By Annie Grevers, Swimming World Staff Writer
Non-swimmers might think we’re elitist when we accidentally roll our eyes at their questions. We might think they are ignorant. If we’re elitist, we’re sorry. If non-swimmers are ignorant, I’m here to help! We do not expect a non-swimmer to know what 12x75s on 1:00 means or even how to move forward while keeping your face in the water. But we do want the general public to understand a few things about this testing sport…
I don’t know why people seem so shocked when we look offended by this question. USA Swimming is made up of 400,000 swimmers. The 2012 U.S. Olympic team was made up of 49 people. These 49 individuals did not “sign up” for the Olympics by January 1, 2012 in order to be placed on the roster. Swimmers put in ungodly hours, arduous workouts and mind-cramping focus endeavoring to place in the top two or top six (100, 200 freestyle events) at Olympic Trials…in the fastest country in the world. Making the Unites States Olympic Team is hard. Really, really hard. There’s actually a 99.98775 percent chance I did not make the Olympic team.
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