East Lansing — The future of swimming and diving hasn’t been sunk just yet at Michigan State, as the potential for the return of the men’s and women’s programs retained a glimmer of hope this week.
It seemed like the nearly two-year long battle to reinstate the programs finally met its demise last week when Michigan State trustee Melanie Foster said during Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting that there is "not a viable path" for reinstatement because of financial restraints, as well as the lack of a competition swimming pool.
However, members of The Battle for Spartan Swim and Dive, a group of swimmers, alumni and supporters that have been fighting to have the programs reinstated after they were discontinued following the 2020-21 season, met with interim President Teresa Woodruff on Monday and the sides agreed to continue discussions about the potential of swimming and diving returning to Michigan State, the group said.