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The Dartmouth athletic department’s abrupt announcement last week that it would eliminate its swimming and diving teams at the end of this season has shocked the Dartmouth campus and college athletics nationwide.
Brethauer also said that, for a varsity athlete, the loss of an athletic program is equivalent to eliminating an academic department.
According to the press release, Dartmouth’s administration felt eliminating an entire program was its only feasible option, since previous attempts to evenly distribute reductions throughout the athletic department had not been effective.
Dartmouth Senior Associate Athletic Director Brian Austin said it was difficult to predict if other programs would fall prey to the same type of cuts.
Walker is confident in Harvard’s commitment to swimming, saying that recent meetings with Harvard athletic department officials—held in response to the recent cuts—have convinced him of Harvard’s commitment to the program.