re: If any of y'all have a child that swims competitively, we can all celebrate.

my daughter just completed her last competitive races with Regionals. She did club for a bit and did quite well but she limped through this last year as a Victory Lap with her high school team. She was burnt out of the sport by Sophomore year.

For those asking about costs for club swim: I can say that it is light years less expensive than dance, cheer, or volleyball. As club team sports go, it's a bargain.

But use her as a cautionary tale: you will hear lots of people say that swimming is a great sport and easy on the body. This is far from true at the club level (easy on the body). Lots of great swimmers, especially girls, taken out with shoulder injury or repetitive motion problems. Turns out swimming 3 hours a day is rough on a person's body.

She HATED long course as a sprinter.

I'm quite glad she stuck through this year as she had a blast just enjoying her friends and esprit de corps.