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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is much harder for boys- especially in D1.  My college swimmer D3 (junior NESAC) had several NCSA cuts and 2 futures cuts high school.  The D1 schools that were interested in him were not academic matches.  [/quote]

Why is it harder for boys?  Are there fewer slots or something?[/quote]

There are less D1 swim teams for males and less scholarships.[/quote]

It's more than this. There are also more boys who want to continue swimming in college for various reasons. Boys tend to get better in high school and want to keep the momentum going. Girl swimmers often peak early and struggle in last last few years of high school to drop time. That means that girls are often done with swimming and lose interest in continuing in college.

Plus, even at the schools with men's swim teams, there are often fewer roster spots because of Title IX (i.e., the huge # of roster spots on the football team means that other male sports have to limit their roster spots so that they are roughly equivalent w/ the number of female roster spots). This is not just true for D1 as PP suggested, it's true across the board. Very good male swimmers may not even be able to walk onto a swim team in college. It's a totally different situation for girls.[/quote]

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