3 New Recruits for SMU Swimming!

[Ponymon]

I'm surprised I scooped Water Pony on this one!


http://smumustangs.cstv.com/sports/m-sw ... 07aaa.html

[George S. Patton]

Water Pony can answer this:

But doesn't it seem that college coaches are getting their recruits from the Club programs than from the high schools. Soccer is already like that.

[Water Pony]

Happy to be scooped on good news for swimming.

As for sourcing swimmers from exclusively club teams, it is less common in swimming, since HS teams, in conjunction with their off-season and summer Club Teams, produce world class and Olympic level swimmers.

Note our traditional strength from overseas pulled the swimmers from Australia and Slovenia. In the past, South Africia, Sweden, Czech Republic, Brazil, Switzerland, etc. have all contributed to our continuing success. In the above countries, it is their national and club teams that produced their athletes.