GSw RANKINGS: Microscopic movement in eighth girls poll

By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor

The Indiana High School Swim Coaches’ Association has released its eighth poll for the 2008-09 girls swimming season, and the news is that there really is no news.

The first 15 schools do not budge in the rankings this time around, and elsewhere there is ever-so-slight movement among the schools – so much so that this may well indeed be the least noteworthy set of rankings in the history of girls swimming bwa-HA!

Carmel, Hamilton Southeastern, and Center Grove continue to pace the field at Nos. 1-3, with North Central (Indianapolis) and Homestead still rounding out the first five.

The rankings are based on a theoretical scoring system from a 16-place meet using the times/scores of the returning Top 20 individuals from sectionals and state finals as well as the best regular-season times of the 2007-08 season.

Teams are listed by ranking followed by school and vote total. The IHSSCA’s Top 52 from Dec. 28:

1. Carmel 340
2. Hamilton Southeastern 255
3. Center Grove 180
4. North Central (Indianapolis) 160
5. Homestead 154
6. Chesterton 145
7. Mount Vernon (Posey) 122
8. Westfield 109
9. Noblesville 87
10. Columbus North 74
11. Penn 66
12. Lawrence North 56
13. Northridge 44
14. Zionsville 34
15. Southridge 33
16. Brebeuf 29
17. Fort Wayne Snider 28
18. Crown Point 27
18. Fishers 27
20. Hamilton Heights 26
21. Portage 22
22. Bloomington South 21
23. Columbia City 20
24. Franklin 18
24. Munster 18
26. Bremen 17
26. Mishawaka Marian 17
28. Avon 16
28. Concord 16
28. Yorktown 16
31. Lowell 15
32. Crawfordsville 14
33. Shenandoah 13
34. Heritage Christian 12
35. Benton Central 11
36. Plymouth 9
37. Goshen 8
38. Lawrence Central 7
38. Terre Haute North 7
38. Valparaiso 7
41. Castle 6
41. Greencastle 6
41. Pendleton Heights 6
44. Lafayette Jefferson 5
45. Brownsburg 4
45. Evansville Reitz 4
45. Southmont 4
48. North Montgomery 3
49. McCutcheon 2
49. Norwell 2
51. Fort Wayne Northrop 1
51. Roncalli 1