{"id":596709,"date":"2024-09-26T11:15:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T18:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=596709"},"modified":"2024-09-26T11:37:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T18:37:59","slug":"gettysburg-swim-team-releases-statement-affirming-character-of-this-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/gettysburg-swim-team-releases-statement-affirming-character-of-this-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Gettysburg Swim Team Releases Statement Affirming \u2018Character of This Team\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gettysburg Swim Team Releases Statement Affirming \u2018Character of This Team\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gettysburg College Swim Team on Wednesday released a statement<\/a> regarding the recent racial incident at the campus involving two swimmers, backing the character of the team\u2019s culture.<\/p>\n

The Division III institution has been thrust into national spotlight after a swimmer was dismissed for a Sept. 6 incident in which that swimmer used a box cutter to scratch a racial slur into the skin of a Black fellow swimmer. The incident was reported to the college by upperclassmen members of the swim team. The alleged perpetrator was suspended from team activities and is no longer enrolled at the college, the administration divulged this week.<\/p>\n

In the statements released by the college, leadership declared that the incident \u201cis not a byproduct of an unhealthy athletic team culture or a reflection on the team itself,\u201d and that the fact that team captains reported the incident to administrators showed, \u201cthe measure of what it means to be a Gettysburgian.\u201d<\/p>\n