Dear President Wright:

I was shocked to hear that Dartmouth was eliminating its swimming and diving programs.  As a coach, I hope to develop athletes who can participate in college athletics at fine schools such as yours, and the elimination of your swimming program eliminates Dartmouth as an option for these student-athletes.

I hope your school will reconsider its decision, as you will be losing a lot of fine students and quality individuals who will not consider going to a school which doesn't offer swimming.  I would think that a college would want to attract the kind of hard working and dedicated athletes that participate in swimming, and this decision will ultimately have an impact to your academic programs and to the lives of a lot of student-athletes who would have benefited from an education at your school.

Jon Levine, Head Coach
Aquabears Swim Team
North Granby, CT