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>Outside source brought some very startling facts to my >attention and hopefully to those of the BSF. We all >agree that our girls are much stronger in scoring than >our males have been in the past, but does that mean we >should completely shut them out? Why not do the >opposite, focus on the boys to bring them up and maybe >they will enjoy swimming, join or continue swimming. >This federation has been depleting our male numbers >especially senior wise. Is Chris still swimming, I see >he qualified in one race for Pan Ams; he is the last >backstroking male in the country. And Ashton has been >considering retirement due to outrageous time >standards, Inoa has been shut out of meets he >rightfully earned a place on CAC(not the BSF's fault) >carifta 05 (BSF's fault). And Travano and his shoulder >are in our prayers, and I am sure his injury was to >blame for his performance at CAC. But do we have any >younger swimmers coming up? Vereance is our best hope >to develop into a senior swimmer, and John Bradley Jr >has great potential for developing into a decent >distance freestyler. So far, that’s only two, and I >don’t believe we are showing our younger athletes, >especially males, enough support to stay into the >sport. Carifta 07 is John’s first year in 15-17 and >Vereance’s last year. I also notice that Vereance is >developing into a decent butterflyer and has a world >championship time but is being cut out of Pan Am’s. I >believe these swimmers are being shut out because a >certain somebody is afraid that they are getting >closer to beating Jeremy, even though Inoa and >Vereance both specialize in races Jeremy does not. >Seems selfish to me. I wouldn’t be surprised if >Vereance is shut out of going to World Champs and Inoa >not being selected for other meets.. Both of these >swimmers are away in school, are we keeping in contact >with them? Are we calling them and letting them know >we support them, are we watching their meets and >calling them to congratulate them on their >performances? No we aren’t. Another question, are >these swimmers on any type of financial aid, or is >that only available to the females and Jeremy? After >this Carifta, I fear for the young men left, Jevaughn, >Denaj, and Barrington, what happened to our boys of >2004? There is a huge gap in male swimming. There is >Jeremy, Travano, Inoa, Vereance, John, and then it >shoots down to Evante and Matthew who are doing quite >well. This federation started off on the right foot >but has grown biased and forgot their true mission for >our youth athletes. By unbalanced and outrageous time >standards, it’s obviously the girls are getting the >royals treatments. Why not be fair and balanced and >give our young men a chance. The glory of a girl’s >Olympic relay has blinded us from what we truly stand >for.
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