The Indiana High School Swimming Coaches Association has released its final girls poll of the 2009-10 season. The Yorktown girls head into the Fishers Sectional carrying the #28 ranking (a total of 49 teams from across the state made the list with at least one point). The poll is calculated by scoring a theoretical State Meet, based on the best times reported to the IHSSCA. Here's the final girls Top 20, with teams from the Fishers Sectional in bold and red:
1. Carmel 332, 2. Hamilton Southeastern 249, 3. Center Grove 158, 4. Chesterton 157, 5. Zionsville 118, 6. Munster 115, 7. Homestead 112, 8. Fishers 109, 9. Noblesville 100, 10. Lawrence North 89, 11. Indianapolis North Central 88, 12. Ft. Wayne Snider 75, 13. Westfield, 57, 14. Northridge 53, 15. Columbus North 46, 16. Mt. Vernon (Posey) 42, 17. McCutcheon 40, 18. Penn 32, 19. Wawasee 30, 20. Concord 25.
Two other notes--Muncie Central has entered the final poll, with the Lady Bearcats ranked #34. And it's interesting to note that Yorktown has competed head-to-head with nine of the final Top 20 this season. YHS certainly can't be accused of swimming a cupcake schedule.
Sophomore Larah Beaver continues to hold down the #6 ranking in Indiana among girls in the 100-yard backstroke. Beaver has bounced back from early season illness and injury to defend her Hoosier Heritage Conference title in that event, and brought the 400-yard freestyle relay back from an 11-yard deficit to victory with a 53 second anchor leg at the HHC meet.
The biggest news for Yorktown in the season's final poll is in the 200-yard medley relay. The quartet of Beaver and freshmen Kersea Gable, Jessica Extine and Caroline Grasso has earned the #26 ranking going into the IHSAA tournament. That ranking is based on the 1:56.80 the relay swam last week in the Muncie Central meet. But the same girls went 1:54.97 in winning the event at the HHC meet. That time (had it been reported) would leave Yorktown #22! These girls have made steady progress all season, but they haven't come close to their full potential. Put them in racing suits, shaved and tapered, and in the high adrenaline environment of the Fishers Sectional, and we're likely to see Beaver, Gable, Extine and Grasso cut significant time chasing Hamilton Southeastern and Fishers in Thursday's prelims and Saturday's finals.
GO TIGERS!
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