Week #2 Top 25 Boys and Girls State Rankings
August 27th, 2012
Boys
By: Drake Sterling
*Parenthesis denotes (Last Week Ranking)
1. (1) Carmel – DNR
2. (2) FW Carroll – Team dominates Baron Classic
3. (3) Valparaiso – DNR
4. (5) Lawrence Central – Win Noblesville Hokum Karem
5. (4) Hamilton Southeastern – Lose to Lawrence North in Hokum as #2 Zoumbaris runs Open 3k
6. (6) Warsaw – DNR
7. (8) Westfield – Team looks strong even with usual #3 Graham Martin in JV race
8. (11) Lawrence North – Win Danville Hokum Karem beating #5 HSE
9. (13) Brebeuf – Wins Purdue Invitational
10. (7) Columbus North – Wins Franklin Invite but with much slower times than 2011
11. (9) Terre Haute South – Factor in Hambrock/Stohler, they still finish just behind Brebeuf
12. (12) Bloomington South – Win Columbus East Invitational but 4/5 need to get closer to #3
13. (15) Cathedral – DNR
14. (18) Zionsville – Strong Showing of depth at Noblesville Hokum
15. (17) North Central – Finish 4th at Noblesville Hokum without Jack Judge
16. (19) Franklin Central – Team looks much better finishing 3rd at Noblesville
17. (10) Bedford North Lawrence – 1-2-3 look great at Tiger Invite (KY) while 5 needs work
18. (14) Homestead – Back end of Varsity still struggle at Purdue Invitational
19. (25) FW Concordia – Excellent 1-2 Punch leads them to second place at Baron Classic
20. (NR) Fishers – Improve and finish 5th at Noblesville Hokum
21. (23) McCutcheon – Win easily at home “Stampede” without McKinney
22. (NR) FW Bishop Dwenger – Wins Prairie Heights Invitational easily
23. (24) Northridge – Great 1-2-3 with trouble at 4/5. Finish 3rd at Baron Classic
24. (16) Hobart – Deceivingly slow times but win Gavit Invitational
25. (20) Perry Central – Win close battle at Boonville Invitational
Honorable Mention (Alphabetical Order): Avon, (21) Barr Reeve, Center Grove, (22) Crown Point, Evansville North, Goshen, LaPorte, Munster, Portage, Roncalli, South Knox, Warren Central, West Lafayette
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Girls
By: Colin Altevogt