The latest Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (WISCA) poll has DeForest listed as #1, followed by Madison Edgewood, Plymouth, Monona Grove, and Sauk Prairie. See: http://www.wisca.net/polls
Sorry to rain on anyone's parade, but the poll is clearly lacking a complete roster of top-tier D2 teams. Among the notable D2 teams not ranked: Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol, Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, and Elkhorn -- all teams expected to place in the top 10 at this year's state meet. Also missing are contributions from teams with some of the state's top swimmers -- like Berlin/Green Lake and defending 100 back champ Siri Smits, and Delavan-Darien and senior Emily McClellan, who's been having an outstanding season.
Ironically, the WISCA D1 poll is pretty complete, and looks to be an accurate reflection of how the D1 state meet is likely to play out -- Hartland Arrowhead the heavy favorite, with a bunch of teams (Madison Memorial, Waukesha South/Mukwonago, Muskego, the Burlington co-op and a few others) duking it out for 2nd place and top-five finishes.
And here's the thing about the WISCA poll -- it's totally merit-based. Rankings are determined by top-30 times, with only a given swimmer's two best top-ranked times counting in the calculation. That's unlike coaches polls in other sports (notably football), where regional biases and tradition sometimes overrule objective assessments of teams.
But the WISCA poll is entirely self-selecting -- coaches have to make the effort to submit complete and accurate times to make the thing work. So Div. 2 coaches -- if you're out there, submit those times!
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D2 should also watch out for MILTON!
Good call on Milton -- they've been very tough in the competitive Badger Conference South this year. A terrific race took place this past Tuesday, when Monona Grove hosted Milton. The 100 fly featured Milton senior Jennah Haney against MG's ace butterflier Kelsey Millin. Haney, trailing much of the race, pulled it out in the last 10 yards, winning 59.23 to 59.33 -- both swimmers broke the MG pool record that had stood for seven years.
Milton -- submit those times!
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