NCAA Releases 2019-20 Division I Swimming and Diving Qualifying Standards

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The NCAA announced the A and B qualifying standards for the 2019-20 Division I Swimming and Diving Championships. The women’s meet will be held in Athens, Georgia while the men’s meet will be in Indianapolis, Indiana. The NCAA made the A standards quicker in every single event except the men’s 200 IM and women’s 200 back, which remained the same.

The men’s B cuts were all unchanged except for the men’s 200 free relay, which went down from a 1:18.11 to a 1:17.86. All of the women’s individual events B cuts were unchanged but all five relays were lowered.

Some of the notable changes in the A cuts were that the women’s 100 free was lowered from a 47.35 to a 47.18, the women’s 200 IM went from a 1:54.31 to a 1:53.66, and the women’s 100 breast went from a 58.79 to a 58.60.

The biggest jump in the men’s A cuts was in the 1650 as the 2020 A cut is now a 14:37.31 compared to the 14:39.56 in 2019.

The full PDF document of the cuts can be viewed here.

Men’s Cuts (2019-20 Season) A Time, B Time

50 free, 18.96, 19.96
100 free, 41.71, 43.80
200 free, 1:32.05, 1:36.32
500 free, 4:11.82, 4:23.34
1650 free, 14:37.31, 15:26.19
100 back, 44.95, 47.77
200 back, 1:39.16, 1:45.04
100 breast, 51.67, 54.27
200 breast, 1:52.61, 1:58.43
100 fly, 45.05, 47.43
200 fly, 1:40.76, 1:46.69
200 IM, 1:41.34, 1:46.77
400 IM, 3:39.16, 3:51.46
200 FR, 1:17.17, 1:17.86
400 FR, 2:51.11, 2:52.46
800 FR, 6:17.18, 6:21.85
200 MR, 1:24.30, 1:24.97
400 MR, 3:05.95, 3:07.74

Women’s Cuts (2019-20 Season) A Time, B Time

50 free, 21.66, 22.76
100 free, 47.18, 49.51
200 free, 1:42.98, 1:47.12
500 free, 4:35.76, 4:47.20
1650 free, 15:52.41, 16:30.59
100 back, 50.93, 53.94
200 back, 1:50.50, 1:57.11
100 breast, 58.60, 1:01.84
200 breast, 2:06.84, 2:13.97
100 fly, 50.92, 53.76
200 fly, 1:53.20, 1:59.23
200 IM, 1:53.66, 1:59.94
400 IM, 4:03.62, 4:17.30
200 FR, 1:28.43, 1:29.21
400 FR, 3:14.61, 3:16.35
800 FR, 7:00.86, 7:05.88
200 MR, 1:36.40, 1:37.05
400 MR, 3:31.66, 3:33.78

Name*

Email*

Welcome to our community. We invite you to join our discussion. Our community guidelines are simple: be respectful and constructive, keep on topic, and support your fellow commenters. Commenting signifies that you agree to our Terms of Use

Name*

Email*

5 Comments

Oldest

Newest Most Voted

Inline Feedbacks

View all comments

Margo Spencer Walsh

4 years ago

Holy crap fast!

Carly Jones

4 years ago

Emily Benson senior year fast one?

Emily Benson

4 years ago

Reply to Carly Jones

Carly Jones you know it

Steve Flato

4 years ago

Faster …. then some more fast….

Richard Johansson

4 years ago

NCAA is a lot tougher than the Olympics!