﻿{"id":446310,"date":"2020-09-10T08:52:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T15:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=446310"},"modified":"2020-09-10T08:52:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T15:52:34","slug":"boston-college-swimming-and-diving-practices-suspended-after-13-covid-19-positives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/boston-college-swimming-and-diving-practices-suspended-after-13-covid-19-positives\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston College Swimming and Diving Practices Suspended after 13 COVID-19 Positives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston College men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving programs have suspended practices due to 13 positive COVID-19 tests.<\/p>\n<p>The rash of positives was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2020\/09\/09\/sports\/covid-19-afflicts-bc-swim-dive-team\/?p1=HP_Feed_ContentQuery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first reported by the <em>Boston Globe<\/em> Wednesday<\/a> and confirmed by the school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can confirm that members of our swimming and diving team have tested positive for COVID-19,\u201d <strong>Jason Baum,<\/strong> BC\u2019s senior associate athletics director for communications, told the Globe. \u201cWe have temporarily paused all team activities with the swimming and diving program. The student-athletes who tested positive are in isolation in accordance with university COVID-19 protocols.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boston College&#8217;s most recent practice was Monday, at which point several team members took ill. The number of positive test results rose to 13 by Wednesday. The source of the initial positives is not known. Members of the team are quarantined at a hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc.edu\/bc-web\/sites\/reopening-boston-college.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">university&#8217;s COVID-19 dashboard<\/a>, 46 undergraduates have tested positive for coronavirus this week, up from 26 last week. There are 68 students in isolation, up from just 30 at the beginning of the week. In total, 83 members of the community, including 81 undergrads, have tested positive out of more than 23,000 tests performed.<\/p>\n<p>Boston College is part of the ACC, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-announces-plan-for-delayed-fall-season-winter-sports-get-go-ahead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">decided to continue on with fall athletics<\/a>. Its football team opens the season on Sept. 19, and women\u2019s soccer, field hockey and volleyball are also gearing up for a conference-only season. The swimming season remain on track for an on-time start to the winter season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston College men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving programs have suspended practices due to 13 positive COVID-19 tests. 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