Nationals Predictions Challenge

With Nationals just two and a half weeks away, I am unveiling a prediction challenge for this year's meet. Anyone who wants to participate just needs to pick the top three finishers in every event, except in the men's and women's 100 and 200 free, where you should pick the top six. Just have your predictions posted before 12 midnight pacific time (3am eastern) on Tuesday, August 3, hours before the meet begins. I will score predictions based on the following points system:

For correctly predicting the PLACE of a swimmer in the top three of any event, you get THREE points.

For correctly predicting a swimmer to make the top three (not necessarily correct place) of any event, you get TWO points.

For correctly predicting the PLACE of a swimmer who finishes from fourth through sixth in a relay event, you get TWO points.

For correctly predicting a swimmer to make top six in a relay event (not necessarily correct place), you get ONE point.

For example, if you predict a swimmer to finish third in the 200 free and he/she gets fourth, you get ONE point. If you predicted that swimmer to finish fourth, you get TWO points. If you predicted that swimmer to finish fifth, you get ONE point.

Work on those predictions, and make sure I know where to find them and that they were posted prior to the meet. You can post them in a comment below, post a link to your predictions in a comment below, or tell me where to find them via Twitter, Facebook, or email.