MSU trustee says there's no path forward for swimming and diving programs

Any hopes of Michigan State reinstating the women’s and men’s swimming and diving teams appear to have been sunk.

Michigan State trustee Melanie Foster said at Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting that there is no path forward for reinstatement, despite cautious optimism among program advocates in recent months.

In the past two weeks, athletic director Alan Haller and interim president Teresa Woodruff held separate meetings with swimmers who have remained on campus since then-AD Bill Beekman eliminated the programs in October 2020, amid financial uncertainty in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beekman said the cuts would save the university about $2 million a year. The university’s…