Swim Times Question

Momtothreegirls
Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:29:50 +0000

My daughter, currently a senior going on some D3 recruiting trips, dropped serious time in all events last year (junior year). We’re talking along the lines of 3-5 seconds on several 100s, 10 seconds on some 200s, and 2+ seconds on her 50. Is this something she should mention to swim coaches during the recruiting process? I wasn’t sure because it would point out that her times until a year ago were not all that competitive. On the other hand, my daughter came fairly late to competitive swimming and honestly, I think has not come close to peaking yet. Last year was the first year she began to train at a truly competitive level (and even then was sidelined for quite some time with pneumonia right in the middle of swim season).

She’s hoping to apply somewhere ED, so won’t have senior year times to present to coaches to confirm her downward trend. Are these significant drops in time something to mention, or should she just allow the times to speak for themselves?