Next year, I am going to a normal - big size high school (2100), and to be honest I don't know how good swimmiers are in a normal high school, so I was wondering how good my times are compared to a varsity high school swimmer.
This are my best times:
100y fly 59.78
50y fly 26.43
100y back 1:06.44
50y back 29.17
100y free 57.32
50y free 25.67
200 IM 2:21.65
(Also the school is division 1 in swimming)
I think it's a reasonable question because even the Age Group Motivational times don't necessarily tell you what the average high school swimmer is doing but we're not going to be much help. You'll definitely fit in with a team with those times but whether you'll be able to make varsity depends a lot on the individual high school and the leagues swim rules. For example, our high school team was limited to a maximum of 3 hours of practice per day, including weight room training and it didn't matter if the practice was on ones own, with the high school team or with a club. This rule was per the state high school swim association (or whatever they called it). This basically cuts out the top tier athletes from high school swimming. I know several swimmers who had to make a choice between pursuing their talent/dreams and swimming for the high school and I even know a few people who were caught doing over the amount and suspended from the high school team. It depends on if there's any strong clubs nearby, what the high school league rules are and even what general region you live in. In western mass, your times would be just fine for varsity - we've got a few top tier invidual swimmers but no true superstar club. If you are going to a high school in the greater Batimore area, well....you'd have much tougher competition. Sorry, but you're just going to have to ask the coaches what they think of your times.
I think it's a reasonable question because even the Age Group Motivational times don't necessarily tell you what the average high school swimmer is doing but we're not going to be much help. You'll definitely fit in with a team with those times but whether you'll be able to make varsity depends a lot on the individual high school and the leagues swim rules. For example, our high school team was limited to a maximum of 3 hours of practice per day, including weight room training and it didn't matter if the practice was on ones own, with the high school team or with a club. This rule was per the state high school swim association (or whatever they called it). This basically cuts out the top tier athletes from high school swimming. I know several swimmers who had to make a choice between pursuing their talent/dreams and swimming for the high school and I even know a few people who were caught doing over the amount and suspended from the high school team. It depends on if there's any strong clubs nearby, what the high school league rules are and even what general region you live in. In western mass, your times would be just fine for varsity - we've got a few top tier invidual swimmers but no true superstar club. If you are going to a high school in the greater Batimore area, well....you'd have much tougher competition. Sorry, but you're just going to have to ask the coaches what they think of your times.
