2025 DII NCAA Championships: Day 4 Ups/Downs; Nova S’eastern Likely to Take Over Women’s Lead

By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam

2025 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championship

• March 11-15, 2025
• IU Natatorium — Indianapolis, IN 
• SCY (25 Yards) 
• Defending Champions: 
  • Women: Nova Southeastern (2x)
  • Men: University of Tampa (1x)
• Women’s Psych Sheets
• Men’s Psych Sheets
• Live Results 
• Live Stream
• Recaps:
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

For those unfamiliar with swimming terminology, the concept of “Ups” and “Downs” is a good way to track which teams performed best during prelims. In prelims at the SEC Championships, swimmers qualify for one of three finals: the top eight finishers make the ‘A’ final (Ups), places nine through 16 make the ‘B’ final (Mids), and places 17 through 24 made the ‘C’ final (Downs). In finals, swimmers are locked into their respective final, meaning a swimmer in the ‘B’ final can only place as high as 9th or as low as 16th, even if they swim the fastest or slowest time of the event in any final.

With that in mind, we track “Ups”, “Mids”, and “Downs” after each prelims session.

Women’s Meet

Note: Only includes teams with at least one finalist. Teams are listed in order of current team standings.

Drury started the day in first, but a lackluster prelims session will move them into second, solidly behind Nova Southeastern, thanks to their strong prelims performance.

Colorado Mesa also had an excellent prelims session, putting 10 swimmers through to the final, and throwing themselves up the leaderboard to potentially sit only 20 points behind Durry after tonight.

Team Standings After Day 3:

1. Drury, 262
2. Nova Southeastern, 254
3. Colorado Mesa, 174
4. Indy, 169
5. Grand Valley, 119
6. Lynn, 115
7. Tampa, 101
8. Simon Fraser, 87
9. Findlay, 81
10. West Florida, 80
11. Wingate, 74
12. Clarion, 73
13. Augustana, 57
14. Azusa Pacific, 53
15. Catawba, 43
16. Oklahoma Christi/CSU East Bay, 35 (TIE)
17. —
18. Wayne State, 29
19. Delta State, 28
20. NMU, 21
21. MSU Mankato, 20
22. McKendree, 19
23. Henderson St/UMSL, 15
24. —
25. Truman St, 14/SCSU, 14
26. —
27. Emmanuel, 12
28. West Chester/Florida Southern, 6
29. —
30. Davenport, 2
31. Concordia/Carson-Newman, 1

Women’s Ups/Downs

Projected Score + Actual Score:

1. Nova Southeastern – 325.5
2. Drury- 297
3. Colorado Mesa – 271
4. Indy – 215
5. Lynn – 151
6. Grand Valley – 135
7. Findlay / Tampa – 134.5
8. —
9. Simon Fraser – 114
10. Augustana – 94.5
11. Wingate – 90
12. West Florida – 89
13. Clarion – 73
14. Azusa Pacific – 67
15. NMU – 55
16. Catawba – 54
17. Oklahoma Christian – 45
18. MSU Mankato – 42
19. Wayne State – 38
20. CSU East Bay – 35
21. UMSL – 32
22. Delta State – 28
23. Henderson St – 19.5
24. McKendree – 19
25. Truman St / SCSU – 14
26. —
27. IUP – 12.5
28. Emmanuel – 12
29. West Chester / Florida Southern – 6
30. —
31. Barry – 4
32. Davenport – 2
33. Concordia / Carson-Newman – 1
34. —

Projected Score + Relay Score

1. Nova Southeastern – 365.5
2. Drury – 323
3. Colorado Mesa – 301
4. Indy – 247
5. Lynn – 185
6. Findlay – 162.5
7. Tampa – 152.5
8. Grand Valley – 141
9. Simon Fraser – 122
10. Augustana – 118.5
11. West Florida – 111
12. Catawba – 68
13. Azusa Pacific – 67
14. NMU – 57
15. Oklahoma Christian – 45
16. Delta State – 40
17. Wayne State – 38
18. CSU East Bay – 35
19. UMSL – 32
20. McKendree – 29
21. Henderson St – 19.5
22. Truman St – 14
23. SCSU – 14
24. IUP – 12.5
25. Emmanuel – 12
26. West Chester – 6
27. Florida Southern – 6
28. Barry – 4
29. Bloomsburg – 4
30. Davenport – 2
31. Concordia – 1
32. Carson-Newman – 1

Men’s Meet

Note: Only includes teams with at least one finalist. Teams are listed in order of current team standings.

