My oldest daughter was a competitive year round swimmer and swam at the high school and college level.....Swimming is a total individual sport (coaching and quality workouts are the key).......size of school plays no part in an individuals success in that sport................20 plus years ago the swimming titles at the high school level...had a 4A championship with the other 3 classes (1A,2A,3A) lumped together....don't think it's that way anymore....certainly leads to a watered down version if you have 4 different championships in that particular sport.......................