And the roller coaster ride is on!!
5A rankings grew much closer with Fossil Ridge and Fairview nearly in a tie now, 4A saw Valor Christian jump up to 2nd place but Rampart still has a strong hold of the top place, and Longmont regained the top of the 3A rankings, though Pueblo County is only 5 points back.
Late rankings this week to help bridge the gap for no rankings next week since most teams will be focusing on their JV groups and those league meets. The heavy hitters will come back to play next week with league championships happening February 2nd and 3rd. There will be a few rankings that week... One on Sunday the 4th (whenever all league meets show up in MaxPreps), and then another ranking following the publishing of the psych sheets for the State meets.
Good luck in the championship phase of our season!!
Definitely a fun time of the season... 3 Invites this week - Smoky, Hornet, Mustang, and a new leader in 3A - Pueblo County, by one point, after they hosted their Hornet Invitational! Fairview is still keeping up ahead of Fossil Ridge in 5A with some unreal depth. Rampart looks to be the real deal after Cheyenne Mountain swam this weekend at the Hornet in Pueblo and made up little ground on Rampart.
One more week of meets until teams give the stage to the C/B/JV teams at their championship meets before the League championship meets the following week.
Next Rankings: Week of Jan 15th
Well.. That's a bit of a surprise! We have a new leader in 5A - Fairview! Fairview now leads 5A rankings by 16 points. Now, to be fair, Fossil Ridge didn't swim a meet this week, and Fairview swam a big meet at VMAC - The Boulder County Invite, and did VERY well. Also understand that there isn't a filter for teams that have more than 4 athletes in an event, which will happen at the state meet. Yes, this is now under consideration. Example of this would be in the 100 Fly where Fairview has 5 girls in the top 10.
In 4A, Rampart has pulled a further away from Cheyenne Mountain and now has a lead of 63 points. Same story applies - Rampart swam at the Boulder County Invite, while Cheyenne Mountain was idle. Stay tuned..
In 3A, Longmont remains in a solid 24 point lead ahead of Pueblo County, though this may change next week after PC hosts their Hornet Invite.
A lot to look forward to over the next few weeks!!
Next Rankings: Week of Jan 15th
Fossil Ridge (5A), Rampart (4A), and Longmont(3A) lead the rankings to open the 2017-18 season with Fairview (5A), Cheyenne Mountain (4A), and Pueblo County (3A) following closely behind. While the top 2 in 5A have distanced themselves from the field by a wide margin and are 16 points apart, 4A and 3A are very close, with the gap in each case being 9 and 1 point respectively and the rest of the field is much closer the them as well.
The season also looks to be very competitive between individual event leaders with only a few cases of there being one person who is far ahead of everyone else. Exceptions to this look to be Fran Cable in 5A 1M Diving (40+ point margin), Colleen Gillilan in 5A 100 Fly (nearly 2 seconds), Cat Wright in the 4A 200 Free (nearly 3 seconds), Ella Kirschke in the 4A 200 IM (4+ seconds), Lillianna Brooks in the 3A 200 Free (4.5 seconds), and Sydney Silver in the 3A 100 Back (2.5 seconds).
Next Rankings Published - Week of Jan 8th
Colorado High School Boys Swim & Dive
Post Prelim Rankings (5-19-2017) WITHOUT DIVING
Below are the team rankings based on the Prelim Results for the 4A (@Air Force Academy) and 5A (@ VMAC) State Meets. Note: These do not include the diving results, but do include points for diving assuming that they finish as they have placed from best scores to date this season.
Prelim/Live Swimming Results
4A Live Diving Results (Link coming soon???)
