WJ has 5 girls that are certain or near certain to score in 2 individual events each plus others so could get into the consolation finals. I don’t think anyone else has that sort of depth. |
Definitely not to win. Holton and Good Counsel will place the best, maybe one of them as high as 4/5. Other teams have a few swimmers and/or relays that will place well. |
Their relays will be good but not great. RM has better relay pieces. |
RM will have some great relays, but will depend some on who swims what. I think WJ has more depth to field three strong relays. |
Can we make this money bet? RM will smoke BCC girls |
And RM vs. WJ girls? |
Any guesses now that divisional results are rolling in? |
The result of this meet, at least as it pertains to public school teams, is complete happenstance. Everyone does understand that, right? It's just the random distribution of big shot swimmers in a given year. They are all surely coached by club teams and its just random that they attend the school they attend. Right?
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Actually, Stoneridge is more of a sleeper than Holton. But WJ will win Metros easlily. No competition, IMO. |
WJ, RM, BCC |
Of course, so we’re discussing how this year’s swimmers shake out. But it’s also about depth to score three relays. And scoring divers helps for sure. |
Agree, WJ wins. Wooton was not what I expected at divisionals. I think rest of top 5 comes from Holton, RM, BCC, Good Counsel, Churchill and NCS. |
Boys I think
Churchill Gonzaga DeMatha Georgetown Prep WJ |
No fast girls left at Stoneridge. In a few years when the middle schoolers age up, maybe (if they continue to swim fast). But the ledecky-bacon-gemmel-sun days are over |
I think coaching matters. Last year on paper BCC had the 3rd or 4th best girls team. They came within a handful of points of winning the whole meet. Stone Ridge was 100 pts better than any other team but barely squeaked by BCC. Coaching had a very big impact on getting those kids ready to compete and selecting the right relays. |