Prediction Time: Women's NCAA's

It's that time of year again: college championship season. Women's NCAA's start this upcoming Thursday, March 18, and run until Saturday, March 20. The three-day meet in West Lafayette, Indiana, on the campus of Purdue, will determine the top team in college swimming in 2010. It will be a fast and exciting meet to be sure. Without further ado, some names:

Thursday:
200 Free Relay - Stanford

500 Free
1 - Allison Schmitt, Georgia
2 - Wendy Trott, Georgia
3 - Kristen Heiss, Texas A&M

200 IM
1 - Julia Smit, Stanford
2 - Kathleen Hersey, Texas
3 - Julia Wilkinson, Texas A&M

50 Free
1 - Michele King, Tennessee
2 - Anne-Marie Botek, Georgia
3 - Elizabeth Webb, Stanford

400 Medley Relay - Stanford

Friday:
200 Medley Relay - Tennessee

400 IM
1 - Julia Smit, Stanford
2 - Katinka Hosszu, USC
3 - Caitlin Leverenz, Cal

100 Fly
1 - Elaine Breeden, Stanford
2 - Hannah Wilson, Cal
3 - Kathleen Hersey, Texas

200 Free
1 - Allison Schmitt, Georgia
2 - Morgan Scroggy, Georgia
3 - Sara Isokovic, Cal

100 Breast
1 - Jillian Tyler, Minnesota
2 - Micah Lawrence, Auburn
3 - Annie Chandler, Arizona

100 Back
1 - Gemma Spofforth, Florida
2 - Presley Bard, USC
3 - Kateryna Fesenko, Indiana

800 Free Relay - Georgia

Saturday:
1650 Free
1 - Wendy Trott, Georgia
2 - Chelsea Nauta, Georgia
3 - Haley Anderson, USC

200 Back
1 - Gemma Spofforth, Florida
2 - Kateryna Fesenko, Indiana
3 - Kristen Heiss, Texas A&M

100 Free
1 - Julia Smit, Stanford
2 - Julia Wilkinson, Texas A&M
3 - Kate Dwelley, Stanford

200 Breast
1 - Alia Atkinson, Texas A&M
2 - Elizabeth Smith, Stanford
3 - Yi-Ting Siow, Arkansas

200 Fly
1 - Katinka Hosszu, USC
2 - Kathleen Hersey, Texas
3 - Elaine Breeden, Stanford

400 Free Relay - Stanford

The (Dreaded) Top Ten
1 - Stanford
2 - Georgia
3 - Texas (my BIG darkhorse!)
4 - Texas A&M
5 - Cal
6 - Florida
7 - USC
8 - Arizona
9 - Auburn
10 - Virginia

On this week's edition of Split Time, Garrett McCaffrey and Peter Busch discussed the meet and gave their picks for winner, placer (2nd), and darkhorse. I added my thoughts in the comment box (including my darkhorse picks), and I'm going to have a contest for picking winners. It's simple: one point per winner, whoever gets the most correct wins. Feel free to add your picks either as a comment on this blog or Split Time, or send me a message on Twitter or Facebook.