Marshall drops plans to eliminate women's swimming and diving a week after student-led lawsuit

Marshall University dropped plans to eliminate its women’s swimming and diving program on Wednesday, citing concerns raised in a lawsuit over compliance questions involving Title IX. The reversal was announced after a special meeting of the Marshall Board of Governors and came a week after a group of swimmers filed a lawsuit seeking to retain the sport. “Leadership is about making difficult decisions and tradeoffs, and sometimes those decisions are unpopular," Marshall President Brad Smith ...

By JOHN RABY