NCAA Lowers 15 Individual “A” Standards for 2022-23 DI Championships

NCAA Publish eligibility criteria The 2022-23 Division I Swimming & Diving Championships will see significantly more time drops than last year.

The NCAA chose to keep the 2021 criteria the same after the 2020 NCAA Championship was canceled due to COVID-19. Then last year They lowered six individual ‘A’ standards ahead of the 2022 NCAA ChampionshipThe NCAA will more than double that mark next year, setting new ‘A’ standards in 15 individual events and new eligibility standards for eight relays.

The modified criteria are:

• Men’s 50 Free ‘A’ Standard (0.08 Faster)
• Men’s 50 Free ‘B’ Standard (0.14 Faster)
• Women’s 50 Free ‘B’ Standard (.05 Fast)
• Men’s 100 Free ‘A’ Standard (0.07 Faster)
• Men’s 100 Free ‘B’ Standard (0.21 Faster)
• Women’s 100 Free ‘B’ Standard (0.07 Faster)
• Men’s 200 Free ‘A’ Standard (0.07 Faster)
• Men’s 200 Free ‘B’ Standard (0.44 Faster)
• Women’s 200 Free ‘A’ Standard (0.14 Faster)
• Men’s 500 Free ‘A’ Standard (0.22 Faster)
• Men’s 500 Free ‘B’ Standard (.99 Fast)
• Men’s 100 fly ‘A’ standard (0.14 faster)
• Men’s 100 Fly ‘B’ Standard (0.2 Faster)
• Women’s 100 Fly “B” Standard (.07 Fast)
• Men’s 200 fly ‘A’ standard (0.24 faster)
• Women’s 200 Fly ‘A’ Standard (.34 Fast)
• Men’s 200 Fly ‘B’ Standard (.38 Fast)
• Men’s 100 Back ‘A’ Standard (.15 Fast)
• Men’s 100 Back ‘B’ Standard (.18 Fast)
• Women’s 100 Back ‘A’ Standard (.04 Fast)
• Women’s 100 Back ‘B’ Standard (.03 Fast)
• Men’s 200 Back ‘B’ Standard (.22 Fast)
• Women’s 200 Back ‘B’ Standard (.04 Fast)
• Men’s 100 Breast “A” Standard (.19 Fast)
• Men’s 100 Breast “B” Standard (.4 Fast)
• Women’s 100 Breast “A” Standard (.36 Fast)
• Women’s 100 Breast “B” Standard (.28 Fast)
• Men’s 200 Breast “A” Standard (.74 Fast)
• Men’s 200 Breast “B” Standard (.48 Fast)
• Women’s 200 Breast “A” Standard (0.4 Faster)
• Women’s 200 Breast “B” Standard (.08 Fast)
• Men’s 200 IM ‘A’ Standard (.12 Fast)
• Men’s 200 IM ‘B’ Standard (.25 Fast)
• Women’s 200 IM “B” Standard (.38 Fast)
• Men’s 400 IM “B” Standard (.15 Fast)
• Men’s 200 Free Relay Qualifying Criteria (.27 Fast)
• Men’s 200 Freestyle Interim Standard (.22 Fast)
• Qualifying Criteria for the Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay (.47 Fast)
• Men’s 400m free relay interim standard (0.02 speed)
• Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay Qualifying Criteria (0.4 Faster)
• Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay Provisional Standard (.03 speed)
• Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay Qualifying Criteria (.78 Fast)
• Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay Interim Standard (.91 Fast)
• Men’s 200 Medley Relay Qualifying Criteria (.46 Fast)
• Men’s 200 Medley Interim Standard (.41 Fast)
• Women’s 200 Medley Relay Qualifying Criteria (.16 Fast)
• Women’s 200 Medley Relay Provisional Standard (0.03 speed)
• Men’s 400 Medley Relay Qualifying Criteria (.51 Fast)
• Men’s 400 Medley Interim Standard (.69 Fast)
• Women’s 400 Medley Relay Qualifying Criteria (.28 Fast)
• Women’s 400 Medley Relay Provisional Standard (0.24 speed)

A quick refresher on how to NCAA Qualifying works (Read full description here):

• Individual events: In individual races, all swimmers with an ‘A’ criterion are automatically NCAA Championship. An equal number of swimmers will then be selected per event for all events until the maximum number of individual swimmers (235 males and 281 females) has been selected.
• Relay event: All relays with eligibility criteria can swim in NCAA Championship. Provided that one person (swimmer or diver) is also invited to the competition. If a team is invited to a relay, they can also swim in relays that have interim standards. Relays qualify for “teams” rather than individual swimmers, so teams can choose which swimmers they want to participate in the relay.

In practice, we’ve found that qualifying times for individual events are largely symbolic. Competitive swimmers are ranked based on the order of their individual events, and the change in criteria because ‘A’ cut limits apply and scoring swimmers rarely come close to ‘B’ cuts even in the third event. is not very important in a practical sense.

However, many teams use it as a benchmark to assess their performance during the season.

More important is the change in relay standards.without these standards teams cannot qualify for the NCAA, and relays that might score in the NCAA are often left home because they do not meet the standards by a very small margin. .

2023 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship Qualifying Criteria

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*6/5 indicates dive qualification criteria

Below is a complete analysis of the standard time drops from the 2022 NCAA Championship.

Men’s qualifying criteria change

Women’s qualifying standard change

On the male side, the biggest changes were 100 breast, 100 back, 100 fly, 200 fly, and 200 breast, 0.74 seconds less than the ‘A’ norm. For women, 100 breast and 200 fly are the biggest moves.

How standards are created

• The ‘A Standard’ for an individual event will be calculated using the 3-year average of the 8th best time on the performance list, unless the current ‘A Standard’ is faster than the 3-year average.
• The ‘B metric’ for an individual event will be calculated using the 3-year average of the 125th best time on the performance list unless the current ‘B metric’ is faster than the 3-year average.
• ‘Qualification Criteria’ for relay events will be calculated using the 3-year average of the 16th best time on the Championship Final performance list unless the current ‘Qualification Criteria’ is faster than the 3-year average. increase.
• The ‘provisional criteria’ for the relay event will be calculated using the 3-year average of the 24th best time from the current finals standings.
  The “interim standard” is faster than the three-year average.

The 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships will be held for the first time March 15-18 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. The men’s competition will be held at the University of Minnesota from his March 22-25.

Virginia’s women are two-time defending champions, and the Cal Golden Bears won the men’s title last year.