Thanks! It’s just good to hear from other people who have recently gone through this. 200 Fly is one of his favorites, and he just dropped 2 seconds at sectionals, so that’s good to hear! But, National/Future is a stretch. Maybe not impossible, but we’ll have to see. He had a very slow start to this season in the fall coming off the pandemic, and then lost his pool again this winter bc Covid- and finally just got to the point we’re he’s finally starting to drop time again in the last couple of months. I’m hoping consistent practice and finally attending meets will help a lot this summer. But I worry because now it’s all long course times. Hopefully he starts to really drop time in the coming months.
We can certainly ask his coach to reach out too. Wasn’t sure if it was too early for that. I don’t want to annoy them either.
Unfortunatly, his favorite school so far has the most competitive team we’re looking at. He’s certainly got the grades for it and should get a good academic package, but I’m thinking more and more it’s a walk on scenario.
So I think he really has to decide if he wants to be on the better team, and walk on, or if he wants to swim for a less competitive team and make a real impact.
The other issue is distance from our home. He wants to be under 3 hours, and not anywhere too urban. When you’re 30 minutes outside of NYC that doesn’t leave a ton of options.
I have a feeling this will be a rollercoaster much like you said…