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WSU adjusts testing protocol for athletes; questions remain for sports seasons

Wichita State Athletics is having to adjust on the fly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this summer, Athletic Director Darron Boatright told The Sunflower that only symptomatic student-athletes would be tested upon their return to campus.

Now, with more student-athletes returning to campus and improved access to tests, WSU will be baseline testing all athletes.

“We will be testing them so we can know what’s going on from when they return from home and then we’ll monitor them following,” Boatright said in a phone interview with The Sunflower. “We’ll do some cluster testing throughout the fall and the year, potentially.