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Majority of Missouri State swim team in quarantine after positive COVID-19 case

The majority of the Missouri State swimming team is in self-quarantine for precautionary reasons.

A university spokesperson told the News-Leader on Thursday that one student-athlete on the swim team tested positive for COVID-19.

Through contact tracing, as a part of the university's re-entry policy, the majority of the swim team has been placed in self-quarantine out of precaution.

As a result, the swim team will take a two-week hiatus from team practices and activities as another precautionary measure. The swim team is the first known MSU athletics program to have to shut down because of COVID-19.