This does not make me a failure, in fact I was very proud of that swim. Thou shalt not expect thy child to become and Olympian. There are 225,000 athletes in United States Swimming. There are only 52 spots available for the Olympic Team every four years. Your child's odds of becoming an Olympian are 1 in about 4,300.
Swimming is much more than just the Olympics.
Most Olympians will tell you that these intangibles far outweigh any medal they may have won. Swimming builds good people and you should be happy your child wants to participate. Copyright 2000 by Curl-Burke Germantown. All rights reserved.