SPRC Stingrays: Swimming in College
College Swimming Times
Men's Swimming Times
Capital Conference Top Times (2009-10)
Centennial Conference Top Times (2009-10)
Women's Swimming Times
Capital Conference Top Times (2009-10)
Centennial Conference Top Times (2009-10)
Monday, July 31
College Recruitment Information
SPRC Stingrays College Recruitment Information and Timeline
All high school age swimmers should fill out the College Recruitment Form and place it in Coach Ken's folder at the pool.
Friday, August 3
NCAA Recruiting Calendar
Friday, August 3
First Contact Recruiting
Monday, July 31
College Conference Championship Results
College Swimming Information and Results
Monday, July 31
Recruiting Tips
from USA Swimming Website
Emmie Dengler, a senior freestyler on the 20-time NCAA champion Kenyon College women’s team, has some words of wisdom for swimmers regarding the recruiting process:
1) Don’t wait for schools to contact you. There are always people who may be a good fit at a school who get overlooked simply because there are so many swimmers out there. So if you’re interested in a school, e-mail the coach. This helps them notice you.
2) Which level is the best fit for you? Decide if you would be a good fit for Division I, II or III. Or, if you’re like me and could have gone both directions, apply to a few of both. I knew that I didn’t want my last meet of the year to be a conference meet, which would have been the case in Division I, so after applying, I decided that Division III was a better fit for me.
3) Academics are very important. Don’t let coaches evade the subject when asked how academics fit into or around the swimming program. It made me wonder what they were hiding.
4) When you contact coaches, send them a resume documenting your times, athletic achievements (All-American, etc.), academic info (SAT score, grades, GPA, awards) and other extracurricular activities.
5) When considering a school, don’t just look at the swimming program. Make sure the school has something you’re interested in studying because you need something to fall back on, like a job, when swimming is over.
6) If invited, take overnight recruiting visits. It’s the best way to find out what the team is really like. I really liked a couple of the schools I applied to, but when I took my overnight visits, I realized I didn’t mesh with the personality of the team.
7) Recruiting services aren’t for everyone. I’ve always been kind of skeptical about recruiting services. I didn’t use one, so I don’t really know how useful they are. It seems to me that with a little leg work, you can do the same thing a service does and save loads of money.
