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A lot of the best swimmers do not swim HS because they are more likely to be recruited through Club and not HS.[/quote]

How do they gain the varsity experience colleges want, then? I have a teen who wants to go to the Air Force Academy. Shouldn't he focus on high school?[/quote]
Swimming is all about times, not a “varsity experience”. High school swim lasts 2 months and the rest of the year the kids that aspire to swim in college are competing with their clubs. Colleges all know that club swim is far more competitive, they are not recruiting swimmers based off of their high school resume.  [/quote]

This isn't about recruiting. It's about putting "varsity" on an application where 80% and up of admitted applicants played a varsity sport.[/quote]

If you want to swim in college, you are recruited by your club times.

You don't need varsity for college applications, when you can say you swam competitively year round.  [/quote]

This is absolutely incorrect for service academies. [/quote]
🙄 I doubt whether a kid swam HS varsity or competed year round for a club is making the difference in getting into a service academy. [/quote]

When 80% of admitted applicants did a varsity sport, yep, you're drastically lowering your chances by doing club only. They don't care about times. They want the letter.[/quote]

They don't care about the letter.  You could swim club and make zone cuts and they will understand the work put into it more than a letter.  They want you active.  You could be an Eagle Scout and that will carry more weight than a letter.[/quote]

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