2023 NCAA WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 15-18, 2023
- Allan Jones Aquatic Center–Knoxville, Tennessee
- SCY (25 yards)
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Invited Swimmers By Team
- Alternates List
- Eligible Relays
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:
- Official Psych Sheets (with cut lines)
- Invited Swimmers By Team (not including relay-only swimmers)
- Alternates List
- Eligible Relays
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:
- NCAA reveals pre-selection psych sheets
- Projecting the cutline
- Scoring the psych sheets
- Full event coverage
Top Seeds By Event:
- 500 Free: Erica Sullivan, Texas — 4:35.88
- 200 IM: Kate Douglass, Virginia — 1:50.15
- 50 Free: Gretchen Walsh, Virginia — 20.83
- 400 IM: Ella Nelson, Virginia — 3:59.33
- 100 Fly: Kate Douglass, Virginia — 48.84
- 200 Free: Brooklyn Douthwright, Tennessee — 1:42.45
- 100 Breast: Kaitlyn Dobler, USC — 56.94
- 100 Back: Gretchen Walsh, Virginia — 49.25
- 1650 Free: Paige McKenna, Wisconsin — 15:46.90
- 200 Back: Claire Curzan, Stanford — 1:47.43
- 100 Free: Maggie MacNeil, LSU — 46.27
- 200 Breast: Kate Douglass, Virginia — 2:01.43
- 200 Fly: Emma Sticklen, Texas — 1:51.37
- 200 Free Relay: Virginia – 1:23.87
- 400 Free Relay: Virginia – 3:06.83
- 800 Free Relay: Stanford – 6:53.90
- 200 Medley Relay: Virginia – 1:31.73
- 400 Medley Relay: Virginia – 3:21.80
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
- Taylor Williams, Missouri – 100 fly, 52.20
- Karen Liu, Columbia – 200 fly, 1:55.99
- Hannah Brunzell, Northwestern – 100 breast, 59.76
- Emilia Snasome, Georgia – 100 back, 52.38
- Zoe Spitz, Rice – 200 back, 1:54.01
- Maggie Wallace, Indiana – 1650 free, 16:13.89
- Lexie Mulvihill, Auburn – 50 free, 22.17
- Jade Foelske, Arizona State – 200 fly, 1:56.01
- Sophia Wilson, Virginia – 400 IM, 4:11.43
- 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.
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.
Good question Cousin Eddie!
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!
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?
If they have 4 individual qualifiers.
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?
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).
How many mid-major women made the cut?
22
How many of these swimmers are international?
What is a “normal” number of alternate move ups each year? 2? 3?
No idea of what might be normal, but in 2022 it was two that moved up
Katie Stevenson is the bomb – legend has it she is good at handstands
Good lord, Arizona…