2020 NCAA Division I Women’s Pre-Selection Psych Sheets Released: Is the Power Shifting From West Coast to East Coast?

Is this the year Virginia takes the title and ends Stanford's run? Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

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The pre-selection psych sheet for the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships have been released. The official psych sheet will be released on Wednesday. The line for the cut-off is usually around 36th or 37th place. Swimming World will publish the official psych sheet when it comes available.

There weren’t too many surprises on the psych sheet as Maggie MacNeil elected to swim the 100 free rather than the 100 backstroke that she did last year. Tennessee’s Erika Brown will meet MacNeil in the 100 butterfly and will not swim the 200 freestyle.

Unofficial Psych Sheet

Virginia is seeded to win the meet and the program has not finished higher than fifth in school history.

Top Seeds:

50 Free: Abbey Weitzeil, Cal, 20.90
100 Free: Erika Brown, Tennessee, 45.83
200 Free: Abbey Weitzeil, Cal, 1:42.25
500 Free: Emma Nordin, Arizona State, 4:33.74
1650 Free: Molly Kowal, Ohio State, 15:43.17
100 Back: Beata Nelson, Wisconsin, 49.70
200 Back: Rhyan White, Alabama, 1:48.06
100 Breast: Sophie Hansson, NC State, 57.74
200 Breast: Sophie Hansson, NC State, 2:05.59
100 Fly: Maggie MacNeil, Michigan, 49.26
200 Fly: Louise Hansson, Southern Cal, 1:51.26
200 IM: Kate Douglass, Virginia, 1:51.36
400 IM: Brooke Forde, Stanford, 4:01.53

Relays

200 Free: Auburn, 1:25.41
400 Free: Auburn, 3:09.18
800 Free: Tennessee, 6:53.27
200 Medley: Virginia, 1:33.91
400 Medley: NC State, 3:27.22

Notable Swimmer’s Lineups:

Erika Brown: 50 free, 100 fly, 100 free
Kate Douglass: 200 IM, 100 fly, 200 breast
Katie Drabot: 500 free, 200 free, 200 fly
Brooke Forde: 500 free, 400 IM, 200 breast
Louise Hansson: 200 IM, 100 fly, 200 fly
Izzy Ivey: 200 IM, 100 fly, 100 back
Maggie MacNeil: 50 free, 100 fly, 100 free
Beata Nelson: 200 IM, 100 back, 200 back
Meghan Small: 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 breast
Abbey Weitzeil: 50 free, 200 free, 100 free

Observations

Virginia is seeded to win the meet and end Stanford’s three-year winning streak
Stanford is seeded to finish seventh.
NC State is seeded to finish fourth. They have not finished higher than seventh.
Erika Brown is swimming the 100 butterfly after swimming the 200 free at a couple meets this season.
Maggie MacNeil is in the 100 freestyle after swimming the 100 back last year.
Izzy Ivey is in the same three events she did last year.
Kate Douglass is in the 200 IM, 100 fly and 200 breast.
Brooke Forde is swimming the 200 breast after she did the 200 fly last year.
Kentucky is seeded to get ninth. The school has never been higher than 12th.

Scoring Projections (Based on Psych Sheet)

Virginia, 374
Tennessee, 304.5
California, 272
NC State, 248
Michigan, 233.5
Georgia, 217
Stanford, 193
Southern Cal, 177
Kentucky, 159
Auburn, 150
Alabama, 130
Florida, 126
Louisville, 123
Ohio State, 122
Wisconsin, 117
Arizona State, 84
Northwestern, 83
Missouri, 79
Texas, 77
Indiana, 69
Arkansas, 49
Duke, 35
North Carolina, 23
Harvard, 19
Texas A&M, 14
Minnesota, 14

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