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By Bonnie Schipper, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

His freshman year, Sam Perry<\/strong> was excited to get in the water and begin his swim career at Stanford University. It was only a matter of minutes until he began swimming 50s and collided with one of his teammates swimming on the \u201cwrong\u201d side of the lane.<\/p>\n

Perry is from Hamilton, New Zealand, where people swim on the left side of the lane. Each year, thousands of high school student-athletes transition into swimming in the NCAA. Most come from schools across America- however, a fraction of them travel thousands of miles from other countries to study and compete in the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Zealand doesn’t currently have a system established to combine sports and a tertiary education,\u201d Perry said. \u201cI started looking [at colleges] abroad because I wanted to continue to swim and get a great degree in the least complicated way I could.\u201d<\/p>\n

While most aspects of the sport are the same worldwide, some countries place different emphasis on various parts of training and have different approaches to swim.<\/p>\n

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Sam Perry \u00a0 \u00a0Photo Courtesy: Andy Ringgold<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIn Japan, very high expectations are placed upon you from a young age, especially in sports,\u201d Stanford swimmer Christian Brown<\/strong> from Tokyo, Japan said. \u201c[Japanese] swimmers generally specialize very early, and don’t have much experience swimming outside of their select few events. In [NCAA] swimming, the coaches put me in events that they need me to swim, not necessarily events that I would consider my specialties. The needs of the team come first, and that was a new experience for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the U.S.A., a country that won 31 medals in swimming events in the 2012 summer Olympics, athletes have found it much easier to train competitively than in countries with fewer resources dedicated to the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cSwimming specifically, in Canada isn’t a very popular sport, so it doesn’t get much support or recognition, which fosters a less competitive environment and makes it less appealing to people who may otherwise love swimming,\u201d Yale swimmer Cassidy Richards<\/strong> from New Brunswick, Canada said.<\/p>\n

Athletic teams are embedded into the American secondary school system, unlike in a majority of other countries where athletes compete only for outside leagues and organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerican universities’ sports provisions are far greater than those in England. [There is a] higher standard of training, coaching, and competition,\u201d Harvard diver Jing Leung<\/strong> from London, England said. \u201cI stayed in England, I would have either had to quit diving, or continue diving at a poor level. I definitely would not be able to have the efficient days I do here in America, where I can study and train and compete at a high standard.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Isabella Hindley<\/p><\/div>\n

Harvard University\u2019s swim and dive roster includes nine athletes from countries other than the U.S., making it one of the most ethnically diverse collegiate teams in the country. Each of the other teams in the Ivy League also include swimmers from other countries on their rosters.<\/p>\n

\u201cSwimming has definitely helped my transition into living in a different country,\u201d Yale\u2019s Isabella Hindley<\/strong> from London, England said. \u201cAs all of your experiences are new and different, having one constant throughout the transition makes it a lot easier. The people I’m swimming with are different, the people that are coaching me are different, the place where I’m swimming is different, but I’m still doing the same thing in the pool, and to me that is very comforting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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