By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
Maryville University has cut its swimming program following the conclusion of the 2024-25 season, multiple sources have told SwimSwam.
Maryville, an NCAA Division II school based out of St. Louis, is coming off competing at the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Championships in mid-February, and swimmers were reportedly told the week after that the program would be eliminated beginning next season.
Scholarships are expected to be honored through next year.
On Feb. 6, less than a week before the start of the GLVC Championships, Maryville’s first-year head coach, Savannah Erickson, abruptly left the team, with the school and Erickson declining to comment on the reasoning.
Mary Jane Woehler was the lone coach remaining on the staff and served through the GLVC Championships.
At last month’s conference meet, the Maryville men and women finished last in the field, a repeat of last year. The Saints placed 10th out of 10 teams on the women’s side, and the men finished 11th out of 11 teams.
Both teams wrapped the dual meet season with a 3-9 record.
Mayrville currently list seven women and 11 men on their roster. Of the 18 swimmers, only four are in either their senior or fifth year.
Maryville launched its women’s swimming program in 2013, while the men’s team joined in 2015-16.
Maryville has an estimated population of 9,200 students—5,700 undergrads and 3,500 graduate students. With swimming being cut, the school sponsors 11 men’s sports and 12 women’s sports.
The news comes shortly after a Division I school, Cal Poly, announced it was cutting its swimming & diving programs.
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