Morning Outlook for MWC Swimming

This is the current score at the 2012 Mountain West Conference Swimming & Diving Championships in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

1.  Boise State 506
2.  San Diego State 503


The projected points for today's seven finals (taken from the top times on the Mountain West Conference web site) are:


1,650 Freestyle:  San Diego State 59, Boise State 25
200 Backstroke:  San Diego State 29, Boise State 19
100 Freestyle:  Boise State 42, San Diego State 28
200 Breaststroke:  San Diego State 27, Boise State 20
200 Butterfly:  Boise State 31, San Diego State 30
Platform Diving:  San Diego State 54, Boise State 32
400 Freestyle Relay:  Boise State 40, San Diego State 32


Hence, the 51-point projected win at this point.  


In the 200 Backstroke, Megan Zimmer did not make the "A" Final and will swim in the "B" final tonight for San Diego State.  Zimmer was the 7th seed, expected to get 12 points.  The most she can get now is 9.  Sydney Johanansen will be in the "A" final for Boise State; she was projected to get 4 points and will now get a minimum of 9.


SD State gave up 9 points by not entering Mikaela Macklin in the 100-yard freestyle.


Macklin swam in the 200 breaststroke and was projected to get 4th, or 15 points.  She did not qualify for the "A" final and will score 9 at the most.


SD State received bad news when Taylor Lacke, the #2 seed in the 200-yard butterfly, did not qualify for either the "A" or the "B" final, losing 17 points for the Aztecs.  Jessica Bottelberghe did not enter, but only a loss of 3 projected points there for Boise State.


As it stands now, SD State leads by 11 points.