Is it my imagination or is the smarter gender under represented in masters swimming. I would like to get some real numbers to confirm my observations. Forumites like Rick Osterberg, can you give some data about the ratio of men to women at USMS meets? Perhaps we could break it down by age group (I can hear the CPUs humming at Chris Stevenson's place all the way from up here in Mass).
If women are under represented, then I would like to discuss the causes of the imbalance and begin to work on improving the ratio.
Good point ourswimmer, but I just feel like I don't see very many women swimmers with whom I went to college coming back into the sport and I thought those numbers were more equitable. Perhaps that belief is wrong.
That's my anecdotal experience, as well.
What strikes me as odd, though, is that when I go to our gym, the number of women workout in almost every class, on every piece of equipment (save free weights), etc. seems to be (again, my perceptio) skewed towards women. Also, it seems that women have no problem racing/being competitive (as was mentioned before) in running and triathlons.
Good point ourswimmer, but I just feel like I don't see very many women swimmers with whom I went to college coming back into the sport and I thought those numbers were more equitable. Perhaps that belief is wrong.
That's my anecdotal experience, as well.
What strikes me as odd, though, is that when I go to our gym, the number of women workout in almost every class, on every piece of equipment (save free weights), etc. seems to be (again, my perceptio) skewed towards women. Also, it seems that women have no problem racing/being competitive (as was mentioned before) in running and triathlons.
