My wife swam at Rice in 1970-71. The women had to form their own team and ask the coach for lane time and schedule their own meets. When they qualified a relay for DGWS(the agency evidently running womens collegiate sports at the time) Nationals the school did pay for them to go. Since there was a Nationals and they did find a (very) few other meets there must have been some women's programs. Any forumites have experience with Pre-Title IX womens college swimming.
My wife was among a small group who founded the Ohio State women's swimming and synchro team in the early sixties. The entire women's budget for a year (all sports) was $1,00 plus facility use, if you could call a 20 yard, 4 lane, pool in a remote gym a facility. We were at a party a number of years ago with the men's coach from those years and he swore there was no women's team then. Of course, my wife sternly educated him on the spot.
A few years ago, OSU, along with a number of other major schools, Michigan and Stanford come to mind, invited the pioneers back to special ceremonies, where they finally got the varsity letters that were long overdue.
My wife was among a small group who founded the Ohio State women's swimming and synchro team in the early sixties. The entire women's budget for a year (all sports) was $1,00 plus facility use, if you could call a 20 yard, 4 lane, pool in a remote gym a facility. We were at a party a number of years ago with the men's coach from those years and he swore there was no women's team then. Of course, my wife sternly educated him on the spot.
A few years ago, OSU, along with a number of other major schools, Michigan and Stanford come to mind, invited the pioneers back to special ceremonies, where they finally got the varsity letters that were long overdue.
