This post is probably coming later than it should, mostly because I didn't think it would be required.  For those of you waiting patiently for our 2009-2010 rankings, I wanted to inform you that we're working on a next generation version of the site that will automate the whole process.  The bad news is that this is taking us longer than we thought, and unfortunately we don't have a finished version of that site yet.  However, the good news is that the rankings should go much smoother with this upgraded website and it will enable us to include many more teams.  So, in the meantime please be patient.  I'll make an announcement on the major swim sites once we're ready to go. 

-Jeremy

A lot of you out there like to crunch the numbers after morning prelims, so I thought I'd save you some ofthe hassle.  Below I have the total score based on prelims (not including diving) including how many swims each team has in A and B finals. I'm using the ID abbreviation used for each team as its listed in results, so just an FYI.  Based on the mornings results, it looks like Stanford, Texas, Florida, and Auburn are all in the early mix for the top spot, pending diving results.  Stanford, however, is at a disadvantage, as they had two swimmers qualify 9th-Bobby Bollier in the 500 and Nate Cass in the 200 IM-so they're at a greater risk to fall behind their projected score.   Pesonally, the surprise of the morning is the Florida squad, whose swimmers/relays are swimming well below their seed times.  It's a stretch to say that they're in the hunt for the title at this point, but if they can repeat this morning's performance for the rest of the meet then I think they'll finish higher than anyone expected.

There was plenty of fast swimming at Denuzio this morning, with 2 pool records and one meet record going down.  I'm going to try my best to bring you guys up-to-date sessions analysis, but I'm working on 1 hour of sleep on the wrong end of an overnight flight, so forgive me if this first post isn't very meaty.  Take a look at the numbers below to see how each team did this morning in placing their swimmers in A, B, C finals and what the score would be in the individual events if places stay the same.  (sans diving and relay).  I have also included some other interesting numbers, including the number of swims each team had and the points each team is projected to score per swimmer (PPS).  Check back early tomorrow morning (or late tonight) to check out the anlaysis for finals.  Also feel free to check out the coverage for this meet at floswimming.org.

Michigan remains on their runaway train (soul asylum, holler) and Minnesota has positioned themselves well to move into the 2nd spot.  Diving will again be a factor tonight, but of all the teams that are strong in diving-Minnesota, Ohio St., Purdue, and Indiana-none has the relative advantage that will seperate them significantly from the pack.  We'll see how the relays shake out relative to the seed times, and whether or not diving will have a significant effect on the overall rankings.  

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