The 2003 New England Short Course Yard Championship (NE-LMSC Sanction 034-003-SSCY) will be held on Saturday March 22nd (1000 and 1650 only) and Friday March 28th through Sunday March 30th (all other events) at Harvard's Blodgett Pool in Cambridge, MA.
Last year, this was the largest regional SCY championship meet in the US. We will again benefit from the meet management services of www.swimindex.com featuring live scoreboard, webcam, real time results, etc. Some 40+ NEM workout groups will be competing for the title of 2003 NEM Grand Champion and we expect 700+ athletes, 4,000+ individual splashes and 300+ relays this year. Additionally, a number of non-NEM, USMS clubs will be sending large contingent of swimmers in an attempt to win the "foreign" swim club awards.
A meet information sheet and entry form will be posted before the end of January at: www.swimnem.org
Bob Seltzer
Meet Director
seltzer@metasoft.com
Also, Calif has the highest number of foreign born residents.
It also has the largest number of native born residents and the largest number of residents.
While the children of immirgants are involved with sports, its harder to get their parents involved since they come from a different culture.
It may depend on where the parents are from. Pacific Swimming (the local LSC) has a very heavy Asian poplulation. There are many kids whose parents come from China, Viet Nam and the Philipines who competitively swim. As a guess there are fewer Latino kids swimming and there are very few Black kids swimming.
I would also guess that there are far more Asian kids swimming (whose parents are immigrants) than Black kids (whose parents are native born Americans). As you said swimming is heavily to middle class and upper middle class.
But if you adjust populaton pacific masters doesn't really have has much membership than other areas. Their in an where the population is 8 million. So, 10,000 while a good number isn't as high if you take it out of 8 million people
You are right 10,000 out of 8 million is not all that many and the LMSC is trying to grow. Lets see Arizona poplulation: 5 million; Arizona LMSC membership: 822.
The same can be said for pacific masters, Santa Clara and more upscale areas of San Francisco seem to have a lot of master involvment, while other places don't.
You seem to be making the point that the immigrant factor makes quite a difference in the number of Masters swimmers. If you look at Santa Clara county (a county that has a high number of Pacific Masters Swimmers), you will see that it is just over 50% caucasian and a little more than 25% Asian. It is also a county that has a very high base of immigrants. I would suggest that Santa Clara county does not fit your immigrant model of swimmers. Also Santa Clara county has many of the competitive swimmers in Pac Masters.
If you look at the demographics of Masters swimmers, it is heavy to middle and upper middle class. I think that is more of a determining factor than an immigrant factor. Just my $0.02
michael
Also, Calif has the highest number of foreign born residents.
It also has the largest number of native born residents and the largest number of residents.
While the children of immirgants are involved with sports, its harder to get their parents involved since they come from a different culture.
It may depend on where the parents are from. Pacific Swimming (the local LSC) has a very heavy Asian poplulation. There are many kids whose parents come from China, Viet Nam and the Philipines who competitively swim. As a guess there are fewer Latino kids swimming and there are very few Black kids swimming.
I would also guess that there are far more Asian kids swimming (whose parents are immigrants) than Black kids (whose parents are native born Americans). As you said swimming is heavily to middle class and upper middle class.
But if you adjust populaton pacific masters doesn't really have has much membership than other areas. Their in an where the population is 8 million. So, 10,000 while a good number isn't as high if you take it out of 8 million people
You are right 10,000 out of 8 million is not all that many and the LMSC is trying to grow. Lets see Arizona poplulation: 5 million; Arizona LMSC membership: 822.
The same can be said for pacific masters, Santa Clara and more upscale areas of San Francisco seem to have a lot of master involvment, while other places don't.
You seem to be making the point that the immigrant factor makes quite a difference in the number of Masters swimmers. If you look at Santa Clara county (a county that has a high number of Pacific Masters Swimmers), you will see that it is just over 50% caucasian and a little more than 25% Asian. It is also a county that has a very high base of immigrants. I would suggest that Santa Clara county does not fit your immigrant model of swimmers. Also Santa Clara county has many of the competitive swimmers in Pac Masters.
If you look at the demographics of Masters swimmers, it is heavy to middle and upper middle class. I think that is more of a determining factor than an immigrant factor. Just my $0.02
michael
