Navy
200 Individual Medley
1:49.87
505 points
200 Breastroke
1:55.14
695 points
100 Breastroke
53.33
671 points
2. Cono, Ben – Loyola (MD)
200 Individual Medley
1:52.19
406 points
200 Breastroke
1:57.28
633 points
100 Breastroke
53.39
667 points
3. Dang, Ty – Army
200 Individual Medley
1:51.56
434 points
200 Breastroke
1:56.05
668 points
100 Breastroke
54.5
587 points
4. Daniels, Joe – Army
200 Individual Medley
1:54.35
314 points
200 Breastroke
1:57.00
641 points
100 Breastroke
53.35
670 points
5. Rude, Evin – Army
100 Freestyle
44.76
548 points
200 Freestyle
1:36.77
616 points
50 Freestyle
20.77
459 points
Summit
1. Loncar, Anton – Denver
100 Backstroke
45.68
745 points
200 Backstroke
1:40.33
742 points
50 Freestyle
20.02
622 points
2. Robrock, Kyle – Denver
100 Freestyle
43.74
647 points
100 Butterfly
47.25
644 points
50 Freestyle
19.66
691 points
3. Gilbert, Colin – Denver
200 Freestyle
1:36.94
609 points
500 Freestyle
4:17.85
707 points
1650 Freestyle
15:01.39
631 points
4. Cottam, Tim – Denver
200 Breastroke
1:57.97
612 points
100 Breastroke
53.38
667 points
50 Freestyle
20.32
562 points
5. Bornman, Ray – Denver
100 Freestyle
44.14
610 points
200 Freestyle
1:36.91
610 points
50 Freestyle
20.32
562 points
WAC
1. Nikolaev, Mark – Grand Canyon
100 Freestyle
44.03
620 points
100 Backstroke
45.89
729 points
200 Backstroke
1:42.99
656 points
2. Mount, Steffen – Air Force
100 Freestyle
43.37
681 points
100 Butterfly
47.72
605 points
50 Freestyle
19.97
632 points
3. Paco-Pedroni, Tommy – UNLV
100 Freestyle
43
715 points
200 Freestyle
1:37.55
580 points
50 Freestyle
20.14
599 points
4. Lambros, Jacob – Grand Canyon
100 Freestyle
43.6
660 points
200 Freestyle
1:38.31
544 points
50 Freestyle
19.79
666 points
5. Lucas, Noah – North Dakota
100 Freestyle
43.91
631 points
200 Freestyle
1:38.59
529 points
50 Freestyle
19.75
674 points
It would be nice if there were totals with each person to make comparisons easier.
For what it’s worth, almost all D2 conferences (and obviously D2 NCAAs) are 4-day meets in which a swimmer can theoretically swim up to 4 individual events. Might want to take that into consideration for those rankings?
Not going out on a limb here assuming that KL swims the 500 on day 1 and 1650 on day 3. Is there a 0% chance she swims the 4IM on day 2 instead of the 2free? I can’t think of a strong argument to support this other than I’d like to see an easton-ledecky matchup. Please and thankyou.
I have a hard time seeing the 200m Olympic champion not swimming the 200. The 200y free is more of a sprint than 200m but still….I think she does 200 free since she has a much bigger chance to win that.
Also, Stanford has the defending 400 IM champion already competing in that event. While Manuel has a good shot at winning the 200 free, I feel like Eastin is more of a sure bet. Therefore, it makes sense to put Ledecky in the 200 for team score purposes.
Not necessarily. Stanford has a lot more depth in the 200 free than the 400 IM. In the 200 free they might swim Manuel, Neal, Drabot and Stafford, all with a chance to score. In the 400 IM it’s just Eastin and Szekely. For a chance to pick up the extra 3 points by winning the event (which Manuel might win anyways), they’re certain to cost them selves at least a point or two by bumping down more of their own swimmers in the 200. I think Ledecky in the 400 IM makes perfect sense from a team score perspective. However, the difference is probably only a couple points one direction or the other so that might not be the… Read more »
I vote the 400IM cause she will scare Eastin to a record swim.
Fascinating article! It would be great to see the same power point rankings after NCAAS. Please formulate the Relay Power Point as well! Ledecky is clearly worth 969 points. Wilson at Emory is also worthy in that league.
I like this stat as far as it goes, but there is a shortcoming as well, namely relays. 28.5% of the points scored at NCAAs will be in relays (43.5% of the points scored in just swimming events). None of the above quantifies the potential impact on relays, thus omitting an important part of the picture.
I can envision a stat similar to WAR in baseball analytics – create a statistically average NCAA qualifying relay, then replace a leg on that relay with the swimmer in question. You could then see the expected improvement or decline in team placing (and point scoring) to indicate the true impact of the swimmer in that relay event.
This brings up the classic sports question of best vs most valuable. Should we weight someone’s skill less due to the fact that their events aren’t as highly valued by the event schedule? A swimmer who finals in three sprint events might be more valuable to their team than a swimmer who sweeps the distance events, but I think the distance swimmer is likely the “better swimmer” relative to the competition in their chosen events.
The other practical problem is that relay splits aren’t as readily available as individual times. Katie Ledecky will probably put down an incredible 100 free split on a relay at some point this year, but is unlikely to have a tapered individual 100 free time.… Read more »
Thanks the explanation. I understand that it’s difficult to gather and process split times, and recognize the challenge of weighing some non-relay swimmers less (like distance swimmers). However, I think you should acknowledge that your methodology omits the skill of some swimmers as well – namely anyone who can swim a fast 50 in the strokes. For example, I’d argue that Lily King’s 50 breast in the 200 Medley relay is a real swimming skill that is not being properly credited to her at all in her “top 3” in your methodology – shouldn’t we also be taking that skill into account when were evaluating who should be considered to be “the best?”
Yes, this is a flaw. However, I like the fact that the current set up rewards some level of event diversity. I think that including 50’s of stroke might be double counting a single skill, sprinting in a specific stroke. Most people that can do an elite 100 can do an elite 50 in that stroke. The same isn’t necessarily true for 100s and 200s. This system already gives credit to swimmers for their 50 and 100 free times, but that can’t really be avoided at those are both individually contested events. Sprinters don’t need more advantages when judging swimmer quality.
In a perfect world where we could easily get relay splits, the 50s would be included in some way.… Read more »
Keene State with a mention, they used to be animals in the distance events. Why do they only have like 10 guys on their team?
D3 School btw
A little weird that Clark Smith’s 14:32 in the mile, which is very close to what it takes to win NCAAs, is only worth 1 point more than a 42.45 in the 100 free (Ringold), a time that probably won’t final at NCAAs.
Good point. The points are calculated based off of the distribution of all times done in that event. So the 1650 gets fewer untapered times than other events. If we included the 1000 freestyle, you could see its skewed the opposite way. We’re working on correcting this.