{"id":584730,"date":"2024-04-25T09:25:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=584730"},"modified":"2024-04-25T09:25:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:25:09","slug":"western-connecticut-state-to-drop-mens-and-womens-swimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/western-connecticut-state-to-drop-mens-and-womens-swimming\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Connecticut State to Drop Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Swimming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Western Connecticut State to Drop Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Swimming<\/strong><\/p>\n

Western Connecticut State is dropping men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving, effective immediately.<\/p>\n

The decision was announced on April 12<\/a> and is effective at the end of the 2024 academic year.<\/p>\n

“One area of resounding success throughout this review has been athletics, and that success is attributable to them being dynamic, agile, and responsive to student athletes’ needs and broader higher education trends,” university president Manohar Singh<\/strong> said in a press release. “Athletics has gone through thorough multiple reviews of its programs over the past seven years.\u00a0 Results of the most recent reviews made it evident that at this moment we will not be able to continue men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams going forward.”<\/p>\n