‘Everybody should know how to swim’: QU swimmers giving back to community with lessons for kids

By DON CRIM, Senior Columnist | April 27, 2025
Faith Cummings, a member of the Quincy University swim team, grins while helping two boys swim on April 16 during a one-hour class offered by the team at the pool inside the Health and Fitness Center at Quincy University. | Photo courtesy of Kari Ham, QU Athletics

QUINCY – Twice each week since late March, more than 40 boys and girls ages 4 and up arrive at the Quincy University pool for an hourlong swimming session. Some of the youngest ones fear the water at first and must be coaxed into the pool. Others are putting their faces in the water and…

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Crim: NCAA rejects QU’s appeal to allow freshman to swim at Division II national championships

By Don Crim, Senior Columnist | March 6, 2023
Quincy University freshman swimmer Wyatt Walsh qualified for the NCAA Division II national championships in two medley events, but he will not compete in Indianapolis due to NCAA regulations QU didn't meet. | Photo courtesy QU athletics

QUINCY — The NCAA Division II swimming and diving national championships begin Tuesday in Indianapolis. Quincy University freshman Wyatt Walsh, one of the country’s best in both the 200- and 400-yard individual medley, should be competing. But he’s not. You see, Division II swimming and diving teams are required to have a minimum of eight…

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