BSw RANKINGS: Carmel swaps spots with Northridge at No. 3

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana High School Swim Coaches’ Association has released its fifth poll for the 2012-13 boys swimming season, and Carmel has switched places with Northridge in moving from fourth to third behind holdover Nos. 1-2 Chesterton and North Central (Indianapolis).

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 Jan. 8:

1. Chesterton 232
2. North Central (Indianapolis) 221
3. Carmel 210
4. Northridge 152
5. Bloomington North 131
6. Columbus North 118
7. Fishers 105
8. Hamilton Southeastern 94
9. Carroll (Fort Wayne) 93
10. Center Grove 91
11. Jeffersonville 81
12. Franklin Community 72
13. Bloomington South 71
14. South Bend St. Joseph's 56
15. Avon 55
16. Valparaiso 46
17. Fort Wayne Snider 36
18. Batesville 33
18. Homestead 33
20. West Lafayette 32
21. Penn 31
22. Terre Haute South 28
23. Highland 27
24. Greenfield-Central 26
25. Floyd Central 20
25. LaPorte 20
27. Bedford North Lawrence 18
28. Indianapolis Cathedral 17
28. Munster 17
30. Mishawaka Marian 16
31. Noblesville 15
31. Warren Central 15
33. Perry Meridian 14
34. Greencastle 13
35. Castle 10
36. Lafayette Jefferson 9
36. Michigan City 9
38. Plainfield 7
38. South Bend Riley 7
40. Evansville Memorial 5
40. Franklin Central 5
40. Portage 5
43. Bremen 4
43. Brownsburg 4
43. Jennings County 4
43. Westfield 4
47. Ben Davis 3
47. Lawrence Central 3
47. Twin Lakes 3
50. Crown Point 2
51. Elkhart Central 1
51. Warsaw 1