I think its worst for girls to be denied decent practice. Many high school programs still have girls practice as much or even less yardage than master teams. I read this on the net, that one girl commented that they only practice 2,000 yards, while the boys I remember in high school had workouts of yardage between 5,000 to 10,000 befored they tapered. So, this ruling hurts girl swimmers more. This is the state of Missouri of course. This is from Phillip Whitten on the swimming world news on the internet. We complain about college programs being elimnated for boys or young men but what about the unfair treatment of girls in high school sports that can't practice on a USA swim Team during their high school years.
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This is one of the best agruments for kids either girls or boys to be able to swim in a non-high school program during the school year. I graduated from Los Amigos high school in the Garden Grove school district which according to current stats has only 20 percent of its populaton that is anglo. My old high school is only 7 percent anglo now. In swimming the Garden Grove district is near the bottom since many kids come from immirgant backgrounds. Anyway, two boys were able to placed at CIF division 4, the slowest division in the LA/OC/Riverside area because they were on year-round teams. One of them did a 22. something in the 50 yard freestyle and the other a 55.0 something in the 100 yard backstroke. So, its kids that are not from upper-middle class anglo schools that get hurt by limiting them to practice on the high school team only.
This is one of the best agruments for kids either girls or boys to be able to swim in a non-high school program during the school year. I graduated from Los Amigos high school in the Garden Grove school district which according to current stats has only 20 percent of its populaton that is anglo. My old high school is only 7 percent anglo now. In swimming the Garden Grove district is near the bottom since many kids come from immirgant backgrounds. Anyway, two boys were able to placed at CIF division 4, the slowest division in the LA/OC/Riverside area because they were on year-round teams. One of them did a 22. something in the 50 yard freestyle and the other a 55.0 something in the 100 yard backstroke. So, its kids that are not from upper-middle class anglo schools that get hurt by limiting them to practice on the high school team only.
