I am curious how many of the posters here swam in high school, college, etc. and how close to the top you got. Thus the following not terribly detailed poll.
Swam all four years of college. Swam in NCAAs in finals on the 200 and 400 medley relays. We got in the top six on both relays. Don't remember exactly what place. All I remember is that our finish qualified us to be NCAA All-Americans.
I wanted to keep the number of categories from getting too lengthy, so I figured that anyone who swam in the NCAAs and did really well would probably have gone to Olympic trials, too. I am curious if you qualified for these, elise, and opted not to go; or if being All American does not automatically qualify you for Olympic trials.
I wanted to keep the number of categories from getting too lengthy, so I figured that anyone who swam in the NCAAs and did really well would probably have gone to Olympic trials, too. I am curious if you qualified for these, elise, and opted not to go; or if being All American does not automatically qualify you for Olympic trials.
I swam Division III. No, not good enough to qualify for Olympic Trials. There was, however, a girl on our relay, who swam in the Olympic Trials in 1980 or 1984 - Julie Ginden. At the time she swam for us she was Julie Hogan - married to Pat Hogan, the Dynamo swim coach. I believe she originally started out swimming DI, but transferred because she got married.
It would be interesting to find out the number of those that swam in Division III that did qualify for Olympic Trials. Some of the top two finishers might have, but I suspect most who had the talent to qualify for Olympic Trials would have swam DI.
I swam one year division 1, then had a string of injuries. Swam 1 full season of NAIA, got my All-American honorable mention certificate and that was that. I didn't swim again for about 15 years until I got invited to watch 2004 Olympic Trials in Long Beach and got all excited again. Now I work out for a few weeks every spring and go to Masters Nationals to see old friends and have fun.:chug:
I swam until I had to race 50 yards. Then I quit. Was sooo burned out. I think I was 12. Didn't start swimming competitively until I joined masters in 2000.
Swam one year at Dartmouth College, Div 1, no scholarships. Injured rotator cuff shortly before Ivy League Championships. Swam anyway, but cancelled plans to go to other championships meets. Quit swimming due to injury and burnout and carried on being a nerd. Stayed away for 24 years.
Swam Div III / NAIA no NCAA D - III in my day. Swam for three years and was captain of the team junior year. Joined the gymnastics team and competed in floor exercise and parallel bars senior year. Have been swimming Masters since 1979.
