{"id":234319,"date":"2016-12-21T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T19:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=234319"},"modified":"2016-12-21T06:50:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T13:50:22","slug":"in-the-wake-of-princeton-college-swimming-must-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/in-the-wake-of-princeton-college-swimming-must-change\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Wake of Princeton, the Image of College Swimming Must Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Katie Wingert, Swimming World College Intern.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Princeton\u2019s swim program briefly topped national headlines last week when its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/princeton-mens-swimming-and-diving-season-suspended\/\" target=\"_blank\">men\u2019s team\u2019s season was suspended indefinitely<\/a>, but the headlines had a greater story to tell about the image of college swimming as a whole. The suspension came after the discovery of conversations on a school-sponsored online database in which swimmers made comments that were &#8220;vulgar and offensive, as well as misogynistic and racist in nature,&#8221; according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/main\/news\/archive\/S48\/18\/38A99\/index.xml?section=topstories\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> released by the school on December 15.<\/p>\n<p>The press release and pending suspension sent a few ripples across the greater swimming community, as the administration promised more extensive details and a definitive decision about the remainder of the team&#8217;s season. The announcement follows three of its kind within the last month, but this latest announcement is the only one that has concerned a swim program. This fall, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/11\/03\/us\/harvard-soccer-season-canceled\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harvard\u2019s men\u2019s soccer team<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/11\/15\/sports\/columbia-suspends-wrestling-season-lewd-text-messages.html\" target=\"_blank\">Columbia\u2019s wrestling team<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/2016\/12\/13\/amherst-college-cross-country-suspended-sexually-explicit-messages\/95367570\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amherst\u2019s men\u2019s cross country team <\/a>were all suspended for similar situations.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, most national news sources moved on from the Princeton situation within a day. More surprising, however, is the way that the swimming community also moved on shortly after the press release. When Swimming World posted its online story announcing the suspension on Facebook, less than 200 people liked the post, and only a handful of concerned readers shared it. In comparison, when Swimming World shared <strong>Ryan Lochte<\/strong>&#8216;s engagement photo, that same week, over 1,000 people liked the post, and nearly 50 people shared it.<\/p>\n<p>As the week went on, Junior Nationals results have held our attention; indoor air quality has remained a hot topic of conversation. Needless to say, none of these story lines are unimportant. I love fast swimming just as much as anyone else, and my swimming career and personal health have been irreparably affected by bad air quality. But the way that we have willingly moved on from such a devastating story\u2014one that likely has and will have impact real people in both ways that we can imagine and ways we cannot\u2014is both alarming and sobering.<\/p>\n<p>Our community has failed to openly acknowledge a devastating problem perpetuated by the \u201celite\u201d Ivy League swimmers who epitomize the collegiate level of our sport to the greater public, whether we like it or not. We can swim fast, and we can lobby for better air quality, but if we are unwilling to acknowledge the implicit flaws in our public image and make progress in improving ourselves, then the gains we make in our athletic endeavors and facilities are for naught.<\/p>\n<p>Some might argue that the Princeton incident is an isolated, rare one, and to take responsibility for it as a community is to grant it a power it should not have over us. While I admit that Princeton is the only swim team I know of to be suspended for similar behavior this college season, perhaps by examining history we can better understand the way that the public image of the swimming community has been affected by recent, similar situations.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the University of Scranton notoriously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/university-of-scranton-teams-reinstated-on-probation\/\" target=\"_blank\">cancelled<\/a> its swim season for both the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s swim teams while conducting an investigation of alleged Title IX violations, in addition to alleged violations of the school&#8217;s alcohol and hazing policies. Twelve team members were ultimately charged with violations. The year before, Western Kentucky University came under fire after a first-year student submitted a report on hazing, alcohol incidents, and sexual assault. The WKU program was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/western-kentucky-swimming-and-diving-program-suspended-for-five-years-bruce-marchionda-fired\/\" target=\"_blank\">suspended<\/a> for five years, but the program was not terminated without leaving yet another black mark on the collegiate reputation of our sport.