Since there has been observation on this forum that most younger female (not male) swimmers at Nationals wore non-tech suits (the 18-24 and 25-29 groups), I'm curious as to why.
Anyone of that younger group look at this board and care to post reasons? Cost? Controversy over "authenticity" of times when fastest suits are banned? Desire to look hot for guys, as one poster suggests?
I am wondering if it is a question of cost and if those girls were all relatively local. It looked like it on the psychs, but I don't know all the abbreviations, so...
In contrast to the hypothesis, my team has a *lot* of girls in 25-29, and we all have tech suits, though mostly Pros, which we break out for New Englands and Nationals only. We also didn't go this year because the travel was expensive (a lot more than a Pro). Which is to say, I am going to guess it is cost and that it a lot less prevalent than people here suggest, and may have looked so at this meet due to outside influences. I can say with certainty there are plenty of younguns in the techs at Harvard.
I am wondering if it is a question of cost and if those girls were all relatively local. It looked like it on the psychs, but I don't know all the abbreviations, so...
In contrast to the hypothesis, my team has a *lot* of girls in 25-29, and we all have tech suits, though mostly Pros, which we break out for New Englands and Nationals only. We also didn't go this year because the travel was expensive (a lot more than a Pro). Which is to say, I am going to guess it is cost and that it a lot less prevalent than people here suggest, and may have looked so at this meet due to outside influences. I can say with certainty there are plenty of younguns in the techs at Harvard.
