For the second consecutive year, a study commissioned by USA Swimming tabbed Ann Arbor, Mich., as the country’s best swimming city.
Ann Arbor’s has the largest percentage of top USA Swimming athletes per population and the second-highest number of pool facilities per population of any city in the country. More than 60 Olympians came through the University of Michigan’s swim program, including 2012 Olympic champion Tyler Clary and fellow gold medalist Tom Dolan.
“People love swimming in Ann Arbor and the community rallies around the sport,” Clary said. “This honor is also a testament to the University of Michigan swim program and how it has inspired the entire city of Ann Arbor to get in the water. The combination of Club Wolverine, the university, city residents and Club Wolverine Swim Camp as one of the most successful swim camps in the country, is evidence of why the Ann Arbor swim community is so great.”
an Jose-Santa Clara, Calif.; San Francisco-Oakland, Calif.; Durham, N.C.; Austin, Texas; Madison, Wis.; Raleigh-Cary, N.C.; Fort Collins, Colo.; Washington, D.C., and Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn round out the top ten.