what percentage of swimmers competed in college?

Does anyone know the percentage of ex-college swimmers vs. non-college swimmers competing at Nationals? Also does anyone know the number or percentage of people new to swimming who have gone on to swim at Nationals?
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  • I think the question should be whether you competed well in college. You can't lump us hacks in with people who qualified for NCAAs. I guess it depends on what one wants to know. As someone who did no competitive swimming before masters (and some wickedly fast teammates), I can assure you the difference between college and well in college is far smaller than the difference between college/USAS and neither. And to answer the original query I have swam at three nationals.
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  • I think the question should be whether you competed well in college. You can't lump us hacks in with people who qualified for NCAAs. I guess it depends on what one wants to know. As someone who did no competitive swimming before masters (and some wickedly fast teammates), I can assure you the difference between college and well in college is far smaller than the difference between college/USAS and neither. And to answer the original query I have swam at three nationals.
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