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
Tuition and fees for college Illinois. No books, no dorm. I have a kid in college and that is the rules. Books, 500.00 and up a semester, dorm, 4000.00 a semester. Not covered under this plan. Education IRA's DO cover all of these expenses.
Illinois has some really good swimmers coming out of it. However, the whole state is struggling with pool issues. Building new ones is a big issue. Just because your neck of the woods is fine and dandy, it does not mean there should not be concern for the places that are struggling. We did some things this year with the age group team that helped immensely, and I hope the momentum built this year continues, but the pool problem is big.
Tuition and fees for college Illinois. No books, no dorm. I have a kid in college and that is the rules. Books, 500.00 and up a semester, dorm, 4000.00 a semester. Not covered under this plan. Education IRA's DO cover all of these expenses.
Illinois has some really good swimmers coming out of it. However, the whole state is struggling with pool issues. Building new ones is a big issue. Just because your neck of the woods is fine and dandy, it does not mean there should not be concern for the places that are struggling. We did some things this year with the age group team that helped immensely, and I hope the momentum built this year continues, but the pool problem is big.
