Women's Swimming at the University of Montana

My daughter, Dakota Bloch was a USA club swimmer and HS swimmer in Montana. She was a state champion that aspired to swim at the college level. She and all of her teammates and friends had no other choice but to explore opportunities out state. Please give Montana swimmers the opportunity to represent their state!

The opportunity to play collegiate sports is a rare opportunity, typically less than 3% of all collegiate students. Be fair to women at the University of Montana and give them the same opportunity to learn how to win, how to lose, how to postpone short-term gratification for long-term rewards. Research shows that women who play sports will reep lifelong consequences, including professional success. After 42 years of Title IX, adding women's swimming is a no-brainer.

Support Title IX! My college swimming and academic career was/still is invaluable and due in great part to Title IX!

I group in Missoula swimming for Dave, and left the area after high school to swim for the University of Washington. UM already has a better pool than a lot of D1 programs, and the state of Montana has strong age group swimming programs to pull recruits from! Would be amazing to see this happen (and maybe eventually a men's team too)!

This would be an excellent program that would contribute a lot to the University of Montana's Athletic Department.

I have a very competitive swimmer daughter who is very interested in staying close to home and wants to swim in MT...was very disappointed to find no team available at the college level.

I am a sophomore in High School and am a competitive swimmer. I'm highly interested in the University of Montana so a college swim team would be great!

It would be great for MT swimmers to have the opportunity to swim in state.

Yes we need college level swimming in Montana. Otherwise our swimmers would have to go out of state.

Yes! Put swimming back into the MT collegiate system. I was a member of the lady Griz in the final two years. (yes, I swam when the UM pool was an old dungeon) My daughter is now looking at colleges with swimming and I would LOVE for her to be able to go to my old stomping grounds. :)

Bozeman, MT

I am amazed this even needs a petition. Seems like a no brainer to me.

This is a great idea for Montana's swimming program and will be very benificial to Missoula and the whole state. I have no doubt this will easily go through.

With the elite level of athletes in Montana, it is amazing that it hasn't happened sooner. This would be a great addition and attraction to this Montana school.

I am surprised that this is even an issue. I have three girls, one on swim team and two who want to be when they are old enough. If college in Montana and swim team are something they decide to do then I hope they get the chance.

Yes, a women's swim program would be great for attracting students and athletes.

Both U of M and MSU need good swimming programs. A swimming program will attract more international students as well as keep our own bright, self motivated Montana swimmers home.

I'd love to see my daughter and her friends have an opportunity in their home state.

Or some of these girls that cannot afford out of state tuition or private education so they have to stop swimming. Ran into this over the years. My family has been involved in swimming in Montana since late 70s. Please contact me.

Montana is too successful NOT to have it at the college level!!