DENVER – MSU Denver has for decades been a leader in providing equal opportunities for women in intercollegiate athletics.
 
Today is the 31st installment of a 52-part tribute by Roadrunners Athletics to pioneers and leaders in intercollegiate athletics at MSU Denver.

Each Thursday, a key female figure in Roadrunners athletics history will be recognized.
 
Today, women's swimming star Kristin Schweissing is featured.

Though the Roadrunners' swimming program had to be discontinued due to a facilities issue, Schweissing's accomplishments are still remembered.
 
Schweissing was a six-time All-American, more than any female swimmer in program history. She finished fourth at NCAA Division II Nationals in the 200 backstroke in 1998 and eighth at nationals in the same event in 1999. She holds school records in the 500 freestyle (5:10.64), 200 backstroke (2:06.22), 200 individual medley (2:10.42), 400 IM (4:34.82) and as a part of the 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay teams.
 
She was a four-time all-conference selection (three times All-Pacific Conference and once All-ISL) and was a three-time Academic All-American.
 
She graduated cum laude from MSU Denver in 1999 with a degree in mathematics and she was inducted into the MSU Denver Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015.
 
Title IX, the groundbreaking law prohibiting sex-based discrimination at schools that receive funding from the federal government, went into effect just over 50 years ago – on June 23, 1972.