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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Swam for four years as a sprint BR'er at the mecca of distance/IM - Cal.
I walked on, because I thought I wanted to combine academics and athletics. Bombed out of engineering school the first year, and switched to the equally rigorous political science and economics :laugh2: My parents will probably never forgive me for that (or for turning down money to go to other schools).
My freshman year (82/83) we had at least 5 guys under or within 1/10th of the NCAA cut in the 100 BR (Moorhouse, Lager, Gill, Veilleux, Jacob and me).
Aside from - or perhaps including - the insane yardage, etc it was one of the formative experiences of my life, and I consider most all of my teammates from over 25 years ago to be some of my best friends.
GO BEARS!
Swam for four years as a sprint BR'er at the mecca of distance/IM - Cal.
I walked on, because I thought I wanted to combine academics and athletics. Bombed out of engineering school the first year, and switched to the equally rigorous political science and economics :laugh2: My parents will probably never forgive me for that (or for turning down money to go to other schools).
My freshman year (82/83) we had at least 5 guys under or within 1/10th of the NCAA cut in the 100 BR (Moorhouse, Lager, Gill, Veilleux, Jacob and me).
Aside from - or perhaps including - the insane yardage, etc it was one of the formative experiences of my life, and I consider most all of my teammates from over 25 years ago to be some of my best friends.
GO BEARS!
