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The Daily OrangeS/D | Orange ecstatic after program's stay of execution
Abstract:
The air feels cooler at Ted Webster Pool these days.
One reason is the oversized fan Syracuse head coach Lou Walker reeled in to combat the facility's brutally muggy heat. But the team's boiling frustration with the program's pending extinction has also dipped a few degrees....
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Kirk S
posted 1/25/08 @ 11:43 AM EST
The administration has finally shown some deceny in allowing the current swimming and diving team members to finish out their Collegiate careers at the Institution they decided to dedicate four years to. It is interesting how the the successful major sport athletes at Syracuse abandon ship for the big money and go pro while the rug gets pulled out from hardworking dedicated swimming and diving STUDENT/athletes who actually want to graduate from Syracuse and they have to fight to have the administration do what's right.
Jeffrey P Corcoran
posted 1/25/08 @ 12:53 PM EST
Let's not forget: the administration didn't so much as "announce" the termination of the program as admit it. As such, I suspect the "announcement" of retaining the program, even if only briefly and half-heartedly, came only shortly before some more pain was going to rain down on them....
William
posted 1/25/08 @ 6:27 PM EST
Congratulations to all who made the reinstatement possible. Any good university should have a swimming/diving program and SU is certainly no exception in that regard. And thank you to all who also realized that the some of the finest and brightest of SU's athletes are on these squads, superbly representing SU to all. This is great news all the way around.
Shane Ellis
posted 1/27/08 @ 8:45 PM EST
Thank God there is someone with integrity at Syracuse University. Reinstatement of the swimming program to allow the current Freshmen to finish their college swimming years was the correct thing to do. How sad that it took months of persuasion on the part of parents, alumni, and athletes to get the administration to do the "right thing".
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Lynne Gollands
posted 1/25/08 @ 10:55 AM EST
Just as the team is energized with new vigor and hope, so are the supporters of Swimming and diving whose mission has been and will continue to be to preserve this historical program for generations to come!!
Kudos to the D.O. Thank you for your continued coverage of these wonderful and extraordinary student athletes!!!