Founders League today for swimming. Loomis Chaffee won for girls, Choate won for boys. LC girls jumped into pool at Hotchkiss to celebrate and CRH boys did not jump in, as they felt it was “rude” to jump like that into another school’s pool. Thoughts?
Is jumping in pools for important wins a typical swimming “thing”?
Yes, I have seen it done. However, at one’s home pool. A few years ago, at a non BS swim meet, a guest team jumped into a host’s pool to celebrate win. The home team was really ^%**^ about it. I did not feel much of anything about it. But the home team swimmers were very unhappy.
Is this considered rude? I am soliciting opinions.
I have never seen it done at an Exeter swim meet- home or away.
I wonder if it’s deemed “ok” as it wasn’t a dual meet and ibstead a league meet? Wondering myself as I’ve never seen this before. Isn’t the founders league somewhat new?
(My perspective as a swimmer)
Rude is not the word. I would say unethical, perhaps. (In terms of “jumping” into the pool)
However, in our school league at least, each team can use the pool but on their assigned lanes (same lane for warm-ups) after the events for about 30 minutes [for cool down purposes, although you can use the lane however you want it to].
Does LC still dump some of their pool water in before the start of the meet?
Would we really be looking for evidence to “call out” as rude a group of kids? That seems rude.
Unless…did the group use up the water? If so, that would be rude too.
@lostaccount: did you read my post? The Choate boys team did not jump in the host’s pool to celebrate their win as they felt it rude to do so. As determined by the captains, I suppose. I also had seen this at another important meet for public school, where the host team was unhappy that guests did this.
I was asking for others’ thoughts. AND YES, a group of teenagers, aged 14-18 can be called rude if the name fits. These are not “kids.”
I teach at a public high school, and the students are routinely called out for being rude by teachers and administration.
In the excitement of the moment? For teenagers? Perhaps unthoughtful. But doesn’t strike me as rude or unethical.
Touched base with my wife who swam in a top tier BS swimming program (Peddie). In her words you win the meet you throw your coach in the pool, and you can jump in too. No offense should be taken.
They jump in the pool at NCAA’s!!! So that is probably why everyone thinks it’s ok. I don’t see an issue with it
This is beyond silly. Rude? Unethical? Unsportsmanlike? Umm, no. Kids jumping in pools…been done before.
At a major meet, especially, I would think it’s almost mandatory to throw the coach in (and then follow him/her). We always did (in public school swimming). I know at the State Championship for Water Polo (PHS, 3-4 years ago), my DC’s team jumped in at the end in jubilation. It was a “Neutral” pool, though, so it was not the “away” team jumping in to the “Home” team pool. I think there may be a difference in protocol between a Neutral pool and a Home Team pool.
In this case it sounds like Hotchkiss was providing the venue, but was not the “home team” per se. Therefore I do not see it as disrespectful.
As a swimmer of 9 years, I do believe the action to be a bit distasteful, but certainly nothing to frown over. At a home meet, given the hypothetical that the host team wins, it’s swim culture to jump into one’s own pool. Rightfully so, it’s celebratory! However, I’ve never seen a winning team jump into their rival opponents pool. I believe such action could come across as cocky. “Let’s rub it in their faces,” if you will. Although the lines may seem a bit fuzzy, I hope this makes sense.
It wasn’t a rival’s pool. I believe it was at a league championship and the host was Hotchkiss right?
It was a league championship, hosted by Hotchkiss.
Thanks for all of your responses!
Wow, I never thought about it being rude at someone else’s pool? But at a championship meet I couldn’t see how it would be rude? Just normal. You can’t really take a lane line like you could take a basketball net lol. Usually it’s fun to throw the coaches in in their clothes. It’s like tossing the coxswain in after a crew win. Us water sport lovers like everyone to get wet :). And we don’t have to dump Gatorade on them to do it!