Not sure if anyone is watching, but Florida's Ryan Lochte (Olympic Gold/Silver medalist) has been incredible:
First night;
- 50 back medley relay leadoff = 20.92
- lead off the 800 free relay = 1:33.07
Last night;
- 200 IM = 1:41.76
- 100 back lead off 400 medley relay = 45.19
This morning "floats" a prelim swim in the 400 IM = 3:46.95, finals start in just a little bit so we'll see if he gets Dolans AR of 3:38.18?
Looking forward to seeing him and Phelps go at it next time!
Swim teams don't make money for university sports programs.
When universities look to cut budgets by dropping sports, men's swimming is right up there, when they compare $ in versus $ out.
Women's programs are more insulated because of title IX. when I was in school the UT football program had 90 scholarships, I think the swim team had 11, now i think swimming has 9.9 or some screwy number. It's a real challenge for teams to get great swimmers because they can only afford to hand out a handful of full scholarships.
here's a URL that shows current NCAA scholarship limits
www.educationplanner.com/.../paying_article.asp
Ande
Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
It is very disappointing that the University of Illinois has no men's swim team. The women are great. For those of you who have any doubt - Title IX is not responsible for men's teams being done away with. Some of the other state universities in Illinois have both.
Basketball is not the only sport!!!!!!
Swim teams don't make money for university sports programs.
When universities look to cut budgets by dropping sports, men's swimming is right up there, when they compare $ in versus $ out.
Women's programs are more insulated because of title IX. when I was in school the UT football program had 90 scholarships, I think the swim team had 11, now i think swimming has 9.9 or some screwy number. It's a real challenge for teams to get great swimmers because they can only afford to hand out a handful of full scholarships.
here's a URL that shows current NCAA scholarship limits
www.educationplanner.com/.../paying_article.asp
Ande
Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
It is very disappointing that the University of Illinois has no men's swim team. The women are great. For those of you who have any doubt - Title IX is not responsible for men's teams being done away with. Some of the other state universities in Illinois have both.
Basketball is not the only sport!!!!!!
