BSw RANKINGS: Avon dives into Top 10

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana High School Swim Coaches’ Association has released its seventh poll for the 2012-13 boys swimming season, and the only significant change among the Top 10 is Avon’s ascension from the 13th spot to No. 8 as the first seven schools do not budge two weeks out from sectionals.

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 51 from Feb. 1:

1. Chesterton 244
2. North Central (Indianapolis) 215
3. Carmel 193
4. Northridge 145
5. Bloomington North 114
6. Columbus North 114
7. Fishers 113
8. Avon 99
9. Hamilton Southeastern 94
10. Jeffersonville 92
11. Bloomington South 72
12. Carroll (Fort Wayne) 67
13. Center Grove 67
14. Fort Wayne Snider 65
15. Franklin Community 56
16. South Bend Saint Joseph 54
17. Valparaiso 46
18. West Lafayette 33
19. Batesville 32
20. Evansville Memorial 29
20. Highland 29
20. Munster 29
23. Castle 25
23. Terre Haute South 25
25. Homestead 24
26. Greenfield-Central 22
27. Floyd Central 21
28. LaPorte 20
29. Penn 18
30. Bedford North Lawrence 17
30. Indianapolis Cathedral 17
32. Mishawaka Marian 16
33. Noblesville 15
33. Warren Central 15
35. Perry Meridian 14
36. Greencastle 13
37. Westfield 11
38. Lafayette Jefferson 9
39. Michigan City 6
39. South Bend Riley 6
41. Portage 5
42. Franklin Central 4
42. Jennings County 4
44. Lawrence Central 3
44. Twin Lakes 3
46. Ben Davis 2
46. Bremen 2
46. Crown Point 2
46. Warsaw 2
50. Elkhart Central 1
50. Plainfield 1