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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm actually kind of amazed at how un-diverse swimming is. Only sport I've seen this so far.[/quote]

Well, I dont know where you are swimming but some of the very best teams in the area are primarily black.  Takoma Park has an absolutely amazing team that is at least 75-80% black.  Several community pools in PG County and Montgomery Co have phenomemal swim teams that are at least 50% if not more like 99%, black.  One of the best area summer leagues is the Prince-Mont league.  It has a few DC clubs and then the rest are in PG and MoCo.  You may need to get out more.[/quote]

You left out Kingfish and Theresa Banks, primarily African American but many Hispanic and white swimmers, along with Takoma Park (TPDC), which dominate Division A of the Prince Mont Swim League.  I agree, the swimmers are phenomenal to watch.  Their swim meets have a family, party like atmosphere and the swimming is top notch.  I only wish more media attention would be given to these teams.[/quote]

Summer competitive swimming remains a very segregated experience in this area.

The Prince Mont Swim League has many African American and Hispanic swimmers, with member clubs consisting of many public swimming facilities.  The Montgomery County and Northern Virginia Swiiming Leagues are dominated by the Caucasian and also Asian swimmers, mainly from private area summer swim clubs.

It would be healthy for the sport to translate the Prince Mont League's success into more area participation by minority swimmers in the year-round, competitive club teams.   [/quote]

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