Debating doing College Swimming... Never Swam Competitively
Former Member
Here is the low down guys. I am a Sophomore at a pretty average division 1 university. I am a member of the cross country and indoor/outdoor track teams so i have been competitively racing for almost 6 years. I have never swam on a team before but... I want to! I feel as if I've gone mad. I want to try in college!! Next year, not this year, I need to get my base up i know that. off of 2 swims a week (500yards) i swim 500 yards free in 7:48 as of yesterday (you dont need to tell me how slow that is I already know). I am not afraid of hard work, swimming 2+ hours a day I can do that. I want to try! can anyone tell me what I need to do to see if i can get to around 5 flat in the 500 yard free? or a fast 1000 time it doesn't matter, just good enough to walk on the team. the weird thing is, i think I am a better swimmer than I am a runner. the pool just seems to click for me. can anyone help me out? I am willing to swim every day from now till next swim season to make this dream a reality! ...ps i'm a guy if that matters
In which I adopt the persona of my saurian avatar, and play an ornery, but well-meaning, old curmudgeon ...
Here is the low down guys. I am a Sophomore at a pretty average division 1 university...
One might suggest, that instead of devoting yourself to a Quixotic shot at an utterly forgettable 2 year career as a bench-warming walk-on, that you use your considerable energy, enthusiasm, and apparent surplus of spare time, to devote yourself instead to your studies, graduate at the top of your class, enroll in an excellent post-graduate program, and join us here, some years hence, in the considerably less pressure-packed world of Masters Swimming.
A radical concept, I know. And though you think of your Division I unversity as "pretty average", let me remind you that this is your shot! This is the one, best chance you are going to have to educate yourself. Take advantage of it! Rather than spend your time staring down at a lane line, go crack the books, go to lectures, see French films with subtitles, and otherwise immerse yourself in the lively culture of the University.
Stay in shape & stay healthy. There is plenty of time for swimming later. Bring your 500 free in 7:48 to a masters team when you are 26, and we can improve it from there.
In which I adopt the persona of my saurian avatar, and play an ornery, but well-meaning, old curmudgeon ...
Here is the low down guys. I am a Sophomore at a pretty average division 1 university...
One might suggest, that instead of devoting yourself to a Quixotic shot at an utterly forgettable 2 year career as a bench-warming walk-on, that you use your considerable energy, enthusiasm, and apparent surplus of spare time, to devote yourself instead to your studies, graduate at the top of your class, enroll in an excellent post-graduate program, and join us here, some years hence, in the considerably less pressure-packed world of Masters Swimming.
A radical concept, I know. And though you think of your Division I unversity as "pretty average", let me remind you that this is your shot! This is the one, best chance you are going to have to educate yourself. Take advantage of it! Rather than spend your time staring down at a lane line, go crack the books, go to lectures, see French films with subtitles, and otherwise immerse yourself in the lively culture of the University.
Stay in shape & stay healthy. There is plenty of time for swimming later. Bring your 500 free in 7:48 to a masters team when you are 26, and we can improve it from there.
