{"id":434201,"date":"2026-10-22T01:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/434201\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T01:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:08:11","slug":"indian-river-state-college-trustees-to-consider-eliminating-mens-womens-swimming-and-diving-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/434201\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian River State College trustees to consider eliminating men&#8217;s, women&#8217;s swimming and diving programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">Indian River State College trustees are expected to consider a major restructuring of the college\u2019s athletic programs next week that would eliminate men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving and move several remaining sports to Division II competition. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The recommendations are included on the agenda for the college\u2019s Governance &amp; Legislative Affairs Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/irsc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/october_27_2026_board_committee_meeting_agendas.pdf?_gl=1*19gmev*_gcl_au*NDIwODYxODAzLjE3OTI1NDE5MDI.*_ga*MTk2OTQ3NzU0MC4xNzkyNTQxOTAy*_ga_4K1MVK713S*czE3OTI1NDE5MDEkbzEkZzEkdDE3OTI1NDMxMTkkajIyJGwwJGgxMjYyMTUzMjk2*_ga_92DLFN5PBG*czE3OTI1NDE5MDEkbzEkZzEkdDE3OTI1NDMxMTkkajIyJGwwJGgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 27,<\/a> at the Dixon Hendry Campus in Okeechobee. The committee meetings begin at 9:30 a.m., followed by the full District Board of Trustees meeting at 1 p.m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Under the proposed athletic restructuring plan, both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving programs would be eliminated beginning with the fall 2027-28 academic year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The proposal would also transition baseball, softball and men\u2019s basketball to Division II competition beginning that same academic year. Volleyball already competes at the Division 2 level, according to the agenda. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">College administrators would also be directed to evaluate whether the women\u2019s basketball program could be reinstated for the 2028-29 season. The agenda says that possibility would depend on the availability of resources. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The recommendations come from the college president and cabinet and are scheduled to be presented to the Governance &amp; Legislative Affairs Committee for approval. The agenda itself does not provide a reason for the proposed elimination of swimming and diving or detail the financial impact of the restructuring. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">All of this comes after Indian River State College\u2019s men\u2019s swim and dive team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/sports\/local-sports\/irsc-mens-and-womens-swim-and-dive-teams-win-national-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">in March<\/a> captured its 52nd consecutive national championship title, with the women\u2019s team also claiming its 48th national title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The meeting will take place at the Williamson Conference Center Auditorium on Indian River State College\u2019s Dixon Hendry Campus at 2229 NW 9th Avenue in Okeechobee. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indian River State College trustees are expected to consider a major restructuring of the college\u2019s athletic programs next&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-434201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}