After Tennessee and Virginia withdrew from a scheduled triangular at Michigan over concerns about waterborne illnesses, the Volunteers will host the Cavaliers in a Saturday dual meet.
Michigan faced reports of a waterborne illness this fall. A notice posted on the school’s recreation department website that said a swimmer disagnosed with Cryptosporidiosis had used “one or more” aquatics facilities during the month of August to October. Cryptosporidiosis is an infection where small parasites enter the body, travel to the small intestine, and burrow in the walls of the intestines.
When we asked about the pool, an athletic department representative told us that a few swim/dive team members had come down with an illness, and that the pool was given a shock chlorine treatment for 12 hours. Michigan says its pool was deemed safe to use as far back as last Thursday (October 10), and that more tests this week showed the pool safe for competition.
But Tennessee and Virginia both elected to withdraw from the meet. Michigan will be hosting an intrasquad on Friday, while Virginia will now travel to Tennessee for a Saturday dual meet at 11 AM Eastern Time, according to the Tennessee swimming site.
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More pools shut down in Ann Arbor, looks like a smart decision. UT Men and Women won the dual meet today
So many infectious disease specialists apparently commenting on Swim Swam. Michigan would not possibly have invited these two teams if there were any risks to them. Nor would the local health authorities have let them. Better not go swabbing the decks in Tennessee. You may have to leave.
Well it seems the Tennessee State Dept of Health told them not to go as not enough time had passed yet to be sure the episode was over.
KDSWIM is well informed, and Virginia followed Tenneessee’s State Dept of Health recommendation as well.
My daughter (not a competitive swimmer) got ill with what the doctor believed was a waterborne parasite, probably from a local lake. She was extremely ill this summer. According to the CDC, chlorine is NOT an effective treatment for most recreational waterborne illnesses, and people can shed the viruses for weeks after they feel better. It cut her summer pool time short because she could not return to the water for weeks.
https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/swimmers/rwi.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fhealthywater%2Fswimming%2Frwi%2Findex.html
Very smart of UT. Glad they take care of their divers and swimmers! Hope the meet is great between UVA and UT. Too bad for MICH as they would have added much to the meet. Hope their swimmers recover soon!
No way was Michigan going to swim fast ….. their new “suits” are supplied by the CDC…. what a drag….
SO wrong…. I hope after you swam in that pool that you don’t have the bug in your body….
Michigan, you had one job…..
lol Michigan was uninvited from their own meet
No need to hate on either team here. Tennessee and Virginia were trying to be safe rather than sorry. No need to risk getting sick in October
How dare you be rational!
ARTICUNOOOOOOOOOOOO
They could have invited atleast invited Michigan.
No, because those swimmers could have the parasite in their body… it takes a while to flush out with the proper treatment…
There’s two reasons for Michigan not to go:
1. Many swimmers could still have the parasite in their body.
2. An extra away meet is probably not included in their budget.
AND they scared of TN in TN water….it kinda magical! GO VOLS and go WOMEN VOLS