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
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My town is building a grade school on the site of the old "black" YMCA (built by African-Americans when the town was segregated). The original plan had a swimming pool, in honor of the history of the site, but when the planned cost of the school went too high, the pool was the first thing to go.
I'd love to see another pool in town, but these days, it's hard to justify something that takes up so much space - 6,000+ square feet with a 20- 30-foot ceiling - and is expensive to maintain (big heating bill, big insurance cost and needs at least one lifeguard while it's open).
My town is building a grade school on the site of the old "black" YMCA (built by African-Americans when the town was segregated). The original plan had a swimming pool, in honor of the history of the site, but when the planned cost of the school went too high, the pool was the first thing to go.
I'd love to see another pool in town, but these days, it's hard to justify something that takes up so much space - 6,000+ square feet with a 20- 30-foot ceiling - and is expensive to maintain (big heating bill, big insurance cost and needs at least one lifeguard while it's open).
