BSw RANKINGS: Bloomington North’s turn to race up the charts

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By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana High School Swim Coaches’ Association has released its fourth poll for the 2012-13 boys swimming season, and this week’s team on the move is Bloomington North as the Cougars rocket up from 13th all the way to fifth.

That puts the Cougs behind holdover Nos. 1-4 Chesterton, North Central (Indianapolis), Northridge, and Carmel.
    
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. 24:

1. Chesterton 229
2. North Central (Indianapolis) 203
3. Northridge 168
4. Carmel 145
5. Bloomington North 119
6. Columbus North 116
7. Carroll (Fort Wayne) 107
8. Hamilton Southeastern 102
9. Center Grove 98
9. Fishers 98
11. Jeffersonville 88
12. Bloomington South 72
13. Franklin Community 67
14. Avon 66
15. South Bend St. Joseph's 58
16. Fort Wayne Snider 47
16. Homestead 47
18. Valparaiso 46
19. Penn 41
20. West Lafayette 36
21. Batesville 33
22. Greenfield-Central 28
22. Highland 28
24. Munster 24
25. Floyd Central 21
26. LaPorte 20
27. Castle 19
28. Bedford North Lawrence 17
28. Mishawaka Marian 17
28. Noblesville 17
31. Warren Central 16
32. Perry Meridian 15
32. Terre Haute South 15
34. Greencastle 13
35. Indianapolis Cathedral 11
36. Lafayette Jefferson 9
36. Michigan City 9
38. South Bend Riley 7
39. Pike 6
39. Westfield 6
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
51. Elkhart Central 1
51. Warsaw 1