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Citing Title IX Violations, Champion Women Sends Demand Letter for Reinstatement of Cal Poly Women's Swimming Several months after Cal Poly announced it was cutting its swimming programs, citing the House Settlement as the reason, Champion Women and Equity IX Sports Law have sent a letter to the uni...

After Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash, Matt Mauser Has Turned to Pool Following Death of Wife Two years have passed since the tragic helicopter crash on Jan. 26, 2020 that claimed the life of NBA star Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others, including Christina Mauser. From the archive, this ...

Big West Approves Addition of Men’s and Women’s Swimming in 2024-25 The Big West Conference last week approved the addition of men’s and women’s swimming and diving for the 2024-25 season. The decision was taken at the Big West Board of Directors spring meeting, which included hosting NCAA president...

Champion Women Sends Letter Demanding Cal Poly Reinstate Women's Swimming and Diving; Cites Trump Executive Order It's been five months since Cal Poly University announced it was cutting its women's and men's swimming and diving programs. But the fight to save the women's program, in accordance with...

Cal Poly Elects Not to Reinstate Swimming After Fundraising Falls 'Well Short' of Goal Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong revealed in a letter Monday that the university is declining to reinstate its swimming and diving programs. Armstrong praised the efforts of the program’s backers, but noted...

This week’s Performance of the Week goes to Abbey Weitzeil for her performance at Cal’s annual King & Queen of the Pool against Cal Poly last week. Weitzeil, who is coming off a resurgent long course summer where she qualified for the Pan Pacific Championships and World Championships, was crowned th...

Cal Poly Athletes Evan Yoo and Alex Seybold Join Big Friendly Swim Podcast to Discuss Team Cut (Video) The Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo athletic department announced Friday the discontinuation of both swimming and diving programs, effective immediately. For a team that has had historic success this sea...

The Cal Poly swimming and diving teams have been without a program since March. After the initial despair, the athletes went to work. The school gave them a chance to raise money to help save the program. Initially it was $10 million by April 15 and $25 million by June. The Cal Poly team reached $7....

Cal Poly Launches Campaign to Reverse Swim Program Cuts Cal Poly swimming and diving team has launched a campaign to reverse the school’s discontinuation of its program, which the university announced last week. The SaveCPSwimdive campaign has begun fundraising, within the first two days raising 10 ...

This week’s performance of the week goes to Cal sophomore and Olympic gold medalist from this summer Kathleen Baker, who was crowned Queen of the Pool at the Bears first competition of the season. The Cal women’s team opened the season this weekend against Cal Poly, holding their traditional short f...

The Cal Poly swimming and diving team isn't gone yet. The college program that was cut on March 7 by the athletic department is looking to raise enough money to keep the program going. The program has earned a second chance, but it amounts to a tall order as the group must raise $25 million. “People...

BELMONT SHORES, Cal., Feb. 16. THESE Tigers are NOOOOOOOOOO pussycats! Coach Ray Looze's University of Pacific Tigers roared to their first men's Big West swim title since 1974 here this evening while the women splashed to their inaugural title since the meet began in 1984. The men drowned 2...

NCAA Div. I: BIG WEST Championships Day Two: February 23, 2001 25 yard pool TEAM SCORES MEN 1. Univ. of Cal., Santa Barbara 614 2. Univ. of the Pacific 524 3. Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo 318.5 4. Univ. of Cal., Irvine 298.5 5. Cal State, Northridge 140.0 WOMEN 1. Univ. of Cal., Santa Barbara 578 2. Un...

Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website AgonSwim.com. California Polytechnic State University received a verbal commitment from Aditya Jangid. Jangid swims for Sa...

Cal Poly to Cut Swimming and Diving, Citing House Settlement Cal Poly is cutting its swimming and diving programs, its president announced in a letter on Friday. The decision was one aspect of a larger letter on “budget and organizational changes” distributed by president Jeffrey D. Armstrong. In ad...

IRVINE, Calif. Feb. 24. THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBARA swam away with both the women's and men's Big West titles, but it was not before they emerged bloodied, but victorious, in a down-to-the- wire struggle with upstart, University of the Pacific. Santa Barbara watched its lea...

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 4. ON today's edition of The Morning Swim Show is Cal Poly sophomore Sonny Fierro, who attended his first NCAA championships last week and scored the school’s first points at the big meet. Fierro talks about the overwhelming experience of being at the NCAA meet and what it w...

The Washington State swimming team opened the 2017-18 season with a 168.5-125.5 road victory over Cal Poly Thursday. Junior Jasmine Margetts led the Cougars with three individual wins while senior Hannah Bruggman had two individual wins and two relays wins. “This was a good meet to start with, Cal P...

Hawaii’s women’s team won its fifth consecutive (sixth overall) title at the MPSF Championships that concluded Saturday, while the BYU men’s team claimed its fifth title and first since 2016. Meet Page Full Results The BYU men put forth a dominant performance, scoring 885.50 points to outdistance Ha...

By Rachel Andersen, Swimming World College Intern. Next weekend, the Avery Aquatic Center at Stanford University will play home to the whitewater sprints and screeching whistles of the National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Championship as eight teams fight for first place. However, this past weeken...