hello!! im new to these boards, and was wondering what y'all thought. Most of the time in the Olympics the ages of swimmers seem to be between the early teens to about early 30s. (pardon me if im wrong on this.) Is there some sort of age cap here? it seems that way to me. I am 23, LOVE swimming and still dream about what if i had devoted my time to my olympic dream. what if i started now, would I be at that level. I beleive you are the age u feel u are. its just a number. what do YOU think? :)
Women’s cuts are not easy!
It has more to do with the number of superior athletes who choose other sports over swimming. Often great male athletes who swim will be swayed into other sports, while great female athletes will often stay with swimming.
And an argument could be made for lowering the qualifying times even more, since only the top 2 make the team (in most events). For instance, dropping the women’s 100 fly by one second from an awesomely fast 1:02.39 to 1:01.39, would drop the field from 76 swimmers down to 26. And while it’s unlikely that any of these 50 ladies will be beating Natalie Coughlin, Jenny Thompson, or Mary Descenza, just having the opportunity to swim in the water with these greats is well worth the price of admission.
If you are interested, the psych sheet if posted on the USA-Swimming web site:
www.usaswimming.org
Originally posted by Rob Copeland
Women’s cuts are not easy!
It has more to do with the number of superior athletes who choose other sports over swimming. Often great male athletes who swim will be swayed into other sports, while great female athletes will often stay with swimming.
I knew someone would take issue with my statement :)
No, the women's cut are definitely not easy. I still maintain they are easier than the men's. Not certain, but I do think females outnumber males in USA Swimming, but the ratio isn't as great as the differential at OTs.
I can think of several male athletes who swam before switching to other sports. Kiki Vandeweghe (sp?), Tim Duncan and Lance Armstrong come to mind. I think they all made the right decision...at least monetarily!
Peggy Gross of North Coast aquatics. She's in the 50 free and has swum masters as far back as 1993.
The 37 year old is Ron.
The 15 year old boys are in the 200 fly and ***. That is tough.
Either the womens cuts are too easy or the usa women are swimming well.
