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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I was thrown in as a baby, taught to swim and grew up mucking around at the beach. I played tennis from about 12-18yrs of age.
Ironically, didn't take up swimming as exercise until I was 33 and living in Chicago. It took me about a year to summon up the courage to join the Masters team because I thought it meant you had to have "mastered" swimming. I spent weeks secretly teaching myself bilateral breathing and flip turns because I thought I'd be laughed off the pool deck :drown:
I was thrown in as a baby, taught to swim and grew up mucking around at the beach. I played tennis from about 12-18yrs of age.
Ironically, didn't take up swimming as exercise until I was 33 and living in Chicago. It took me about a year to summon up the courage to join the Masters team because I thought it meant you had to have "mastered" swimming. I spent weeks secretly teaching myself bilateral breathing and flip turns because I thought I'd be laughed off the pool deck :drown:
