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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My newly turned 13 yo daughter has reached her full height at 5’4, is done with the puberty changes, and has never been “thick/muscular” OR “super skinny.” My best description would be average build and very fit. She’s definitely never been tall, usually mid range height in comparison to her peers. She’s not a speedster either—for 11/12 she averaged BB times on free/back, and B times on fly/breast. It seems this group is telling me she’s doomed to stay at those times despite continuing work on technique, increased conditioning, and top notch coaching.  I hope that’s not the case—she loves the sport and works hard. I hope to see her bump up at least to BB and A times but who knows. We (and I mean both her and myself) don’t have aspirations for a glorious college swim career, just average participation in the high school swim team and a continued love of swimming that she can carry on to adulthood and use to stay active. Is there room in the swim scene for these types of swimmers?

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Forgot to add…my 5’4 daughter does have size 9.5 feet. Can we rely on this to bring her all the swim glory?  :D [/quote]

there is always hope - and there is always triathlon to try[/quote]

I was going to add that distance swimming is more forgiving about heights (1650) and also with HS swim she will be fine.[/quote]

Yes, the shortest girl on my college team was 5’4” and a distance swimmer. But not the most fun life in college when everyone is hyper specialized. Sprinters get to train for explosiveness while you stare at the black line for hours.

Also, some of the large public high schools around here do require swimmers to have A times to realistically make the team. [/quote]

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