BSw RANKINGS: North Central (Indianapolis) screaming up the charts

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana High School Swim Coaches’ Association has released its third poll for the 2012-13 boys swimming season, and the team on the rise this week is North Central (Indianapolis) as the Panthers catapult all the way from 12th to second behind holdover No. 1 Chesterton.

Northridge (was second), Carmel (was third), and the combo of Carroll (Fort Wayne) and Columbus North (tied for fifth) round out the first five.

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.

Teams are listed by ranking followed by school and vote total. The IHSSCA’s Top 52 from Dec. 17:

1. Chesterton 229
2. North Central (Indianapolis) 205
3. Northridge 162
4. Carmel 144
5. Carroll (Fort Wayne) 114
5. Columbus North 114
7. Hamilton Southeastern 111
8. Fishers 108
9. Center Grove 99
10. Jeffersonville 90
11. Franklin Community 73
12. Bloomington South 72
13. Bloomington North 70
14. South Bend St. Joseph's 58
15. Fort Wayne Snider 55
16. Homestead 53
17. Avon 52
18. Penn 48
19. Valparaiso 46
20. West Lafayette 34
21. Batesville 33
22. Greenfield-Central 28
22. Highland 28
24. Munster 28
25. Floyd Central 22
26. Castle 20
26. LaPorte 20
28. Noblesville 19
29. Terre Haute South 18
30. Bedford North Lawrence 17
30. Mishawaka Marian 17
30. Warren Central 17
33. Perry Meridian 15
34. Greencastle 13
35. Indianapolis Cathedral 11
36. Lafayette Jefferson 9
36. Michigan City 9
38. Pike 8
39. South Bend Riley 7
39. Westfield 7
41. Ben Davis 5
41. Bremen 5
41. Evansville Memorial 5
41. Portage 5
45. Franklin Central 4
45. Jennings County 4
47. Crown Point 3
47. Lawrence Central 3
47. Twin Lakes 3
50. Plainfield 2
50. Warsaw 2
52. Elkhart Central 1