Greg Earhart at collegeswimming.com just posted a column that raises a troubling point about the new suits: collegeswimming.com/.../
What do you think?
15 to 20 years ago, if you needed a swim suit (-IE- a pair of briefs), all you did was run down to Macys and pick up one for $12 and that was it. College and high school athletic departments could buy them wholesale for $9 each.
Back then, the suit was just a minor issue and no one paid any attention to the brand of suit the swimmers wore.
??? Really? In college ('84-'88) we wore nylon suits for practice and special paper suits for meets. Exclusively Speedo and provided for us. That was over 20 years ago. In high-school we wore Finals lycra team suits for meets and nylon training suits for practice ('80-'84). My USS team suit (nylon for practice and special lycra for meets) was Arena. They came out with some kind of special rubber type suit I wore to one CIF meet my Junior year of high-school. That was 25 years ago.
Lycra suits came out when I was swimming summer-league at about age 11 or 12. I never once went to Macy's to get one. We went to the sporting goods store to choose from the 2-3 major brands. Wearing a special kind of suit for meets has been a common practice in the swimming world for awhile now...
15 to 20 years ago, if you needed a swim suit (-IE- a pair of briefs), all you did was run down to Macys and pick up one for $12 and that was it. College and high school athletic departments could buy them wholesale for $9 each.
Back then, the suit was just a minor issue and no one paid any attention to the brand of suit the swimmers wore.
??? Really? In college ('84-'88) we wore nylon suits for practice and special paper suits for meets. Exclusively Speedo and provided for us. That was over 20 years ago. In high-school we wore Finals lycra team suits for meets and nylon training suits for practice ('80-'84). My USS team suit (nylon for practice and special lycra for meets) was Arena. They came out with some kind of special rubber type suit I wore to one CIF meet my Junior year of high-school. That was 25 years ago.
Lycra suits came out when I was swimming summer-league at about age 11 or 12. I never once went to Macy's to get one. We went to the sporting goods store to choose from the 2-3 major brands. Wearing a special kind of suit for meets has been a common practice in the swimming world for awhile now...
