2024 ACC Championships: Day 5 Ups/Mids/Downs

2024 ACC SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Tuesday, February 20 to Saturday, February 24, 2023
• Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
• Defending Champions: NC State men / Virginia women
• Full Event Schedule
• Championship Central
• Live Results
• Live Streaming
• Day 1 Finals Recap
• Day 2 Prelims Recap | Day 2 Finals Recap
• Day 3 Prelims Recap | Day 3 Finals Recap
• Day 4 Prelims Recap | Day 4 Finals Recap
• Day 5 Prelims Recap

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, swimmers qualify for one of three finals heats: the top 8 finishers make the A final, places 9 through 16 the B final and places 17 through 24 the C 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 of any heat in the final.

With that in mind, we’ll be tracking “Ups,” “Mids” and “Downs” after each prelims session. “Up” refers to swimmers in the A final, “Mid” to swimmers in the B final and “Down” to swimmers in the C final.

TEAM SCORES THROUGH DAY 4

Women:

1. Virginia — 1178.5
2. NC State — 869
3. Louisville — 841
4. UNC — 627.5
5. Duke — 621.5
6. Florida State — 435
7. Virgina Tech — 429.5
8. Georgia Tech — 392
9. Notre Dame — 366
10. Pitt — 332
11. Miami (FL) — 299

Men:

1. NC State — 1063.5
2. Notre Dame — 746.5
3. Virginia Tech — 666.5
4. Louisville — 664
5. Florida State — 538
6. Virgina — 534.5
7. UNC — 529
8. Pitt — 438
9. Georgia Tech — 392
10. Duke — 198
11. Miami — 94

Day 5 Ups/Mids/Downs — Women

Scored Prelims — Women

1. Virginia— 316.0
2. Louisville— 235.0
3. VA Tech— 195.0
4. Duke— 141.0
5. NC State— 122.0
6. UNC— 91.0
7. Miami (FL)— 83.0
8. Notre Dame— 71.0
9. Florida St— 49.0
10. GT— 48.0
11. Pitt— 37.0

Scored Prelims + Actual — Women

1. Virginia — 1494.5
2. Louisville — 1076
3. NC State — 991
4. Duke — 762.5
5. UNC — 718.5
6. VA Tech — 624.5
7. Florida St — 484
8. GT — 440
9. Notre Dame — 437
10. Miami (FL) — 382
11. Pitt — 369

The Virginia women continue separate themselves, notching 10 total A-final swims, three more than Louisville’s seven up swimmers. With NC State showing a more quiet prelims session, this ultimately opens the door for Louisville to take over the Wolfpack for second place.

Meanwhile, Duke’s four A-finalists trumps UNC’s lone up swim, setting Duke up to jump UNC for fourth. VA Tech’s third-most Saturday finalists will give them an opportunity to move up to sixth in the team battle, challenging Florida St for that spot.

Day 5 Ups/Mids/Downs — Men

Scored Prelims  — Men

1. NC State— 300.0
2. Notre Dame— 228.0
3. VA Tech— 214.0
4. Florida St— 151.5
5. Pitt— 147.0
6. Virginia— 139.5
7. Louisville— 132.5
8. Duke— 83.0
9. GT— 72.5
10. UNC— 39.0
11. Miami (FL)— 28.0

Scored Prelims + Actual — Men

1. NC State — 1363.5
2. Notre Dame — 974.5
3. VA Tech — 880.5
4. Louisville — 796.5
5. Florida St — 689.5
6. Virgina — 674
7. Pitt — 585
8. UNC — 568
9. GT — 464.5
10. Duke — 281
11. Miami (FL) — 122

The NC State men also nearly matched the Virginia women’s finals scoring potential, with 9 A-final up swims. Notre Dame and VA Tech also look to maintain their respective second and third place positions. Despite a low point potential pickup for Louisville, they are on track to keeping fourth overall in team standings.