5A Live Diving Results
State Meet Schedules at chsaanow.com
4A Psych Sheets
5A Psych Sheets
4A Tickets (All-Session - $20) at https://gofan.co/app/events/season/36
5A TIckets (All-Session - $20) at https://gofan.co/app/events/season/35
| 4A Team Rankings |
| 1. | Cheyenne Mountain | 319 |
| 2. | Valor Christian | 243 |
| 3. | Thompson Valley | 214 |
| 4. | Golden | 204 |
| 5. | Windsor | 123 |
| 6. | Pine Creek | 104 |
| 6. | Evergreen | 104 |
| 8. | G. Washington | 100 |
| 9. | Coronado | 97 |
| 9. | Discovery Canyon | 97 |
| 11. | Montrose | 95 |
| 12. | Silver Creek | 74 |
| 13. | Estes Park | 69 |
| 14. | Air Academy | 68 |
| 15. | Mullen | 61 |
| 16. | Pueblo County | 58 |
| 17. | Loveland | 55 |
| 18. | Glenwood Springs | 41 |
| 19. | Greeley Central | 35 |
| 20. | Wheat Ridge | 31 |
| 1. | Fossil Ridge | 372 |
| 2. | Regis | 260 |
| 3. | Cherry Creek | 199 |
| 4. | Fairview | 196 |
| 5. | Highlands Ranch | 150 |
| 6. | Boulder | 134 |
| 7. | Arapahoe | 124 |
| 8. | Broomfield | 112 |
| 9. | Lewis-Palmer | 107 |
| 9. | Ft. Collins | 107 |
| 11. | Ponderosa | 102 |
| 12. | Legacy | 73 |
| 13. | Smoky Hill | 45 |
| 14. | Denver South | 40 |
| 15. | Ralston Valley | 38 |
| 16. | Rocky Mountain | 35 |
| 17. | Hinkley | 33 |
| 18. | Palmer | 27 |
| 19. | Greeley West | 24 |
| 20. | Columbine | 20 |
Colorado High School Boys Swim & Dive
Psych Sheet Rankings (5-16-2017)
Below are the team rankings based on the recently released psych sheets for the 4A (@Air Force Academy) and 5A (@ VMAC) State Meets.
State Meet Schedules at chsaanow.com
4A Psych Sheets
5A Psych Sheets
4A Tickets (All-Session - $20) at https://gofan.co/app/events/season/36
5A TIckets (All-Session - $20) at https://gofan.co/app/events/season/35
| 4A Team Rankings |
| 1. |
Cheyenne Mountain |
310 |
| 2. |
Thompson Valley |
239 |
| 3. |
Valor Christian |
200 |
| 4. |
Golden |
169 |
| 5. |
Windsor |
139 |
| 6. |
Pine Creek |
122 |
| 7. |
Montrose |
117 |
| 8. |
Evergreen |
112 |
| 9. |
Coronado |
99 |
| 10. |
George Washington |
98 |
| 11. |
Silver Creek |
78 |
| 12. |
Discovery Canyon |
74 |
| 13. |
Estes Park |
70 |
| 14. |
Glenwood Springs |
63 |
| 15. |
Pueblo County |
63 |
| 16. |
D'Evelyn |
59 |
| 17. |
Mullen |
55 |
| 18. |
Wheat Ridge |
51 |
| 19. |
Loveland |
45 |
| 20. |
Air Academy |
44 |
| 1. |
Fossil Ridge |
329 |
| 2. |
Cherry Creek |
202 |
| 3. |
Fairview |
173 |
| 4. |
Highlands Ranch |
166 |
| 5. |
Regis |
150 |
| 6. |
Arapahoe |
146 |
| 7. |
Broomfield |
139 |
| 8. |
Ponderosa |
131 |
| 9. |
Boulder |
100 |
| 10. |
Legacy |
88 |
| 11. |
Ft. Collins |
86 |
| 12. |
Lewis-Palmer |
65 |
| 13. |
Smoky Hill |
64 |
| 14. |
Denver South |
61 |
| 15. |
Hinkley |
41 |
| 16. |
Rocky Mountain |
39 |
| 17. |
Lakewood |
36 |
| 18. |
Columbine |
36 |
| 19. |
Ralston Valley |
34 |
| 20. |
Mountain Range |
30 |
Teams didn't move much, but the times definitely got faster. In several cases, the top times are now faster that the All-American Automatic cuts (that's FAST)! The league meet approach by some teams was to allow the kids that were close to making a state time, to be the focus of the meet, while others used the opportunity to re-assert their position in the league and within the state. Some teams moved up significantly (Evergreen, Broomfield), while most others held steady.
In both cases, 1st and 2nd look solid (Fossil Ridge/Cherry Creek - 5A, Cheyenne Mountain/Thompson Valley - 4A), but second place could swing differently on a DQ or bad day for a high-end athlete.
