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Official Psych Sheets, Cut Lines Released For 2023 NCAA Women’s Championships

2023 NCAA WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

The official psych sheets for the 2023 NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships were released Wednesday, along with the cut line, eligible relays, and a list of alternates should there be any scratches.

The competition is scheduled for March 15-18 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

YOU CAN SEE ALL THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS HERE:

The competition will feature a total of 322 participants, with 281 swimmers having been officially selected this morning, while 41 divers will earn their spot at the championships at their respective Zone meets which will run March 6-11.

SwimSwam’s cut line projection on Tuesday proved to be accurate, as the second tiebreaker earned Arizona’s Maddy Burt an invite over Missouri’s Taylor Williams, who is confirmed to be the first alternate for the competition.

A clerical error initially had an incorrect time for a swimmer in the 100 freestyle (Northwestern’s Audrey Liu) and once the issue was fixed, William & Mary’s Katie Stevenson got bumped up into the meet after she was initially projected to be the second alternate.

There was also an initial issue with Ohio State’s relay entries, which has since been updated.

See our previous coverage:

Top Seeds By Event:

Adding in the five relays, Virginia holds the top seed in 10 out of 18 events on the schedule, while Texas and Stanford are the only other schools with multiple #1 seeds at two.

OFFICIAL ALTERNATES LIST

  1. Taylor Williams, Missouri – 100 fly, 52.20
  2. Karen Liu, Columbia – 200 fly, 1:55.99
  3. Hannah Brunzell, Northwestern – 100 breast, 59.76
  4. Emilia Snasome, Georgia – 100 back, 52.38
  5. Zoe Spitz, Rice – 200 back, 1:54.01
  6. Maggie Wallace, Indiana – 1650 free, 16:13.89
  7. Lexie Mulvihill, Auburn – 50 free, 22.17
  8. Jade Foelske, Arizona State – 200 fly, 1:56.01
  9. Sophia Wilson, Virginia – 400 IM, 4:11.43
  10. Mackenzie Brandt, Alabama – 1650 free, 16:14.39

As previously mentioned, Williams is the first alternate and will earn an invite for the meet should there be any scratches. Last season, Tennessee’s Olivia Harper earned an invite to the meet after initially being the first alternate due to the withdrawal of Louisville’s Adeline Farrington.

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Cousin Eddie
1 year ago

How does all of the 5th years impact the number of freshman that get into NCAA’s (or does it) given this year is the freshman class that won’t have a chance at a 5th year for Covid they and the next coupe of classes would seem to be negatively impacted by doing the right thing for those that lost a year. Or was it last years freshman that are the first to not get a 5th year option? At any rate just wondering if there are less freshman with the impact of the extra 5th years or if that impact is just spread evenly.

So confused
Reply to  Cousin Eddie
1 year ago

Good question Cousin Eddie!

Miss M
1 year ago

Almost couldn’t find Alex Walsh’s 3rd event! Did not expect to see her ranked #30 in the 200 fly … will she be the biggest improvement on rank?

Happy to see the A Walsh v Douglass 200IM showdown.

So keen!

SunshineStateSwimmer
1 year ago

Confused on the relay eligibility. If a school only has a relay with a Provisional Standard (no A cut, no other relay with a Qualifying Standard), how are they able to swim it at the meet?

Admin
Reply to  SunshineStateSwimmer
1 year ago

If they have 4 individual qualifiers.

SunshineStateSwimmer
Reply to  Braden Keith
1 year ago

It makes sense that those 4 can swim on the relay. I guess the better question is – does it make sense that a team with 4 individual qualifiers “announced” their team including 4 additional relay only swimmers when the team only has one provisional standard?

Admin
Reply to  SunshineStateSwimmer
1 year ago

Yes. Once you have four individuals, you can swim your B cut relays, and take four relay-only swimmers. Teams with 1 qualified relay get the same number of relay-only swimmers as teams with 5 in the NCAA (unlike, say, the Olympics).

FormerMG
1 year ago

How many mid-major women made the cut?

Andrew Mering
Reply to  FormerMG
1 year ago

22

Boz
1 year ago

How many of these swimmers are international?

Sharks Coach
1 year ago

What is a “normal” number of alternate move ups each year? 2? 3?

Skip
Reply to  Sharks Coach
1 year ago

No idea of what might be normal, but in 2022 it was two that moved up

dubsdown
1 year ago

Katie Stevenson is the bomb – legend has it she is good at handstands

Chachi
1 year ago

Good lord, Arizona…

About James Sutherland

James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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