First 2012-13 Girls State Rankings!!

These rankings were derived from the MaxPreps Website.

In 5A, several obvious questions come up...  Could this be the year that Cherry Creek lands out of the top 2?  What kind of impact will Missy Franklin have in the overall team results?  Will Fairview get to the top of the podium after a strong showing at the Coaches Invitational??

In 4A, it looks like a two-team fight for the title may be in order this year between Thompson Valley and Cheyenne Mountain.  With the top 2 schools possibly taking up a large swath of points, it leaves a great deal of opportunity for smaller schools with one or two fast kids to move up the rankings quickly!


Upcoming meets that will likely have a big influence on the rankings over the next couple of weeks:

Boulder County Invitational (Jan 4)
Delta New Year Opener (Jan 5)
Weidman Invitational (Jan 5)

Valor Invitational (Jan 11/12)
Mustang Invitational (Jan 11/12)
Arapahoe Invitational (Jan 12)
Smoky Hill Invitational (Jan 12)
Hornet Invitational (Jan 12)

Next published rankings will be January 15th!


So it begins - again...


Just a few points of clarity before we get this underway


There are several goals that the compilation of the rankings and this site are meant to achieve:

• To provide a home for the Colorado High School Swimming and Diving top-20 rankings that are derived while the boys or girls are in season. Girls rankings will be posted between late December and early February, while the Boys rankings will be posted between late March and mid May.
• To generate more excitement during the 12 week high school season ultimately culminating at the 4A and 5A Colorado State Championship Swimming and Diving meets.
• To provide recognition for the kids that have all worked very hard to achieve this level of success in the sport without having to be a state champion.
• To provide a one-stop-shop for media outlets to get easy to find, publishable information that hopefully leads to more kids and programs getting more attention that is so richly deserved!
• To provide motivation in knowing where you or your team stands relative to others.
• To provide a possible outcome of the 4A or 5A State Championship Meet if it were to be that day.  Of course, this is only a projection and you still have to perform the meet.  It is not a guarantee of what will happen.  Only one of many possibilities.  

A few additional points of understanding:

• This site is in no way affiliated with the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA).
• This site is in no way affiliated with MaxPreps.com or any other sports website.
• No one is being paid for this information or process.
• The information is pulled directly from MaxPreps.com a few hours before posting, so if there is a data issue, it is likely because there is something wrong there.  Please check on that source first, before approaching this site. While it's not live data, it will be known when the sample was taken.
• The intent of the team rankings is to provide a state meet simulation.  This takes the two highest ranked individual events for an athlete and assigns points to them based upon their projected place.  Adjustments have been made that account for athletes ranked in more than 2 individual events so that the scores are not skewed from one athlete/school.
• The team rankings are not geared for dual meet predictions.  

Final Pre-State Rankings

These rankings were derived from the 5A Psych Sheet and the4A Psych Sheet.


MaxPreps was used to determine diving places/point awards.


Regis looks pretty hard to beat in 5A and close in places 2 through 8, but 4A is wide open!


You can purchase event tickets online at TicketLeap and avoid having to buy them at the event!


Good luck everyone at State and to those that are going on to Olympic Trials this summer!!!

May 8th Rankings


Final week of racing before the STATE MEET!!  This week, may league championships will be happening with some very fast swimming!  Entries for state are due on Sunday...  Coaches - Don't forget that all results must be in MaxPreps in order to count for state!!


Congrats to Daryl Turner of Cherry Creek High School / ACES Swim Club for making his first OLYMPIC TRIALS qual time in the 100M Free this past Saturday by going a 51.19!


Good luck and FAST swimming this weekend!!

May 1st Rankings


4A rankings are starting to get tighter in the top 3-4 places.  


5A rankings are close for 2-6 places.  


Getting close to league championships and then the big meet at STATE!


Coaches - If you want to see your kids/team in the rankings, please try to get them into MaxPreps by 3PM on Monday.  

April 24th Rankings


Not much movement this week, but Air Academy and D'Evelyn heading for a major fight in 4A.


Loveland and Cherry Creek will be fighting it out for second in a very close battle as well.


Didn't have time to gather the "Meets of the Week" as I am traveling this week.  Just enough time on the plane to compile and post.


One item of note..  Coaches - If you want to see your times in the rankings, they should be in MaxPreps by 3PM on Monday.  I usually take a snapshot of everything on Monday evening, so 3PM is a pretty safe bet.

April 17th (2nd) Rankings

April 17th Rankings


Just heard that Loveland and Greeley West are incorrectly landing in 4A in the MaxPreps database.  Hopefully this will be fixed next week.  Sorry...


The issue above is now corrected and the rankings now have Loveland and Greeley West moved into 5A where they should be.  


Last week's meets that had impact to the rankings -

• Boulder County Invitational
• Littleton Schools Invitational
• Smoky Hill Invitational
• Arapahoe Invitational
• Regis Vs. Cherry Creek

This week's meets that may impact the rankings -

• Highlands Ranch vs. Heritage
• Jeffco Invitational 
• Broomfield vs. Estes Park
• Hornet Invitational (Co. Springs)
• Sliver Creek Vs. Thompson Valley

Team/Individual Top-20 rankings are at the bottom of this note!!




So it begins...


This will be the first post that goes up for the Colorado High School Swimming and Diving blog..  Or should we call it a SLOG (Swim Web Log)??


Anyway..  Just a few points of clarity before we get this underway


There are several goals that the compilation of the rankings and this site are meant to achieve:

• To provide a home for the Colorado High School Swimming and Diving top-20 rankings that are derived while the boys or girls are in season. Girls rankings will be posted between late December and early February, while the Boys rankings will be posted between late March and mid May.  Since the change of vendors for storing all of the data has moved from VarVee to MaxPreps, the process of compiling the rankings has become a bit more laborious.  Hopefully over time, this can be improved upon, but for now, a weekly publishing of the rankings might be a bit optimistic.
  
  
• To generate more excitement during the 12 week high school season ultimately culminating at the 4A and 5A Colorado State Championship Swimming and Diving meets.
  
  
• To provide recognition for the kids that have all worked very hard to achieve this level of success in the sport without having to be a state champion.
  
  
• To provide a one-stop-shop for media outlets to get easy to find, publishable information that hopefully leads to more kids and programs getting more attention that is so richly deserved!
  
  
• To provide motivation in knowing where you or your team stands relative to others.
  
  
• To provide a possible outcome of the 4A or 5A State Championship Meet if it were to be that day.  Of course, this is only a projection and you still have to perform the meet.  It is not a guarantee of what will happen.  Only one of many possibilities.  

A few important points of understanding:

• This site is in no way affiliated with the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA).
  
  
• This site is in no way affiliated with MaxPreps.com or any other sports website.
  
  
• No one is being paid for this information or process.
  
  
• The information is pulled directly from MaxPreps.com a few hours before posting, so if there is a data issue, it is likely because there is something wrong there.  Please check on that source first, before approaching this site. While it's not live data, it will be known when the sample was taken.
  
  
• The intent of the team rankings is to provide a state meet simulation.  This takes the two highest ranked individual events for an athlete and assigns points to them based upon their place.  Adjustments have been made that account for athletes ranked in more than 2 individual events so that the scores are not skewed from one athlete/school.
  
  
• The team rankings are not geared for dual meet predictions.  

    

Here are the Colorado Boys 4A & 5A Swimming and Diving Top-20 Rankings as of April 10, 2012