15 of 23 Division I Swimming Conferences Have Postponed Fall Sports
15 of 23 Division I swimming conferences have postponed their fall sports, 7 plan to move forward, and one doesn’t sponsor any fall sports.
Big East Latest To Postpone Fall Sports; Nebraska Won’t Defy Big Ten
The Big East has postponed fall sports, while Nebraska backed down on its talk of defying the Big Ten’s postponement of football.
WAC Cancels Fall 2020 Athletics, Swimming Pushed Until at Least November
The Northern Arizona women won the 2020 WAC Swimming & Diving Championship in 2020. The conference decision won’t apply to them as an affiliate member, however.
NCAA D1 Council Recommends Extending 5-Year Clock for COVID-Impacted Athletes
The NCAA Division I council recommended that student athletes like Grant House have their 5-year clock extended by a year if COVID-19 cuts their season.
GLIAC Suspends All Sports Competition (Including Swimming) Through End of Year
This suspension of competition applies to all sports, including “Winter” sports like basketball and swimming.
Louisville Soccer Dismisses Three Players Over Party, Other Sports Pause
The University of Louisville has dismissed three men’s soccer players who organized a party that caused multiple Louisville sports to pause workouts.
Big 12 To Move Forward With Fall Football, Joining ACC & SEC
The Big 12 Conference is moving forward with its fall football season, joining the ACC and SEC, while the Big Ten and Pac-12 have canceled fall sports.
Vitaliy Khudyakov Completes Record Breaking 56km Swim in Lake Issyk-Kul
Kazakhstan’s Vitaliy Khudyakov has become the first person to complete a 56 km swim in lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan, finishing in just over 13 hours.
Pac-12 Postpones Football, All Sports Competitions (Including Swimming) To 2021
The Pac-12 has joined the Big Ten in postponing fall sports. But the Pac-12 also postponed all sports (including swimming & diving) to January 2021 or later
13-Year Old Jake Wang Returns to Racing with 58.6 in 100 Breast
The Suburban Swim Club in suburban Philadelphia swam many personal best times at their Intrasquad meet over the weekend of August 8-9.
Additional 10 Members Of Ikee’s Club Test Positive For Coronavirus
More than 70 Nihon staff members, swimmers, and others involved in the club were tested for COVID-19, resulting in an additional 10 people testing positive.
Big Ten Officially Postpones Fall Sports, Could Play Football In The Spring
The Big Ten has become the first Power-5 conference to postpone all fall sports, with the possibility of competition in the spring semester.
USA Swimming’s COVID Relief Round Two Sends $1.5M To 627 Clubs
USA Swimming says it provided more than $1.5 million to 627 clubs as part of the second round of the COVID-19 relief program – part of $9 million in total.
UMass Cancels 2020 Fall Football Season Amid Pandemic
Amid the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, the University of Massachusetts has become the latest Division I FBS school to cancel its fall football season.
Updates: Big Ten Denies Cancellation Vote, Trump Weighs In, ODU Cancels
There have been a flurry of reports about college athletics, including a Big Ten spokesperson denying that the conference voted to cancel the football season.
