2018 WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, March 14th – Saturday, March 17th
- McCorkle Aquatic Pavillion — Columbus, OH
- Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM (Eastern Time)
- Defending Champion: Stanford (1x) (results)
- Live stream: Wednesday/Thursday Prelims & Finals, Friday/Saturday Prelims / Friday/Saturday finals on ESPNU
- Championship Central
- Event-by-Event Previews
- Psych Sheet
- Live Results
For those unfamiliar with swimming terminology, the concept of “Ups” and “Downs” is a good way to track which teams performed best at prelims. In prelims at the NCAA National Championships, swimmers and divers qualify for one of two finals heats: the top 8 finishers make the A final, and places 9 through 16, the B final. In finals, swimmers are locked into their respective final, meaning a swimmer in the B heat (spots 9-16) can only place as high as 9th or as low as 16th, even if they put up the fastest or slowest time, or score the most diving points, of any heat in the final.
With that in mind, we’ll be tracking “Ups,” and “Downs” after each prelims session. “Up” refers to swimmers in the A final, “Down” to swimmers in the B final.
Day 2 Up/Downs
Diving prelims have not concluded yet, so they are excluded here. Stanford put a swimmer in every final, the only team to do so. They also have the most B finalists with 3.
| Individual | Relays | 200 Free Relay | 500 Free | 200 IM | 50 Free | 400 Medley Relay | |
| Stanford | 4/3 | 2/0 | 1/0 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 |
| Texas A&M | 3/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 |
| California | 2/3 | 2/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 1/0 |
| Virginia | 2/2 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Tennessee | 2/1 | 2/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 1/1 | 1/0 |
| Michigan | 1/3 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Arizona | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Texas | 1/1 | 2/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
| Ohio St | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Wisconsin | 1/0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| NC State | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| UNC | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Kentucky | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Auburn | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 |
| Purdue | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Denver | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Louisville | 0/3 | 2/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
| Indiana | 0/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Georgia | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Missouri | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Penn St | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| South Carolina | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Minnesota | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Southern Cali | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Alabama | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Florida St | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Virginia Tech | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
Day 2 Points
Scoring out the prelims as seeded tonight gives Stanford an advantage. They are seeded with 163.5 points tonight before diving, putting them well ahead of second place Cal who have 104.5 seeded going into tonight. With yesterday accounted for, this would extend Stanford’s advantage to 204-136.5. The biggest gainer vs the psych sheet this morning was NC State who picked up 15.5 points. Cal dropped the most, “losing” 27 points. There will be plenty of opportunities for that to even out tonight with 2 finals relays and 5 individual swims.
| Scored Prelims Day 2 Points | Psych Sheet Day 2 Points | Difference | Scored Prelims+Day 1 Points | |
| Stanford | 163.5 | 151.5 | 12 | 204 |
| California | 104.5 | 131.5 | -27 | 136.5 |
| Tennessee | 97.5 | 83 | 14.5 | 127.5 |
| Texas A&M | 80 | 91 | -11 | 98 |
| Louisville | 73 | 63.5 | 9.5 | 99 |
| Michigan | 66 | 82 | -16 | 100 |
| Texas | 61.5 | 60 | 1.5 | 89.5 |
| Virginia | 61 | 47 | 14 | 85 |
| Ohio St | 48 | 55 | -7 | 48 |
| Indiana | 35 | 32 | 3 | 37 |
| Wisconsin | 34 | 28 | 6 | 34 |
| Kentucky | 29 | 35 | -6 | 41 |
| Georgia | 29 | 19 | 10 | 42.5 |
| NC State | 29 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 29 |
| Arizona | 29 | 5 | 24 | 39 |
| Minnesota | 28 | 30 | -2 | 50 |
| Auburn | 22 | 46 | -24 | 26 |
| UNC | 19 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| Southern Cali | 16 | 34.5 | -18.5 | 24 |
| Purdue | 16 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| Missouri | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Denver | 12 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| Penn St | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| South Carolina | 4 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| Florida St | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| Alabama | 2 | 23.5 | -21.5 | 2 |
| Virginia Tech | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Day 2 Event Scores
As seeded after this morning
| 200 Free Relay | 500 Free | 200 IM | 50 Free | 400 Medley Relay | |
| Stanford | 40 | 46 | 22 | 15.5 | 40 |
| California | 32 | 0 | 15.5 | 33 | 24 |
| Tennessee | 34 | 0 | 15 | 16.5 | 32 |
| Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 40 | 14 | 26 |
| Louisville | 30 | 5 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 30 |
| Michigan | 24 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| Texas | 22 | 12 | 0 | 5.5 | 22 |
| Virginia | 26 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ohio St | 28 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Indiana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6 |
| NC State | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 10 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| Georgia | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Auburn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 |
| UNC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Southern Cali | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Purdue | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Missouri | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Penn St | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida St | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Add 30 points for Texas, 2 big finals in diving.
Cal has some huge potential time drop swapping 2 swimmers for 400 MR final.
If they swap out the back and free legs I estimate they could drop around 4 seconds. Hope to see some fireworks tonight.
Anywhere to see event replays?