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 [{{:tcswim.jpeg?400 |2022 Swimming and Diving teams.}}] [{{:tcswim.jpeg?400 |2022 Swimming and Diving teams.}}]
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 +In 1929, the [[trowbridge_pool_squash_facility|Trowbridge Memorial]] Pool/Squash facility was completed to give students the opportunity "to avail themselves of a form of recreation which is not limited to eleven men or to nine men or to five men." On October 19, the College celebrated its opening with a swimming demonstration by Yale and Wesleyan, followed by water polo games. A swimming team of over 30 men was formed by 1930, though it was not "yet recognized as a letter sport," and by 1932, it was considered "a major sport," competing in its first varsity meet.
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-In 1929, the Trowbridge Memorial Pool/Squash facility was completed to give students the opportunity "to avail themselves of a form of recreation which is not limited to eleven men or to nine men or to five men." On October 19, the College celebrated its opening with a swimming demonstration by Yale and Wesleyan, followed by water polo gamesA swimming team of over 30 men was formed by 1930, though it was not "yet recognized as letter sport," and by 1932, it was considered "major sport," competing in its first varsity meet.+The original swimming uniform was described as "tank suits, made out of either lisle, rayon, or silk. The divers are required to have a wool suit with a six-inch skirtGold 'T's' at slight cost are to be sewed on each man's suitwhich are dark blue in color."
  
-The original swimming uniform was described as "tank suits, made out of either lisle, rayon, or silk. The divers are +Over the years, the men's swimming and diving team has had two All-Americans and eight All-NESCAC athletes. The women's swimming and diving team competed in its first varsity season in 1978. It has had 13 All-Americans and two All-NESCAC swimmers.
-required to have a wool suit with a six-inch skirt. Gold 'T's' at a slight cost are to be sewed on each man's suit, which are a dark blue in color." +
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-Over the years, the men's swimming and diving team has had two All-Americans and eight All-NESCAC individuals. +
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-The women's swimming and diving team competed in its first varsity season in 1978. It has had 13 All-Americans and two All-NESCAC swimmers.+
  
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 [[https://bantamsports.com/documents/2023/1/11/sdalltimehonors22.pdf | Swimming & Diving All-Time Honors]] [[https://bantamsports.com/documents/2023/1/11/sdalltimehonors22.pdf | Swimming & Diving All-Time Honors]]
  
-[[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=336074188522214&set=a.203315721798062 | Trinity Swimming and Diving Facebook]]+[[https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=336074188522214&set=a.203315721798062|Trinity Swimming and Diving Facebook]]
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3396&context=tripod | The Trinity Tripod]], 12/16/1930.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29410541|The Trinity Tripod]], 12/16/1930.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3376&context=tripod | The Trinity Tripod]], 20/15/1929.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29409192|The Trinity Tripod]], 10/15/1929.
  
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