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.
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If women are under represented, then I would like to discuss the causes of the imbalance and begin to work on improving the ratio.
That may be a hard statistic to pin down.
Maybe there's an equal, if not greater number of female usms members, but they chose not to compete.
Our local masters team has twice as many ladies in the pool than men. Yet only 1 or 2 of the women attend the meets on a regular basis.
Maybe women are in this for the fitness aspect more than they are for the competition?
If women are under represented, then I would like to discuss the causes of the imbalance and begin to work on improving the ratio.
That may be a hard statistic to pin down.
Maybe there's an equal, if not greater number of female usms members, but they chose not to compete.
Our local masters team has twice as many ladies in the pool than men. Yet only 1 or 2 of the women attend the meets on a regular basis.
Maybe women are in this for the fitness aspect more than they are for the competition?
