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
I wish! Thank your lucky stars. Mine was more like $5500 with club fees, zones fees, travel meets fees, equipment, summer swim club fees, etc.
Why is ILL state school tuition 20K a year?! Seems odd. UVA and William & Mary are great state schools here and the tuition is much less.
I have the same problem as Geek. Swim clubs busting at the seams. Huge fights over pool time. Too many kids per lane. But other sports are just as popular, I guess, especially soccer and lacrosse.
U of I - urbana champaign:
Tuition and fees $11,244 - 15,036* *
Books and supplies $1,200 $1,200
Room and board (20 meals/week) $8,196
TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS $20,640 - 24,432
They are one of the higher ones, but not by much. These fees do not include individual department fees, such as engineering tacks on 3000 per year to major, other colleges as well.
Our state is in big financial woes and THAT is a whole nother topic, but that is probably why tuition is higher, state aid reduced, cost passed on to the student.
Also, cost of swim teams downstate have cheaper fees than Chicago area, but Chicago area does not have to travel as much to get to meets, so their cost would be slightly less.
I find swimming in the rural areas a hard sell. Parents do not want to work that hard for their child's sport. The traveling for pool time, traveling for meets, the odd hours, chase the parents away from even putting their kids in.
I wish! Thank your lucky stars. Mine was more like $5500 with club fees, zones fees, travel meets fees, equipment, summer swim club fees, etc.
Why is ILL state school tuition 20K a year?! Seems odd. UVA and William & Mary are great state schools here and the tuition is much less.
I have the same problem as Geek. Swim clubs busting at the seams. Huge fights over pool time. Too many kids per lane. But other sports are just as popular, I guess, especially soccer and lacrosse.
U of I - urbana champaign:
Tuition and fees $11,244 - 15,036* *
Books and supplies $1,200 $1,200
Room and board (20 meals/week) $8,196
TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS $20,640 - 24,432
They are one of the higher ones, but not by much. These fees do not include individual department fees, such as engineering tacks on 3000 per year to major, other colleges as well.
Our state is in big financial woes and THAT is a whole nother topic, but that is probably why tuition is higher, state aid reduced, cost passed on to the student.
Also, cost of swim teams downstate have cheaper fees than Chicago area, but Chicago area does not have to travel as much to get to meets, so their cost would be slightly less.
I find swimming in the rural areas a hard sell. Parents do not want to work that hard for their child's sport. The traveling for pool time, traveling for meets, the odd hours, chase the parents away from even putting their kids in.
