Thanks for the nice preview. One interesting wrinkle for the Pac-12 championships this year is that ASU has redshirted their entire team and there are reduced rosters of swimmers heading to Houston (yeah, it's not in Washington this year). Stanford, which used to have more depth to be better suited for the Pac-12 than the NCAA (that's how they won last year) is only bringing 17 swimmers while Cal will have 19, possibly because Stanford is already conceding. Each event at the Pac-12 gives scores down to 24th place. There are several events that might not have 24 entrants.
More importantly for Cal's NCAA chances, this is the last chance for Cal swimmers to improve their times to secure a spot at the NCAA. People with A times are already in, while those with B times will go through a complicated selection process. Once a swimmer qualifies for the NCAA, she can swim in all the other events as well. NCCAA has already announced that they will keep full-sized field for both the men (270 swimmers) and women (322 swimmers) this year.
Right now, Cal has 13 swimmers with at least one B time. Tea Laughlin (Backstroke), Ali Harrison (Breaststroke), and Elise Garcia (sprint) are the ones most at the borderline (but probably will make the NCAA based on existing times). The hope is for one or two surprises to also qualify for the NCAA. Based on the psych sheet - Mara Allen (distance), Natalie Tuck (IM), Elizabeth Bailey (Fly) have the best chance. Emma Davidson, Isabella Riley, Alexa Skorus-Neely are the other Cal swimmers making the trip to Houston.
SwimSwam scored the psych sheet and predicts the following for this weekend:
Thanks for the nice preview. One interesting wrinkle for the Pac-12 championships this year is that ASU has redshirted their entire team and there are reduced rosters of swimmers heading to Houston (yeah, it's not in Washington this year). Stanford, which used to have more depth to be better suited for the Pac-12 than the NCAA (that's how they won last year) is only bringing 17 swimmers while Cal will have 19, possibly because Stanford is already conceding. Each event at the Pac-12 gives scores down to 24th place. There are several events that might not have 24 entrants.
More importantly for Cal's NCAA chances, this is the last chance for Cal swimmers to improve their times to secure a spot at the NCAA. People with A times are already in, while those with B times will go through a complicated selection process. Once a swimmer qualifies for the NCAA, she can swim in all the other events as well. NCCAA has already announced that they will keep full-sized field for both the men (270 swimmers) and women (322 swimmers) this year.
Right now, Cal has 13 swimmers with at least one B time. Tea Laughlin (Backstroke), Ali Harrison (Breaststroke), and Elise Garcia (sprint) are the ones most at the borderline (but probably will make the NCAA based on existing times). The hope is for one or two surprises to also qualify for the NCAA. Based on the psych sheet - Mara Allen (distance), Natalie Tuck (IM), Elizabeth Bailey (Fly) have the best chance. Emma Davidson, Isabella Riley, Alexa Skorus-Neely are the other Cal swimmers making the trip to Houston.
SwimSwam scored the psych sheet and predicts the following for this weekend:
SWIMULATOR PROJECTIONS
CALIFORNIA 1390.5
Stanford 1044
UCLA 1023
Southern Cali 748
Arizona 574.5
Washington St. 436
Utah 380.5
https://swimswam.com/2021-pac-12-womens-fan-guide-this-year-looks-pretty-golden/
Great wrap up! Can we look for daily updates and results? I am excite!