GSw RANKINGS: Columbus North only school on move in final Top 10
January 31, 2012
By E. Shawn Aylsworth of Hoosier AuthorityBy E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor
The Indiana High School Swim Coaches’ Association has released its 10th and final set of polls for the 2011-12 girls swimming season, and we find only one change inside the Top 10 heading into sectionals.
That would be 1985 state champion Columbus North, which swaps spots with six-time state runner-up North Central (Indianapolis) in going from 10th to ninth. Otherwise, there are no changes to the rest of the lineup led by 25-time defending state champ Carmel.
The Greyhounds lead a next seven of defending runner-up Homestead, Chesterton, Mount Vernon (Posey), Zionsville, 1980 runner-up Penn, Crown Point, and three-time runner-up Center Grove (the last coming in 2010).
The rankings are made up by scoring a theoretical 16-place meet using the times/scores of the returning Top 18 individual event times from last year’s sectionals and state finals as well as the fastest reported times of this season, including relays (if a coach did not turn in relay times to the official IHSAA VarVee reporting site, that team's ranking would reflect that they have no relay points).
Teams are listed by ranking followed by school and vote total. The IHSSCA’s Top 42 (from Jan. 30):
1. Carmel 297
2. Homestead 231
3. Chesterton 159
4. Mount Vernon (Posey) 134
5. Zionsville 131
6. Penn 126
7. Crown Point 122
8. Center Grove 119
9. Columbus North 109
10. North Central (Indianapolis) 107
11. Wawasee 94
12. Munster 91
13. Carroll (Fort Wayne) 72
14. Noblesville 51
15. Westfield 45
16. Fort Wayne Snider 39
17. Fishers 37
18. Northridge 31
19. Evansville Reitz 29
19. Lake Central 29
21. Yorktown 27
22. Bloomington South 25
23. Brebeuf Jesuit 18
23. Hamilton Southeastern 18
23. LaPorte 18
26. Franklin Community 16
26. Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 16
28. Concord 15
29. Valparaiso 14
30. Ben Davis 12
30. NorthWood 12
32. Connersville 9
33. Pendleton Heights 9
34. Western 9
35. Avon 7
35. Plainfield 7
37. New Albany 6
38. Whiteland 4
39. Danville 3
40. Goshen 2
41. Richmond 1
