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Were you a College Swimmer?

bbpolhill
I'm always interested in hearing about the USMS demographics, but I couldn't find any information on USMS and college swimming. I was wondering roughly what percentage of US Masters swimmers swam in college and at what level. I also wanted to hear from you where you went, when, and what you loved / hated most about college swimming.
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  • Not sure who had the idea in the first place. There aren't a lot of other schools who do it. Can't think of any at all off the top of my head. But if you think about all of the varsity programs getting shut down... Here in Virginia, there is Christopher Newport University Swim Team, with 33 USMS members. They registered as a masters team for insurance reasons (as in, they couldn't get coverage through CNU). But I can't say that they participate in a lot of masters meets: there were many at the Virginia Beach meet last fall but none at zones and none are going to nationals. There are a lot of (non-varsity) college swim clubs around, at least in this state, and they seem to go to a lot of (college club) swim meets. They are not necessarily interested in swimming with us old farts while they are still in school, but it behooves us to make sure they know all about us for post-graduation swimming.
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  • Not sure who had the idea in the first place. There aren't a lot of other schools who do it. Can't think of any at all off the top of my head. But if you think about all of the varsity programs getting shut down... Here in Virginia, there is Christopher Newport University Swim Team, with 33 USMS members. They registered as a masters team for insurance reasons (as in, they couldn't get coverage through CNU). But I can't say that they participate in a lot of masters meets: there were many at the Virginia Beach meet last fall but none at zones and none are going to nationals. There are a lot of (non-varsity) college swim clubs around, at least in this state, and they seem to go to a lot of (college club) swim meets. They are not necessarily interested in swimming with us old farts while they are still in school, but it behooves us to make sure they know all about us for post-graduation swimming.
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