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
Also, what in the world do you have against women in athletics?
Yeah, really.
I don't see it. I see some hot sh*t 13 year old boys in PV that show no signs of quitting -- Cyrus Hashemi, Matthew Gibson, Jack Congor, Philip Hu, etc.
And, really, girls have many different sports to choose from too. I still haven't recovered from the lengthy drama over swimming vs. travel soccer vs. lacrosse vs. softball. Sheesh. It ain't 1970 anymore.
Also, what in the world do you have against women in athletics?
Yeah, really.
I don't see it. I see some hot sh*t 13 year old boys in PV that show no signs of quitting -- Cyrus Hashemi, Matthew Gibson, Jack Congor, Philip Hu, etc.
And, really, girls have many different sports to choose from too. I still haven't recovered from the lengthy drama over swimming vs. travel soccer vs. lacrosse vs. softball. Sheesh. It ain't 1970 anymore.
