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[quote=Anonymous]It is very school dependent.

I've had kids in two different high schools, one public and one private, and they were both swimmers.

The public high school required a try-out for the swim team.  The coach had a requirement that the swimmer be able to swim the 500Y Freestyle in 10 minutes in order to make the team.  The private high school did not require any type of try-out, other than being able to swim across the pool.  Anyone who wanted on the team, just had to sign up.

The public HS team used a point system to determine if the swimmer earned a Varsity Letter.  If the student was also swimming for a club team, he/she only had to attend one practice a week.  If the student was not a club swimmer, they had to attend something like 75% of the practices.  So they had to meet both requirements in order to letter.  1st through 7th place earned points and as long as you swam in every meet and came in at least 7th place in both events (or higher in one event and 8th in another) you would Letter.

The private HS did not use a point system for earning a letter.  That coach said if you qualified for a championship meet, you would earn a Varsity Letter.  Their championship meets had time cuts.  So as long as you were either on a relay in the championship meet (and that meant being one of the fastest swimmers on the team) or had a time that the meet dictated, you were considered a "Varsity" swimmer.

Both of my swimmers earned Varsity Letters in swimming their freshmen year.  My older one who went to public HS was not a super strong swimmer but he was on a weak team.  So he easily scored the minimum points required his freshman year.  It was more difficult to earn a Varsity Letter at the private HS - my older son would not have been able to "letter" if he had gone to that HS because he wasn't fast enough.

And I agree with everyone else that a 00:23 in the 50 Free is very fast.  Good luck to your nephew![/quote]

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