U.S. Center for SafeSport has begun contacting Cal swimmers about reports of misconduct against McKeever.
USA Swimming appointed Teri McKeever to the 2019 World Championships coaching staff four years after the sport’s national governing body was informed of allegations that McKeever bullied and verbally abused swimmers at Cal, the Southern California News Group has learned.
Twenty-three current and former Cal swimmers, seven parents, a former member of the Golden Bears men’s team and two former Cal athletic department employees have told SCNG that McKeever was a bully who for decades has allegedly verbally and emotionally abused, swore at and threatened swimmers on an almost daily basis, pressured athletes to compete or train while injured or dealing with chronic illnesses or eating disorders, even accusing some women of lying about their conditions despite being...
Katherine Starr, a prominent athlete rights and safety advocate and former Olympic swimmer, said she reported allegations to Susan Woessner, USA Swimming’s director of SafeSport, in 2015 that McKeever had bullied and verbally abused two Cal swimmers during the 2013-14 season.Woessner was forced out In a Jan. 13, 2010 letter to Birgeneau, Jenna Rais, who swam for Cal between 2001 and 2005, said she was verbally abused by McKeever. Neither Birgeneau nor anyone in his office responded to her complaints about McKeever, Rais said.
Rais, in an interview Tuesday night, said McKeever began targeting her for regular bullying shortly after she got an eyebrow piercing.Rais recalled one practice where McKeever took her to an equipment room, away from the pool’s cameras, and berated her.
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