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
John:
You're a real Savonarola lately ... Plenty of fast swimmer boys where I live. Plus, if there are more girls than boys swimming, who cares? Where's the harm exactly? Men dominate other sports. What's wrong with women dominating swimming?
As to video games, parents aren't forced to buy them. My son gave away his playstation at 13 -- right about the time he became obsessed with running. But I do agree it's a sorry epidemic.
John:
You're a real Savonarola lately ... Plenty of fast swimmer boys where I live. Plus, if there are more girls than boys swimming, who cares? Where's the harm exactly? Men dominate other sports. What's wrong with women dominating swimming?
As to video games, parents aren't forced to buy them. My son gave away his playstation at 13 -- right about the time he became obsessed with running. But I do agree it's a sorry epidemic.
