22 April 2009

Workout notes 3000 yard swim; 500 warm up, 10 x 50 swim/drill (fins), 5 x 100 fist, 5 x (50 free, 50 paddle), 10 x (25 fly, 75 free) on the 2 (1:43-46 each; last was in 1:49).

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Beach volleyball could be heading back to school.

An NCAA committee voted this month to add sand volleyball to a list of women’s sports being considered for intercollegiate competition. The sport, known on the professional and Olympic levels as beach volleyball, could be under NCAA auspices as soon as 2009-10.

“It’s a very exciting development, and it’s certainly an acknowledgment that there’s substantial growth in popularity in beach volleyball,” said Leonard Armato, the commissioner of the domestic pro tour. “I think it’s going to be an easy transition for the schools, and there’s going to be lots of girls that want to play.”

Although it spun off from the indoor game almost a century ago, beach volleyball didn’t get competitive until after World War II, and it was first recognized as an Olympic sport in 1996. After the 2004 Games in Athens, when American women won the gold and bronze medals, the AVP recorded 48 percent growth in its fan base.

“I would imagine a similar spike, no pun intended, after the Beijing Games,” Armato said. “Especially since we have the two gold medal favorites.”

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