Question: What college sport started the modern “spring break” in the mid-1930s, with athletes migrating to sunny Florida for winter workouts?
Answer: Swimming
The modern spring break made its first splash in the mid-1930s when college swimmers started migrating to sunny Florida for winter workouts.
“A swimming coach from Colgate University in frigid Upstate New York decided to take his team down to Florida for some early training at a brand-new Olympic-size pool in sunny Fort Lauderdale. The idea clicked with other college swim coaches and soon the spring training migration became an annual tradition for swimmers nationwide,” says How Stuff Works.
