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One of the losses suffered last year when the COVID-19 pandemic hit was the cutting of many NCAA athletics programs. One of the biggest cuts happened to the Clemson Men’s Cross Country and Track and Field programs. It came as a shock, especially with the large success of Clemson’s football team in the last decade. Immediately, social media lit up with #SaveClemsonXCTF. Yesterday, April 22nd it was announced that the university would continue to sponsor the programs through the next season and beyond.
The programs would have been canceled at the end of this outdoor track season. Thankfully they will continue. Senior jumper Harleigh White spoke about the importance of the decision and how it will impact younger generations.
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OAKLAND, Calif., April 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Clemson University, the first school in the country faced with class actions by both its male and female student-athletes for violating Title IX by discriminating against them in different ways, has agreed to landmark settlements avoiding the suits. Clemson will reinstate its men s track & field and cross country teams; add a new women s varsity team; give men and women equal opportunities to participate; provide women with equal athletic financial aid, treatment, and benefits; work with an outside Monitor to develop a Gender Equity Plan; and bring all aspects of its intercollegiate athletics program into compliance with Title IX.
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Just two months until the team is permanently dissolved, Clemson s men s track and field and cross country team is not giving up their fight; on or off the field.
The men s team recently earned the 19th spot in the NCAA rankings for college track teams, according to the organization. As of April 6, they were ranked higher than the baseball and men s tennis teams, which are the two other men s spring sports. Everybody s been performing. Like, you wouldn t even know that we got cut, distance runner Andrew Castano said. We don t show up with our heads down. We ve kept our heads up.
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