All of the cuts, cancellations and suspensions of collegiate aquatics programs around the country are – unfortunately – getting hard to keep track of amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Below, we’re keeping track of all the affected teams, with data courtesy of Mat Talk. SwimSwam articles with more information about the cut programs are linked.
School | Division | Conference | Sport | Gender | Outcome | Athletes affected |
Boise State | I | Mountain West | Swim & Dive | Women | Cut | 21 |
Connecticut | I | Big East | Swim & Dive | Men | Cut after ’20-’21 | 28 |
Dartmouth | I | Ivy League | Swim & Dive | Women & Men | Cut | 33 |
East Carolina | I | American | Swim & Dive | Women & Men | Cut | 49 |
Tiffin | II | Great Midwest | Swim & Dive | Women & Men | Cut | 30 |
UMass Dartmouth | III | Little East | Swim & Dive | Women & Men | Cut | 33 |
Urbana | II | Mountain East | Swim & Dive | Women & Men | Campus closed | 14 |
Western Illinois | I | Summit League | Swim & Dive | Women & Men | Indefinitely suspended | 24 |
Sonoma State | II | CCAA | Water Polo | Women | Cut | 8 |
Urbana | II | Mountain East | Water Polo | Women | Campus closed | 0 |
Stanford | I | Pac-12 | Synchronized Swimming | Women | Cut | 10 |
Brown | I | Ivy League | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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Bucknell | I | Patriot League | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | III | SCIAC | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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Fresno City | CCCAA | Central Valley | Water Polo | Women |
Canceled – Spring 2020
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Harvard | I | Ivy League | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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Johns Hopkins | III | Centennial | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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Merced | CCCAA | Central Valley | Water Polo | Women & Men |
Canceled 2020-21
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MIT | III | NEWMAC | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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Pomona-Pitzer | III | SCIAC | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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Princeton | I | Ivy League | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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Occidental | III | SCIAC | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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uh you probably want to double the athletes affected because both mens and womens got cut at Dartmouth
Dartmouth College’s team for the 2020-2021 season would have had 60 total athletes – men and women, swimmers and divers.
Had a heart attack when I read Stanford and then realized
It’s good that you recovered though and came to your senses.
That’s exactly what I did! lol