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
Hi-
I read the first two pages and then skipped the rest.... sorry.
I have a 12 year old boy in my class, Clark, who was so happy that he went 4:58 in his 400 IM and 2:21 in his 200 fly. However, he was amazed that the winner of his 11-12 age group went 4:28 in the 400IM. HOLY COW!
Quality vs. quantity? That's smokin'!
BTW, an interesting note: Clark's dad does endurance running and frequently does 100 mi plus runs. And his mom is a marathoner. There's some good genes!
Hi-
I read the first two pages and then skipped the rest.... sorry.
I have a 12 year old boy in my class, Clark, who was so happy that he went 4:58 in his 400 IM and 2:21 in his 200 fly. However, he was amazed that the winner of his 11-12 age group went 4:28 in the 400IM. HOLY COW!
Quality vs. quantity? That's smokin'!
BTW, an interesting note: Clark's dad does endurance running and frequently does 100 mi plus runs. And his mom is a marathoner. There's some good genes!
