{"id":433511,"date":"2020-05-27T15:38:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T22:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=433511"},"modified":"2020-05-27T15:51:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T22:51:45","slug":"east-carolina-swimming-and-diving-members-raising-funds-to-save-program-donation-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/east-carolina-swimming-and-diving-members-raising-funds-to-save-program-donation-link\/","title":{"rendered":"East Carolina Swimming and Diving Members Raising Funds to Save Program (DONATION LINK)"},"content":{"rendered":"

East Carolina Swimming and Diving seeking help from the community.<\/em><\/p>\n

East Carolina University recently cut four athletics programs<\/a> – women’s & men’s tennis and women’s & men’s swimming and diving, as part of the school\u2019s budget restructuring efforts from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, past and present members of East Carolina Swimming and Diving have banded together to try and save the program from being cut by starting #SaveECUSwimmingandDiving campaign on social media. Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> accounts have been created, and a petition, which has already reached over 15,000 signatures, has been started.<\/p>\n

One of the alumni of the program is accepting donation pledges at saveecuswimanddive@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a>. The group has raised over $200,000 in hopes of approaching $1 million to help save the program.<\/p>\n

East Carolina University qualified one swimmer each to the NCAA\u00a0men\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0 women\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0swimming and diving championships, with freshman\u00a0Kristen Stege\u00a0<\/strong>making the women\u2019s meet in the 1650 and senior\u00a0Gustavo Santos\u00a0<\/strong>making the men\u2019s meet in the 100 butterfly. The Pirates also qualified a diver to NCAAs in\u00a0Roy Romero<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In recent history the men\u2019s swim and dive team have won 4 out of the last 6 conference championships including this past years championship<\/a>. The women\u2019s team improved this past year from 6th in the conference to 4th.<\/p>\n

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