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Mountain West to Add Men\u2019s Swimming Championships in 2026-27<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Mountain West Conference is adding men\u2019s swimming and diving (as well as men\u2019s soccer) as a sponsored sport in the 2026-27 academic year.<\/p>\n

The conference made the announcement Wednesday. It\u2019s a reinstatement of the sport, which the conference had offered championships in until 2011. Men\u2019s soccer and men\u2019s swimming are the 20th and 21st sponsored sports for the conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe addition of men\u2019s soccer and men\u2019s swimming and diving to the Mountain West represents a bold step forward in our commitment to broad-based excellence,\u201d Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez<\/strong> said in a press release<\/a>. \u201cThese sports not only elevate our competitive profile but also reflect the growing interest and investment from our member institutions. We\u2019re proud to support student-athletes in these disciplines and excited to see the impact they\u2019ll have on our Conference\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mountain West is the first Division I conference to add men\u2019s swimming and diving since the Ohio Valley Conference in 2023. The inaugural field will include the United States Air Force Academy, Grand Canyon University, University of Hawaii at Manoa, UNLV and Wyoming.<\/p>\n

Air Force, Wyoming and UNLV joined the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) this year as affiliate members<\/a>. Grand Canyon competes in the Big West Conference, as does Hawaii, among a number of programs that seem to slosh around between conferences at regular intervals.<\/p>\n

The final Mountain West men\u2019s swimming and diving championships in 2011<\/a> included UNLV, Wyoming and Air Force in a six-team conference (as well as BYU, Utah and TCU). UNLV won the last seven league titles, from 2005-11, more than half of his 12-year stint with the conference. UNLV enters the MPSF as the winner of the last five Western Athletic Conference titles.<\/p>\n

The Mountain West women\u2019s swimming and diving championships featured 10 institutions last year, the title won by San Diego State for the fourth straight year<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"