{"id":456922,"date":"2020-12-11T22:21:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T05:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=456922"},"modified":"2020-12-11T22:21:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T05:21:57","slug":"university-of-nebraska-omaha-to-add-mens-swimming-and-diving-for-2021-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/university-of-nebraska-omaha-to-add-mens-swimming-and-diving-for-2021-22\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Nebraska Omaha to Add Men\u2019s Swimming and Diving for 2021-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Nebraska Omaha announced on Friday that it will add men\u2019s swimming and diving for the 2021-22 season.<\/p>\n<p>The Mavericks will compete in Division I in the Summit League, which has four other members <a href=\"https:\/\/thesummitleague.org\/index.aspx?path=swim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that sponsor men\u2019s swimming<\/a> and two affiliate members in the sport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Todd Samland<\/strong>, who coaches the women\u2019s program, will serve as the Director of Swimming and Diving, overseeing both squads.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">[ ? ?????? ???? ???? ? ]<\/p>\n<p>Omaha Athletics will add a men\u2019s swimming &amp; diving program to begin competition in 2021-22.<\/p>\n<p>?: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2bFnCyFHp8\">https:\/\/t.co\/2bFnCyFHp8<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EveryoneForOmaha?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EveryoneForOmaha<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OmahaSWM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OmahaSWM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6u8awLWJao\">pic.twitter.com\/6u8awLWJao<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omaha Mavericks (@omavs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omavs\/status\/1337442181091508224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a great opportunity for local student-athletes to continue competing in swimming and diving at the highest level while remaining close to home,&#8221; said <strong>Trev Alberts,<\/strong> University of Nebraska Omaha\u2019s Vice Chancellor of Athletics said <a href=\"https:\/\/omavs.com\/news\/2020\/12\/11\/general-omaha-athletics-to-sponsor-mens-swimming-diving.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in a university release<\/a>. &#8220;Omaha will have the only men&#8217;s Division I swimming and diving program in the state, and we think we can build a team that will be competing for Summit League championships in the very near future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>UNO has sponsored <a href=\"https:\/\/omavs.com\/documents\/2020\/10\/13\/Record_Book_Swimming.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">women\u2019s swimming since 1997-98<\/a>, with Samland in charge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/omahas-todd-samland-provides-octobers-workout-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for the duration<\/a>. 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