NISCA has announced its results for the 2019-20 NISCA National Dual Meet Team Championships. According to the official NISCA website, the objective of this program is to rank and recognize the top high school dual meet teams in each classification. Each time is given a point value based on the official NISCA Power Point Tables. The tables are designed to equate quality of a swimming time or diving total from event to event and from boys to girls.
The St. Xavier (Ohio) boys team successfully won their sixth straight title ahead of Saint Xavier (Kentucky) and Carmel (Indiana), while the Southlake Carroll (Texas) girls team edged out Carmel (Indiana) and last year’s champ Sacred Heart Academy (Kentucky).
The full report can be read here.
Statement from NISCA:
“We feel badly for the kids – and their teams – that did not get to participate in swimming and diving this year and wish them our best. Despite COVID shutting down spring swimming in several states (and even closing down competition just prior to final winter competitions in others), the National Dual Meet Team Ranking Program had a solid showing with 320 teams entering. Though down from last year’s total, the number still exceeds the total number of teams participating in five out of the last 14 years. Many thanks to all who have taken part.”
Additional notes provided by NISCA:
- This year we had 153 girls’ entries (down from 170 a year ago) and 167 boys’ entries (down from 187.) The drop is almost entirely attributable to the pandemic shutdown.
- 38 states are represented, that is up from 36 last year.
- Four states entered 20 or more teams – Massachusetts (tops at 34 entries), Pennsylvania (31), Ohio (25), and Texas (21).
- Seven schools were repeat champs: Wayland, MA (Class 1 – four straight), Upper Arlington (Class 3), Carmel, IN (Class 4 – three straight), Hutchinson, MN (Class 5), Ames, IA (Class 6 – five straight), St. Xavier, OH (Class 10 – six straight), and Sacred Heart Academy (Class 12).
- There were no double-winners, this year.
- Southlake Carroll (TX) had the top overall girls’ entry, with 6,286 points, while St. Xavier (OH) was top amongst all boys’ entries, with 6,506 points, just three points ahead of Saint Xavier of Kentucky.
- Eleven teams were over 6,000 pts (same as last year) and 97 squads had 5,000 or more (124 achieved that total in the 2018-2019 competition.)
- In the combined girl/boy battle, Carmel (12,480 pts) was tops, overall, for the third straight season.
- By enrollment, the top boy/girl combos included Wayland, MA (Classes 1/5, 9,517 combined pts), Ames, IA (Classes 2/6, 10,665 pts), Upper Arlington, OH (Classes 3/7, 11,117 pts), Carmel, IN (Classes 4/8, 12,496 pts), The Baylor School, TN (Classes 9/11, 11,086 pts), and Jesuit High School, OR (Classes 10/12, 9,727 pts).
- A shout out goes to Santa Margarita Catholic, CA, who swam just one meet in the spring before getting shutdown, still entered the competition with those times, and combined for 9,385 points, almost repeating as the Class 10/12 champs.
NISCA Women’s Top 25:
- Southlake Carroll (Texas), 6286 points
- Carmel (Indiana), 6270
- Sacred Heart Academy (Kentucky), 6185
- New Trier (Illinois), 6117
- The Woodlands (Texas), 6088
- Edina (Minnesota), 5942
- Ames (Iowa), 5933
- Stone Ridge School (Maryland), 5916
- Mercy (Michigan), 5876
- Holton-Arms (Maryland), 5850
- North Allegheny (Pennsylvania), 5834
- Kingwood (Texas), 5815
- Pine Crest School (Florida), 5809
- Saint Ignatius College Prep (Illinois), 5762
- James Madison (Virginia), 5747
- Yorktown (Virginia), 5747
- Hamilton Southeastern (Indiana), 5731
- Wilson (Pennsylvania), 5691
- Marian (Nebraska), 5681
- Hershey (Pennsylvania), 5663
- Hinsdale Central (Illinois), 5653
- Baylor School (Tennessee), 5584
- Jupiter (Florida), 5490
- Newport (Washington), 5460
- Naperville Central (Illinois), 5457
NISCA National Dual Meet Men’s Top 25:
- St. Xavier (Ohio), 6506 points
- St. Xavier (Kentucky), 6503
- Carmel (Indiana), 6210
- Phillips Academy (Massachusetts), 6124
- Kingwood (Texas), 6052
- Brophy Prep (Arizona), 6042
- LaSalle College (Pennsylvania), 5952
- Edina (Minnesota), 5922
- The Woodlands (Texas), 5888
- Glenbrook South (Illinois), 5844
- Upper Arlington (Ohio), 5809
- Southlake Carroll (Texas), 5787
- Greenwich (Connecticut), 5783
- Brunswick (Connecticut), 5720
- North Allegheny (Pennsylvania), 5706
- New Trier (Illinois), 5667
- AE Stevenson (Illinois), 5655
- Zionsville (Indiana), 5652
- Hamilton Southeastern (Indiana), 5614
- Fordham Prep (New York), 5613
- Pittsford Central (New York), 5612
- Emmaus (Pennsylvania), 5544
- Loyola Academy (Illinois), 5538
- Hinsdale Central (Illinois), 5508
- Baylor School (Tennessee), 5502
Note: The NISCA national dual meet championship does not factor into Swimming World’s selection of the national high school teams of the year.
David