<\/p>\n<p>And who can forget negative conversation surrounding our sport last summer, before the Olympic buzz picked up? When Stanford\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/stanford-swimmer-brock-turner-arrested-alleged-rape\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Brock Turner<\/strong><\/a> sexually assaulted an unconscious woman, national headlines repeatedly acknowledged his status as a swimmer and emphasized the negative aspects of our sport\u2014even if we ourselves tried to brush off Turner himself as an anomaly that our sport was not responsible for creating. Even those outside of our swimming community began hunting down Turner&#8217;s swimming records and roster headshot.<\/p>\n<p>These incidents, when we arrange them together, make up a dark portrait of the sport we love: an image of crudeness, racism, entitlement, sexism, aggressiveness, and arrogance. Will these unfortunate, certainly not isolated, incidents continue? Will our sport\u2019s image continue to corrode?<\/p>\n<p>As a college swimming community, we cannot continue to turn our heads the other direction. These incidents have happened, and they will continue to happen, unless we do something to change the culture of college swimming and the individual cultures of our teams. The image of college swimming will be forever damaged, unless we speak up soon. Further, and far more important than the image of our sport, sacred lives of recruits, student-athletes, and innocent people have been devastated by the horrifying, inappropriate beliefs and behaviors of swimmers and teams. We cannot continue to allow this devastation.<\/p>\n<p>I write, not as a distanced critic, but as a member of a college swim team. Each press release horrifies me more than the last. Friends, from both within the swimming community and outside of it, question me about my team&#8217;s culture. I am embarrassed when I sense old friends silently wondering if my team is the same as these teams who are publicized. In my third year swimming for my program, I can feel confident in my replies as to the values of our team culture. I am fortunate to swim under the guidance of coaches and captains who provide leadership, not just in the pool, but also in matters of character.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, like anyone else, I have friends that I have competed against in high school that are swimming at institutions all around the country. Many of these swimming programs are, I&#8217;m aware, upstanding both athletically, academically, and ethically. But some programs are not, and some programs are undoubtedly allowing &#8220;grey areas&#8221; to become the norm of their swimming programs.<\/p>\n<p>It is not my place to make inferences or accusations about programs and individuals of which I know little. It would be easy for me, or any of us, to sound off on Princeton, or any other team, without knowing all of the facts, or knowing how we would respond to a situation, had we been a part of a particular program. Every team has its flaws, whether they are serious issues like those that have come to light over the past year or so, or whether they are more harmless, like sleeping through alarms for morning workouts.<\/p>\n<p>We need to examine ourselves\u2014and our own teams\u2014before we point fingers at one another.\u00a0How many of us have laughed externally while shuddering internally at the thoughtless, uncomfortable comment of a teammate? How many of us have remained silent when a teammate posts an inappropriate remark in our team&#8217;s Facebook group? We are guilty when we do not stand up for what is right.<\/p>\n<p>It is the responsibility of all college swimmers to critically consider our own team cultures. It is up to us to carefully watch our teams and listen to our teams\u2019 conversations. It should be our intent to stand up and speak up when our team cultures are corrupted. It should be our duty to educate those around us about ways to respectfully and appropriately socialize in college settings.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the disheartening image of our sport that has begun to develop, I have hope for our progress. Like many, I entered our sport as a kindergartener. In the early years, my love of swimming was supported by an early aptitude for butterfly and insatiable hunger for bake sale food, but my love of the sport was ultimately sustained by the way that swimming brought people together. In my 16 years competing in our sport, I\u2019ve seen siblings, cheering on their little brother or sister to finish that fateful first 25 yards by waving a goggle along the wall. I\u2019ve admired grandmas wheeling on deck in wheelchairs just to catch a glimpse of their growing swimmers. I\u2019ve watched eight-and-under acquaintances, formed between competitors on the heat bench, blossom into lifelong friendships.<\/p>\n<p>I still believe that these moments and relationships are the essence of our sport: simple, beautiful human decency. The essence of our sport should not change when college begins. It is our responsibility to maintain the true essence of swimming, whether we are first-year students or fifth-year seniors. We cannot afford to be oblivious or apathetic.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katie Wingert, Swimming World College Intern.\u00a0 Princeton\u2019s swim program briefly topped national headlines last week when its men\u2019s team\u2019s season was suspended indefinitely, but the headlines had a greater story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":164132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,17],"tags":[17377,29925,2322,1427,49359,393,19138,59877],"class_list":["post-234319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","category-commentary","tag-amherst-college","tag-brock-turner","tag-columbia-university","tag-harvard-university","tag-katie-wingert","tag-princeton-university","tag-ryan-lochte","tag-university-of-scranton"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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