Insert new image in middle of manual sort

Does anyone know how to use scripting to insert a new image into the middle of a sequence of manually (user) sorted images within Bridge (CS5)?  My
users are saving images from PS using a script I wrote (it controls naming the file and placing it in the correct directory).  Then the users switch over to Bridge and drag the image to the correct place in the sequence of images.  When the folder contains hundreds of images, dragging from the end of the sequence (where Bridge places the new file by default), to the middle or beginning of the sequence is a real drag for the users.  If I could insert the new image before the current selection in Bridge, they would be much happier.
I realize that I could open up the BridgeSort file and manually manipulate it and tell Bridge to reload the directory, but I'm hoping there is any easier way.  I've tried manipulating some of the lists of thumbs that are properties on the document, but haven't had any luck.
Thanks in advance.

I think I got it lol. It's kind of a clusterf#&$, but here's what I did. I made the sphere in the center 99% transparent (100% seems to affect the object buffer) and then rendered out twice. Once with the "seen by transparency" box unchecked in the compositing tag and once with it checked. This made the objects dissappear behind the transparent sphere in one of the renders and look normal in the other.
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rotating objects buffer from render 1
full render image of render 2 (luma matte to rotating objects buffer)
sphere object buffer
text (alpha matte to sphere buffer)
full render image of render 1
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