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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. Just Florida and California.  No swimming in the DC area.[/quote]

The Washington metro area has many excellent swimmers, among the country's best, but for some reason it is not a strong region for water polo.  Also, as someone who has followed water polo for some years, the sport does take many converts from swim team converts, and vice-versa (there is an MIT swimmer who began club swimming only in his junior year -- and had nationals cuts by senior year -- after being in water polo all of his childhood), but the best players with the greatest chance at college offers, are still those who start the game as a year-round club sport before high school.  In California we saw many kids pick up the sport at the high school level, and become very good players perhaps, but not the ones who made it to the college level.  It would be like expecting a lacrosse player to transition to football at 12 years of age, and end up playing in the SEC.  It could happen, but it is just not likely.[/quote]

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