By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
California Baptist University (CBU) announced today that they will be cutting their men’s swimming and diving program at the conclusion of the season.
Earlier this afternoon, CBU posted a press release announcing the discontinuation of the wrestling (which is just men’s), men’s golf, and men’s swim and dive citing the “ever evolving intercollegiate athletic landscape.”
They went on to say, “We have closely monitored the shifting landscape of intercollegiate athletics that has affected institutions across the nation. While we had hoped to continue offering our full slate of athletic programs in this new environment, it has become clear that changes are required to realize the university’s goal of achieving greater competitive excellence that the new Division I era demands.”
The university is getting ready to transition into the Big West beginning in July 2026. The conference just revived their swimming and diving championship in 2026, holding the first conference meet since 2010.
The men’s program was successful last season with two individual men, Remi Fabiani and Mark Kovacsics earning individual NCAA invites in their events. Fabiani qualified or the ‘B’ final in the 100 freestyle, finishing 13th to score four points for the Lancers.
Fabiani transferred to ASU at the start of the season, and has seen significant improvements, currently leading the country in the men’s 200 free.
Kovacsics is swimming is senior year at the program, and he recently went a season best time in the 500 free of 4:20.60 at the UNLV Invite.
The program recently completed the Division I transition, starting the process in 2018 shortly after cutting their men’s volleyball program. They completed their transition just over three years ago, with athletes earning the opportunity to compete at the NCAA Championships in August of 2022.
This highlights a trend we have seen recently of programs making the Division I transition and then needing to cut programs or see major changes to their athletic landscape.
Earlier this year, Queens University merged with Elon University. Queens was one of the most successful Division II programs in NCAA history, winning 14 team titles between 2015 and 2022 (7 men and 7 women). They began their Division I transition in 2022, completing it earlier this year after new legislation shortening the timeline to three years.
UC San Diego is another example, starting the Division I transition in 2020 (after the student body voted to more than double student fees to fund the move), and completed the move in the fall of 2024. In April of 2023, the school announced they would be cutting their diving program to focus on the swim teams.
This phenomenon isn’t unique to swimming. UMASS Lowell completed their Division I transition in 2017, and in 2018 they cut their women’s volleyball program as a result of increasing costs.
An early 2000s study showed that schools who transitioned from Division II to Division I saw an increase in spending of $3.7 million and only increased revenue by $500,000
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