Drowned By Cuts, UW Swimming Flatlines

Today, the University of Washington announced that due to large budget cuts, they will be discontinuing its men's and women's swimming programs effective immediately. The UW talking heads say the cut comes because the $1.2 million swimming program is the priciest ticket in the department (for real?) and is nearly half of the $2.8 million UW athletics needs to cut from its budget. The UW will honor the scholarships of those swimmers who stay. In March, the men's swim team (est.1932) finished 16th in the NCAA Championships, their best finish in 30 years.