By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor
The Indiana High School Swim Coaches’ Association has released its 12th and final round of team rankings for the 2008-09 boys swimming season, and we’ll go Chesterton, North Central (Indianapolis), Munster, Carmel, and Concord in the top five spots as we head into this week’s sectionals.
The rankings based on a theoretical scoring system from a 16-place meet uses the times/scores of the returning Top 20 individuals from sectionals and state finals as well as the best regular-season times of this season.
Teams are listed by ranking followed by school and vote total. The IHSSCA’s final Top 56 from Feb. 15:
1. Chesterton 226
2. North Central (Indianapolis) 207
3. Munster 196
4. Carmel 174
5. Concord 142
6. Northridge 136
7. Homestead 110
8. Crown Point 90
9. Castle 81
10. Hamilton Southeastern 74
10. Lake Central 74
12. Fishers 72
13. Carroll (Fort Wayne) 53
14. Center Grove 49
15. Franklin Central 45
16. Brebeuf 42
17. Michigan City 38
18. Plainfield 31
18. South Adams 31
20. Kokomo 27
20. Seymour 27
20. Terre Haute South 27
23. West Lafayette 25
24. Southport 22
25. Connersville 21
26. Oak Hill 20
27. Bedford North Lawrence 18
27. Muncie Central 18
27. South Bend Riley 18
30. Maconaquah 17
30. Tri-West Hendricks 17
30. Warsaw 17
33. Indian Creek 15
34. Bloomington South 14
34. East Central 14
34. Rensselaer 14
37. Southridge 13
38. New Prairie 12
39. Anderson Highland 11
39. Portage 11
39. Zionsville 11
42. Floyd Central 9
43. Yorktown 8
44. LaPorte 7
45. Greencastle 6
45. Mt Vernon (Fortville) 6
47. Guerin Catholic 5
47. Marion 5
49. Crawfordsville 4
50. Fort Wayne Snider 3
50. Noblesville 3
50. Vincennes Lincoln 3
50. Wawasee 3
54. Elkhart Central 1
54. Fort Wayne Dwenger 1
54. Valparaiso 1