The Drury men and the Tampa men had almost identical prelims sessions, putting the same number of men in each final and scoring almost the exact same number of projected points.

Due to their similar performances, Drury is looking to stay in the lead by a similar margin by the end of tonight’s finals.

McKendree’s strong prelims session could help them move into 3rd over Indy, putting six swimmers into finals and racking up 72 projected points.

Men’s Scores After Day 3

1. Drury, 268
2. Tampa, 239
3. Indy, 170
4. McKendree, 169
5. Grand Valley, 144
6. Florida Southern, 94
7. Lewis, 87
8. Lynn, 86
9. Colorado Mesa/Wayne State, 75
10. —
11. Wingate, 69
12. St Cloud State, 58/Clarion, 58
13. —
14. NMU, 43
15. Catawba, 42
16. Missouri S&T, 40
17. Rollins/Ouachita, 37
18. —
19. Nova Southeastern, 26
20. Simon Fraser, 25
21. Carson-Newman, 24
22. West Chester, 22
23. Delta State, 15
24. Quincy/Montevallo, 14
25. 00
26. Roberts Wesleyan, 13
27. Davenport/Mines/Barry, 12
28. —
29. —
30. Biola/College of Staten Island, 7
31. —
32. Henderson St, 5
33. Saginaw Valley/Findlay, 4

Men’s Ups/Downs

Projected Score + Actual Score

1. Drury – 391
2. Tampa – 362
3. McKendree – 269
4. Indy – 226
5. Grand Valley – 171.5
6. Florida Southern – 144
7. Lynn – 118
8. Wingate – 118
9. Lewis – 97
10. Colorado Mesa – 93.5
11. Wayne State – 83.5
12. St. Cloud State – 113
13. Catawba/Rollins – 72
14. —
15. Clarion – 64
16. Nova Southeastern – 50.5
17. NMU – 89
18. Ouachita – 48.5
19. Missouri S&T – 45
20. West Chester – 31
21. Simon Fraser/Carson-Newman – 25
22. —
23. Mines – 24
24. Delta State – 20
25. Quincy – 18
26. Barry – 15
27. Montevallo – 14
28. Roberts Wesleyan – 13
29. Davenport – 12
30. Biola/College of Staten Island – 7
31. —
32. Henderson St. – 6.5
33. Florida Tech – 5
34. Saginaw Valley/
35. Findlay – 16

Projected Score + Relay Score

1. Drury – 391
2. Tampa – 362
3. McKendree – 269
4. Indy – 226
5. Grand Valley – 171.5
6. Florida Southern – 144
7. Lynn/Wingate – 118
8. —
9. St. Cloud State – 113
10. Lewis – 97
11. Colorado Mesa – 93.5
12. NMU – 89
13. Wayne State – 83.5
14. Catawba/Rollins – 72
15. —
16. Clarion – 64
17. Nova Southeastern – 50.5
18. Ouachita – 48.5
19. Missouri S&T – 45
20. West Chester – 31
21. Simon Fraser/Carson-Newman – 25
22. —
23. Mines – 24
24. Delta State – 20
25. Quincy – 18
26. Saginaw Valley/Findlay – 16
27. —
28. Barry – 15
29. Montevallo – 14
30. Roberts Wesleyan – 13
31. Davenport – 12
32. Biola/College of Staten Island – 7
33. —
34. Henderson St. – 6.5
35. Florida Tech – 5

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