Cowboys return to practice following three-day pause

Posted 10/8/20

The Wyoming Cowboys returned to practice this week following a three-day pause due to 11 freshman football players testing positive for the COVID-19 virus.   Those cases of COVID-19 and close …

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Cowboys return to practice following three-day pause

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The Wyoming Cowboys returned to practice this week following a three-day pause due to 11 freshman football players testing positive for the COVID-19 virus.  Those cases of COVID-19 and close contacts among the University of Wyoming’s freshman football players prompted the university to its pause on Friday, to limit the spread of the virus in that group of students, employees and the broader community.  The positive cases involving freshman football players were detected late last week in UW’s bridge testing program through Vault Health.

The Cowboys did not practice last Thursday, Friday and Saturday leading up to the pause put in place by the university on Friday. All football team members were tested Friday morning. Only freshman football players tested positive for the virus, allowing the rest of the team to resume practice on Sunday.

Due to the positive cases, the 31 freshman players will not engage in any athletic activities — including practice, workouts and in-person meetings — and the members are encouraged to shelter in place, where possible, for one week. During this time, team members will attend classes virtually.

“We have been fortunate to have very little COVID prevalence among our football team until now, in part because of our rigorous testing program that began in the summer,”  said UW Athletics Director Tom Burman. “Our ability to move forward with our shortened season depends upon limiting the infection, and we’re taking all appropriate steps to do so, including the aggressive testing program adopted by the Mountain West Conference.”

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