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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a HS junior swimmer who has been practicing for about 20 hours a week for the first three years of high school.

Since he's good but not a superstar (Y nationals qualifier but not junior nationals qualifier), it's becoming clear that for him, swimming will actually be *limiting* his choices in college rather than giving him access.

Meaning: his times are good enough to get him into some ok DIII schools with no merit, but he could get into even better schools by not swimming and instead getting in on the merit of his grades and other extracurriculars.

Long story short: swimming in college had been a goal, but I think it's time to scale back and aim for club swim in college instead. And he's ok with that. It's actually kind of liberating![/quote]

Good for him!  My sister and I both played D1 sports and quit after a year.  Your world expands so much at that time of life, and there are so many other things to do and ways to spend your time.  I mean, how much of your time do you really want to spend lifting weights in a little gym with no windows and staring at the bottom of a pool?  [/quote]

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