Carmel HS Athletic Director Jim Inskeep on ‘Swim City’: “It’s one of my favorite things”

2025 SWIMMING WORLD CUP – CARMEL

While his new natatorium plays host to one of the most prestigious international competitions of the year, Carmel High School’s Athletic Director, Jim Inskeep, sat eagerly in the stands, watching prelims and finals sessions alike.

Inskeep has headed the athletic department of the massive public high school for 25 years and had little swim knowledge when he started. However, he quickly became indoctrinated with aquatics, seeing how much Carmel as a school and community embraced the sport. A quarter of a century into his tenure, he has overseen the construction of a multi-million-dollar aquatics facility (in addition to the old one) and hosted a stop on World Aquatics’ World Cup circuit.

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The OG
7 months ago

And they keep coming………back

SwimPop
7 months ago

5,200+ students at a high school? Imagine those HS reunions, “and you are who?”

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Reply to  SwimPop
7 months ago

My wife went to a high school with about 4,500. I think she definitely got lost in the crowd there (though she is naturally a pretty shy person). Said it was impossible to get involved in anything because access was so hyper competitive…if you hadn’t been doing “the thing” since you were 8 years old, you basically couldn’t start doing “the thing” (sports, music, etc.)

Similar area demographically.

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