{"id":432766,"date":"2020-05-21T10:30:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T17:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=432766"},"modified":"2020-05-21T10:30:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T17:30:03","slug":"east-carolina-university-cuts-mens-womens-swimming-and-diving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/east-carolina-university-cuts-mens-womens-swimming-and-diving\/","title":{"rendered":"East Carolina University Cuts Men&#8217;s &#038; Women&#8217;s Swimming and Diving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>East Carolina University announced on Thursday it would cut four athletic programs as part of the school&#8217;s budget restructuring efforts from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Both men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s swimming and diving, and men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s tennis were the sports affected by the budget cuts, affecting 68 student athletes and nine coaches across the four programs.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmynews2.com\/article\/sports\/east-carolina-university-ecu-cuts-four-sports-swimming-diving-tennis-coronavirus-budget-cuts\/83-0515b545-b2e8-4d7b-9220-c2d0ac9f2e88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WFMY News in Greensboro, North Carolina<\/a>, the university will honor all scholarships of affected student-athletes who want to continue studying at East Carolina University and will complete their degree in four years. Under NCAA transfer rules, students are immediately eligible for competition when the students\u2019 original institution discontinues the sport in which the student practiced or competed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cToday\u2019s decision came after a deliberate review and in-depth analysis of the athletics department\u2019s budgets and programs,\u201d said Interim Chancellor <strong>Ron Mitchelson<\/strong>. \u201cThe current athletics budget was not sustainable pre-COVID-19 and the university was working closely with athletics to decrease the annual deficit over the next year. With the pandemic, the deficit began to grow significantly where the impact was immediate and will affect future revenue and expenses for years to come. Ultimately, the reduction of sports aligns ECU with our American Athletic Conference peers and provides a roadmap to a more sustainable future for the University and athletics.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In swimming circles, East Carolina University qualified one swimmer each to the NCAA <a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2020-ncaa-division-i-mens-invited-swimmers-ncaa-college-2020-03-25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">men&#8217;s<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2020-ncaa-division-i-womens-swimmers-invited-ncaa-college-2020-03-18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">women&#8217;s<\/a> swimming and diving championships, with freshman\u00a0<strong>Kristen Stege\u00a0<\/strong>making the women&#8217;s meet in the 1650 and senior\u00a0<strong>Gustavo Santos\u00a0<\/strong>making the men&#8217;s meet in the 100 butterfly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>East Carolina University announced on Thursday it would cut four athletic programs as part of the school&#8217;s budget restructuring efforts from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 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