Fantasy Swimming has been a huge topic among swim bloggers, coaches, and fans. Now, it seems, Social Sports Inc. has beaten everybody to the punch by introducing their Podium Pursuit platform.

According to the website:

“Podium Pursuit is made up of a number of fantasy sports games. Each sport has its own scoring system and virtual storefront, but shares the basic functionality with each of the other sports. Each sport consists of unique competitions, which can include a number of distinct events. For each competition you can draft your own teams by picking the athletes in each event within that competition that you believe will win Gold, Silver and Bronze. You can then buy products in the store that can be assigned to the athletes on your team, which in turn enhances each athlete’s value” (source).

So you can select your picks in each event for each meet, use your Pursuit Bucks to make your athletes worth bonus points if they win, and use your winnings to get even better gear.

Just like so many online games these days, if you don’t feel like earning Pursuit Bucks, you can just use your real-life money to purchase fake money in the game (it still blows my mind, but I can’t say I haven’t done it before).