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
Geek,
I have news for you..... This forum is ALL ABOUT GRUMPY OLD MEN...... ie. it's MASTERS SWIMMING.
Let me translate that to you.......... We are old !
As for the 1970s....... Dude...... you are trespassing on hollowed ground with nasty comments about Fleetwood Mac. Evil Smith and I will pick out a meet in your neck of the woods and show up one day.
John Smith
The 70's; compy goggles, bell bottoms, Woodstock....and yes Fleetwood Mac you loser Geek!
Since the door has been opened on the subject....a Title IX tie in possible:
www.swimmingcoach.org/.../JL12052002.asp
Also from NSGA Research:
High School Sports Participation Increases Again
The number of student participants in high school athletics for the 2006-07 school year rose by 183,006 students to 7,342,910, according to the 2006-07 High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). Although participation has increased for 18 consecutive years, this year’s increase of 183,006 participants from last year is the largest one-year jump since a rise of 225,168 between the 1994-95 and 1995-96 school years.
In addition, girls participation exceeded three million for the first time, with 3,021,807 females participating in 2006-07. Boys participation of 4,321,103 is the highest participation in the past 29 years. This year’s boys participation figure is second only to the record 4,367,442 in 1977-78.
Basketball remained the most popular sport for girls with 456,967 participants, followed by outdoor track and field (444,181), volleyball (405,832), fast pitch softball (373,448), soccer (337,632), cross country (183,376), tennis (176,696), swimming and diving (143,639), competitive spirit squads (95,177) and golf (66,283).
Soccer gained the most female participants in 2006-07 with 16,077, followed by volleyball with 15,798 and cross country with 7,422.
In boys sports, 11-player football once again topped the list with 1,104,548 participants, followed by basketball (556,269), outdoor track and field (544,180), baseball (477,430), soccer (377,999), wrestling (257,246), cross country (216,085), golf (159,747), tennis (156,944) and swimming and diving (106,738).
Eleven-player football gained the most participants among boys sports in 2006-07 with 32,773, followed by soccer with 19,064, outdoor track and field with 10,195 and basketball with 9,934.
Texas retained its title as having the most sports participants with 763,967, followed by California (735,497), New York (350,349), Illinois (334,358), Michigan (321,400), Ohio (315,473), Pennsylvania (276,911), New Jersey (247,332), Florida (230,312) and Minnesota (220,241).
Through the survey, it was also determined that 54.2% of students enrolled in high schools participate in athletics.
The participation survey has been compiled since 1971 by the NFHS through numbers it receives from its member associations. The complete 2006-07 Participation Survey is available on the NFHS Web site www.nfhs.org.
Although statistics show otherwise...talk to any College or USS swim club and what you will hear is what John is saying. It may be that at the age group/high school level participation is up...but go hang out with a top tier Div I college recruiter and hear how much talent is out there in...no wonder so many teams recruit overseas.
Geek,
I have news for you..... This forum is ALL ABOUT GRUMPY OLD MEN...... ie. it's MASTERS SWIMMING.
Let me translate that to you.......... We are old !
As for the 1970s....... Dude...... you are trespassing on hollowed ground with nasty comments about Fleetwood Mac. Evil Smith and I will pick out a meet in your neck of the woods and show up one day.
John Smith
The 70's; compy goggles, bell bottoms, Woodstock....and yes Fleetwood Mac you loser Geek!
Since the door has been opened on the subject....a Title IX tie in possible:
www.swimmingcoach.org/.../JL12052002.asp
Also from NSGA Research:
High School Sports Participation Increases Again
The number of student participants in high school athletics for the 2006-07 school year rose by 183,006 students to 7,342,910, according to the 2006-07 High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). Although participation has increased for 18 consecutive years, this year’s increase of 183,006 participants from last year is the largest one-year jump since a rise of 225,168 between the 1994-95 and 1995-96 school years.
In addition, girls participation exceeded three million for the first time, with 3,021,807 females participating in 2006-07. Boys participation of 4,321,103 is the highest participation in the past 29 years. This year’s boys participation figure is second only to the record 4,367,442 in 1977-78.
Basketball remained the most popular sport for girls with 456,967 participants, followed by outdoor track and field (444,181), volleyball (405,832), fast pitch softball (373,448), soccer (337,632), cross country (183,376), tennis (176,696), swimming and diving (143,639), competitive spirit squads (95,177) and golf (66,283).
Soccer gained the most female participants in 2006-07 with 16,077, followed by volleyball with 15,798 and cross country with 7,422.
In boys sports, 11-player football once again topped the list with 1,104,548 participants, followed by basketball (556,269), outdoor track and field (544,180), baseball (477,430), soccer (377,999), wrestling (257,246), cross country (216,085), golf (159,747), tennis (156,944) and swimming and diving (106,738).
Eleven-player football gained the most participants among boys sports in 2006-07 with 32,773, followed by soccer with 19,064, outdoor track and field with 10,195 and basketball with 9,934.
Texas retained its title as having the most sports participants with 763,967, followed by California (735,497), New York (350,349), Illinois (334,358), Michigan (321,400), Ohio (315,473), Pennsylvania (276,911), New Jersey (247,332), Florida (230,312) and Minnesota (220,241).
Through the survey, it was also determined that 54.2% of students enrolled in high schools participate in athletics.
The participation survey has been compiled since 1971 by the NFHS through numbers it receives from its member associations. The complete 2006-07 Participation Survey is available on the NFHS Web site www.nfhs.org.
Although statistics show otherwise...talk to any College or USS swim club and what you will hear is what John is saying. It may be that at the age group/high school level participation is up...but go hang out with a top tier Div I college recruiter and hear how much talent is out there in...no wonder so many teams recruit overseas.
