Towel Dance and Speedos: NCAA Zone Meet

[miloandtock1]

So here at Purdue, we not only hosted the Big 10 men's meet two weeks ago, but the past three days have been the zone qualifiers for the national NCAA meet. Some of the guys competing have already qualified for nationals based on their performance in their respective league meet. But about 35 guys competed in the three events over the past three days. Starting on about Tuesday, the guys (and ladies too) started showing up for practice at the Aquatic Center, and they basically had the dive well all day for all week. So I go swimming laps every day (the main competition pool was open since it didn't interfere with diving). It was quite a nice sight - all those young men in speedos - of various colors, patterns, and "level of skimpiness or brevity"! Anyway, after four straight days of using the aquatic center men's locker room to change myself - and running into several divers each day (I would say three to five each day) - it truly amazes me these young guys...after spending all those hours in a little speedo practicing, and competing - not just this week but all the time since they were young...they walk and stand around the dive well in their suits, in front of coaches, female divers, and various Purdue employees making sure the center is in ship-shape for the meet...and they come into a private locker room (It's a modestly sized open room, with lockers up and down both sides the length of the room - leads to the bathroom/hall/showers - the Purdue men's team has a private locked room with access to this area) - and do the towel dance to change or dry off and change into clothes. I find that amazing that all that non-embarrassment and public display in their speedos and they go and hide in a towel in a locker room to take their suits off and put on their undershorts/shorts.
Generational? I don't walk around naked, but I don't towel dance either. I'm wondering if anyone else sees this trend, but especially in guys who are in their bikinis all day. Anyone else ever see a NCAA or league (Big 10/12/PAC10 etc meet) like this?
Thanks!