I started swimming Masters as soon as I could at 25(this was before 19 and then 18 year olds could swim Masters-I'm 57 now.)
I gather this is not what most people do. Swimming was the only thing that allowed me to retain a veneer of sanity in college and med school so I was ecstatic at being with an organized group of swimmers at the first opportunity.
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I had to take a year of college off from competitive swimming because there was no way I could work out and take all the lab classes I needed. At UT-Knoxville the women's team had awful practice hours (middle of the afternoon).
I kept swimming during that year, just not competitively, and not as much as I would have if I'd been on the team.
Once I got to grad school I started with Masters, and have been struggling ever since.
I had to take a year of college off from competitive swimming because there was no way I could work out and take all the lab classes I needed. At UT-Knoxville the women's team had awful practice hours (middle of the afternoon).
I kept swimming during that year, just not competitively, and not as much as I would have if I'd been on the team.
Once I got to grad school I started with Masters, and have been struggling ever since.
