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[quote=Anonymous][necro datafreak here] Yes that's true. The Op and much of the discussion after was regarding scholarships, though, so we limited our focus to the top 500. There was a study done years ago that showed only 10% of the top 100, 10-year olds remained in the top 100 when they were 16. We found this study limited and backwards.... at 10 kids do lots of other sports. A stud athlete who is great at swimming, basketball, and baseball at 10 VERY likely would quit swim to do something more fun. That's why we limited our focus to PRESENT top athletes and just looked where they were when they were 10. They, obviously, were the true commits to the sport. We're confident in what our data says...if your kid isn't in the ballpark at 10 he/she (very) likely won't be at 16 BUT (and this is a big but) if the parents are both swimmers or tall/fit/athletic we keep particularly close looks at their kids, even if they may be BB or worse as youngsters. [/quote]
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