For the second straight week, there’s no change in the WISCA high school swimming rankings, with Hartland Arrowhead capping its 5th week at #1 in the big school division and Madison Edgewood continuing to lead the small schools.
In fact, the top three in Division 1 (for the state’s biggest schools) are unchanged for the third week in a row. Arrowhead continues along the very top, Middleton remains second after a home invite win, and Verona Area is still third overall.
Of note: Middleton’s home invite features a yearly event called the “Pineapple Relay,”‘ an 8×50 free relay at the end of the meet, with the winning team traditionally taking home a pineapple. However, this season the WIAA (Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association) notified the school that awarding swimmers with any type of food after a competition is against state rules. Instead, the teams compromised and all shared the pineapples (which had been bought before the warning was given) after the meet.
#3 Verona Area is led by senior Beata Nelson, who is now the top NCAA prospect still uncommitted in the ongoing recruiting season. #4 Cedarburg just saw senior Katie Drabot, another blue chip prospect, commit to Stanford last week.
In Division 2 (for the smaller schools), Madison Edgewood remained #1 for the third straight week. McFarland, which actually beat Edgewood last week, moved all the way up to #2, and Grafton is now third.
Division 1 Rankings
| 1 » | Arrowhead | 618 pts | |
| 2 » | Middleton | 463 pts | |
| 3 » | Verona Area-Mount Horeb | 430 pts | |
| 4 » | Cedarburg | up 1 | 346 pts |
| 5 » | Madison West | down 1 | 339 pts |
| 6 » | Sun Prairie | up 1 | 275 pts |
| 7 » | Appleton North | new listing | 253 pts |
| 8 » | Madison Memorial | down 2 | 245 pts |
| 9 » | Brookfield East | down 1 | 242 pts |
| 10 » | Neenah | down 1 | 241 pts |
Division 2 Rankings
| 1 » | Madison Edgewood | 349 pts | |
| 2 » | McFarland | up 2 | 313 pts |
| 3 » | Grafton | up 2 | 304 pts |
| 4 » | Kohler/Sheboygan Area Luther | down 1 | 276 pts |
| 5 » | Whitnall | down 3 | 250 pts |
| 6 » | Deforest | 230 pts | |
| 7 » | Baraboo | new listing | 213 pts |
| 8 » | New Berlin Eisenhower | down 1 | 205 pts |
| 9 » | Tomahawk | down 1 | 178 pts |
| 10 » | New Berlin West | 170 pts |
The WISCA (Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association) rankings are based entirely off of the state’s database of top times. The top 30 times in each event earn points for their team, #1 earning 30, #2 29, #3 28 and so on down to #30 earning 1. Relay rankings are worth double points.