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.
The answers posting to this thread are most definitely not the norm for USMS members...
Print off the poll and take it to your club coach or workout group.
Then post the results up.
I would venture to say that out of the 170 swimmers on our new club here in SoCal, maybe 3 or 4 max swam in college.
And probably less than 25 ever swam competitively at all.
Except during holiday breaks and the summer when our head coach allows any college swimmer to swim for free.
They do have to join USMS and affiliate with the club.
I assume this will drive up the competitive swimmer numbers in the near future.
I swim with an age group team. Out of 10+ seniors this year, I would guess 3 will go on to swim. One that went on to swim at VA Tech this year has already stopped to join the Triathlon team instead :afraid: One of our current swimmers just got back from Ireland Nationals. I need to find out where he's swimming. He's incredible to watch.
Oh and I do mention to my team mates that once they hit 18 they can join USMS and swim in our meets.
The answers posting to this thread are most definitely not the norm for USMS members...
Print off the poll and take it to your club coach or workout group.
Then post the results up.
I would venture to say that out of the 170 swimmers on our new club here in SoCal, maybe 3 or 4 max swam in college.
And probably less than 25 ever swam competitively at all.
Except during holiday breaks and the summer when our head coach allows any college swimmer to swim for free.
They do have to join USMS and affiliate with the club.
I assume this will drive up the competitive swimmer numbers in the near future.
I swim with an age group team. Out of 10+ seniors this year, I would guess 3 will go on to swim. One that went on to swim at VA Tech this year has already stopped to join the Triathlon team instead :afraid: One of our current swimmers just got back from Ireland Nationals. I need to find out where he's swimming. He's incredible to watch.
Oh and I do mention to my team mates that once they hit 18 they can join USMS and swim in our meets.
