2025 NCAA males’s swimming and diving D-II title will stay vacant after Drury group member violated NCAA anti-doping guidelines

Drury University is not in a tie for the most-ever NCAA Division II males’s swimming and diving nationwide titles.

Cal State Bakersfield, which transitioned to Division I within the mid-2000s, has reclaimed sole possession of the spot atop the game’s all-time D-II podium, following the removing of Drury’s 2025 championship, which was vacated after a member of the group examined constructive for an elevated stage of caffeine, violating NCAA anti-doping guidelines.

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Once the factors that swimmer earned in each particular person and relay occasions on the nationwide meet in Indianapolis this previous March had been subtracted, Drury’s adjusted level whole not put them in first place, per a program release this past Friday.

That mentioned, the 2025 nationwide title will stay vacant, according SwimSwam’s Monday report. And, so, Tampa, this yr’s runner-up after ending 74 factors behind Drury, will stay second.

Urinary caffeine focus that is larger than 15 micrograms per milliliter triggers a constructive drug take a look at, per NCAA guidelines. It’s necessary to notice, nevertheless, that the World Anti-Doping Code not limits caffeine consumption.

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A Speed Endurance report from 2009 acknowledged that consuming 10 cups of ordinary drip espresso — every equating to roughly 1.5 micrograms per milliliter within the urine — in a single hour would produce a urinary caffeine focus on the NCAA restrict, 15 micrograms per milliliter.

The Drury swimmer who examined constructive was not disclosed by identify in this system launch. They will likely be suspended from competitors through the 2025-26 educational yr and can lose a yr of athletic eligibility.

“Our swimming and diving program has always been committed to competing at a national championship level and, at the same time, upholding the highest standards of integrity and academic excellence,” Drury Vice President and Director of Athletics Nyla Milleson mentioned in final week’s program launch.

“This incident does not change that, and Drury swimming and diving will continue to strive toward those ideals, while educating and preparing our student-athletes for competition at the highest level, as it has for nearly five decades.”

Drury nonetheless has 12 NCAA Division II males’s swimming and diving championships in class historical past, probably the most amongst energetic D-II packages.