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For so many swimmers, the first experience in the water isn\u2019t about competition. It\u2019s not about racing or times or finishes. It’s about fun, splashing around at the swim club in your neighborhood all summer or making friends at the local Y. It\u2019s a safe place to learn the sport, and maybe to learn to love it for years to come.<\/p>\n

Like every other level of swimming straight up to the Olympics, coronavirus threatens to upend that in 2020. As summer approaches, social distancing restrictions can erode the foundation of the swimming pyramid, blocking the entry point that so many have used. USA Swimming in 2019 counted more than<\/a> 411,000 members at nearly 3,000 clubs nationwide, with another million summer league swimmers outside of the USA Swimming domain. So many of them got there by the often under-appreciated first step of summer swimming, vying not for scholarships or championship cuts but for ribbons on a Saturday morning among family and friends.<\/p>\n

Just as the progression of COVID-19 looks different depending on what part of the United States you\u2019re in, the impact on summer swimming could differ widely from place to place. While social distancing restrictions are necessary for public health, they come at a cost, from the monetary impact on clubs that can\u2019t open and collect dues to the community detriment where swim clubs are local pillars to the personal challenge of missing a summer in the water.<\/p>\n

As we progress into the uncharted waters of a summer with less (and possibly no) swimming, we at Swimming World<\/em> want to hear your stories. Summer swimming is a vital link in the developmental chain that leads to the elite swimmers we write about every day, and we also want to hear the stories from the grassroots \u2013 about the challenges that clubs across the country are facing and the resilience and creativity they\u2019re summoning in the face of them.<\/p>\n

For stories about summer league pools closing and swimming curtailed, email mattd@swimmingworld.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"