Friday, February 12, 2010

Sectional strength -- by the numbers

Which are the most competitive sectionals this year? Who has the fastest swimmers? Which events are the most competitive and deepest?

One way of assessing sectional strength is to look at how many swimmers in any given sectional, and in any given event, have seed times faster than last year's qualifying times -- the last time to make it to the state meet.

Here's a look at the number of swimmers in each sectional who have, based on seed times, already swum below last year's qualifying times:

D1

Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial -- 58
Middleton -- 40
Neenah -- 23
Hudson -- 21
Greenfield/Greendale -- 10
Marquette -- 7

D2

Baraboo -- 48
Cudahy -- 31
Plymouth -- 26
UW-Stevens Point -- 9

Here's a look at the events in each division, based on the number of swimmers and relays who have swum faster than last year's qualifying times:

D1

200 medley -- 13
200 free -- 18
200 IM -- 21
50 free -- 9
100 fly -- 12
100 free -- 14
500 free -- 15
200 free relay -- 19
100 back -- 16
100 breaststroke -- 7
400 free relay -- 15

D2

200 medley -- 14
200 free -- 8
200 IM -- 10
50 free -- 5
100 fly -- 13
100 free -- 7
500 free -- 12
200 free relay -- 9
100 back -- 18
100 breaststroke -- 11
400 free relay -- 7

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've noticed at least four new teams in the Wisconsin LSC. I wonder how that will affect these sectionals in the future?

Anonymous said...

The LSC actually has nothing to do with the WIAA.

Anonymous said...

The new clubs provide better feeder swimmers for high schools, though.