{"id":606656,"date":"2025-03-11T21:57:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T04:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=606656"},"modified":"2025-03-11T21:57:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T04:57:47","slug":"cal-poly-launches-campaign-to-reverse-swim-program-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cal-poly-launches-campaign-to-reverse-swim-program-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Cal Poly Launches Campaign to Reverse Swim Program Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cal Poly Launches Campaign to Reverse Swim Program Cuts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cal Poly swimming and diving team has launched a campaign to reverse the school\u2019s discontinuation of its program, which the university announced last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The SaveCPSwimdive campaign has begun fundraising<\/a>, within the first two days raising 10 percent of its initial $200,000 goal. Families of students had already raised $80,000, a stated goal from the athletic department given at the start of the season. Cal Poly cited a $450,000 budget shortfall, in part due to the fallout from the NCAA\u2019s fallout in the House case, as a reason for the termination of the program. It was the only athletic program reduction announced by the school in San Luis Obispo among a suite of other university reorganization.<\/p>\n

A petition on change.org<\/a> has already garnered more than 17,000 signatures as of Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

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