Anonymous
11/30/2025 09:56
Subject: Recruiting D3 and Coaches Support
Anonymous wrote:A female swimmer at Ohio Wesleyan swam a 21.68 fifty back as a lead off for a 200 medley relay. Only one woman at the D1 level is faster than her. It is just not men getting faster.
That time is a misprint, btw (look at that swimmer's other times).
But on the main topic, yes, D3 is very fast. Plenty of very good PVS swimmers going to D3. My own DC, who could go mid-major D1, chose a D3, as did many other swimmers on their D1 visits.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 09:39
Subject: Recruiting D3 and Coaches Support
A female swimmer at Ohio Wesleyan swam a 21.68 fifty back as a lead off for a 200 medley relay. Only one woman at the D1 level is faster than her. It is just not men getting faster.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 09:20
Subject: Recruiting D3 and Coaches Support
Wash U on a rip also. Who said D3 swimming is not real? Many a fool.
Anonymous
11/30/2025 09:11
Subject: Recruiting D3 and Coaches Support
Anonymous wrote:Having a “futures cut” is a little bit dismissive but not wrong. Swimmers that have US Open qualifications, Summer Jrs, and every cut below are and have committed to D3 programs from the DMV over the last two cycles. It is not an anomaly for our area, it is nation wide now. Sure there is a performance cliff that occurs, just like within a massive slippage in D1 Power 4 into mid-majors, but D3 swimming is changing and like everything above it they share two common characteristics. It is getting faster. It is getting more competitive.
D3 swimming has gotten really fast, especially for the men. Look at the times from the meet at U chicago and Kenyon last week. Many of the winners were setting program, pool and meet records.