{"id":450376,"date":"2020-10-22T11:03:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T18:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=450376"},"modified":"2020-10-22T11:03:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T18:03:11","slug":"division-ii-grants-winter-athletes-further-eligibility-moves-swimming-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/division-ii-grants-winter-athletes-further-eligibility-moves-swimming-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Division II Grants Winter Athletes Further Eligibility, Moves Swimming Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NCAA\u2019s Division II <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/about\/resources\/media-center\/news\/dii-grants-winter-athletes-further-season-competition-relief?division=d2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this week announced<\/a> further changes to accommodate the ongoing COVID-19 disruptions, including further eligibility relief for winter athletes. The decisions were made at this week\u2019s Division II Management Council meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Winter athletes who competed in the 2020-21 season, \u201cwill receive an additional season of competition through a waiver\u201d that extends eligibility. It\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/division-ii-approves-eligibility-waiver-for-athletes-affected-by-covid-19-in-2020-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">same flexibility afforded to spring sport athletes<\/a> after the 2020 season was cancelled. The flipside to the announcement is the expectation that, from the press release, \u201ctheir seasons will be impacted by COVID-19 in ways similar to fall sports.\u201d It adds to financial aid flexibility approved by the Management Council in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinter student-athletes lost out on their championship opportunity last season and many will have shortened, conference-only seasons this year,\u201d said <strong>Chris Graham,<\/strong> commissioner of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and chair of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/governance\/committees\/division-ii-management-council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Division II Management Council<\/a>. \u201cWe believe providing the maximum season-of-competition waiver flexibility is the right thing to do for winter student-athletes who continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Council also approved a one-week delay for the 2021 Division II <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/championships\/division-ii-mens-and-womens-swimming-and-diving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving championships<\/a>, from March 10-13 to March 17-20. The location remains Birmingham, Alabama. The stated reason is to break up the 2021 Division II National Championships festival, which had the wrestling, swimming and indoor track &amp; field championships held simultaneously at the same location. Delaying swimming reduces the amount of people at the CrossPlex in Birmingham to aid with social distancing. The wrestling championships will shift location. Last year&#8217;s Division II championships <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-the-ncaa-division-ii-swimming-and-diving-championships-cancellation-affected-the-parties-involved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">were halted mid-meet<\/a> as the NCAA came to a screeching halt in March.<\/p>\n<p>With the extra week to the season comes an extension of the allowable practice days for swimming and diving from 144 days to 151.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes from the Division II Management Council meeting include a reduction of the minimum basketball contests for selection to the men\u2019s and women\u2019s championships from 15 to 11, due to the compressed basketball season that won\u2019t start until Jan. 1 in many places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCAA\u2019s Division II this week announced further changes to accommodate the ongoing COVID-19 disruptions, including further eligibility relief for winter athletes. 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