Below are the number of entrants for each event at the Junior Nationals for 2008. What do these figures mean for men's swimming long term? The number of boys in the sport trails girls quite siginficantly in many events. In relays where a team tends to show its depth, boys are out numbered by girls nearly 2:1
If things continue or get worse we've got problems ahead of us in 2 Olympics.
It's a good thing collegiate budgets aren't cutting mens swimming these days.... :-)
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.............Women Men
1650/1000... 78.. 75
Med. Relay... 97.. 51
100 free... 264.. 140
100 ***... 179.. 102
200 back... 173.. 111
200 fly... 149.. 91
800 fr rly... 81.. 43
50 fly... 170.. 106
50 ***... 151.. 82
200 free... 252.. 159
400 IM... 183.. 106
400 free rly... 84.. 45
100 back... 194.. 152
500 free... 188.. 112
200 ***... 152.. 82
100 fly... 242.. 161
200 fr rly... 84.. 45
50 back... 135.. 115
200 IM... 268.. 169
50 free... 282.. 153
800/1500 fr... 98.. 67
400 med rly... 105.. 54
Wow, John, thanks for posting that. Looks like we have a future with men's distance swimming...
It would be interesting to see the gap between the standard and the fastest time for both the boys and the girls. I wonder if the women's time standards offer a greater window of opportunity than the mens, or if that many girls are just that fast.
What about the folks who made the cut and can't attend? I wonder how many folks are taking the spring off from swimming, or just have other spring sports they'd rather do... Since these are Juniors, could be some folks who need to take time off to get ramped up for High School.
Wow, John, thanks for posting that. Looks like we have a future with men's distance swimming...
It would be interesting to see the gap between the standard and the fastest time for both the boys and the girls. I wonder if the women's time standards offer a greater window of opportunity than the mens, or if that many girls are just that fast.
What about the folks who made the cut and can't attend? I wonder how many folks are taking the spring off from swimming, or just have other spring sports they'd rather do... Since these are Juniors, could be some folks who need to take time off to get ramped up for High School.
