Several Vermont college students were injured in the aftermath of the Ft. Lauderdale airport shootings.
Jeff Schulman, the athletic director for the University of Vermont, said in a statement that three members of the women's swimming and diving team suffered minor injuries.
The team was in Florida for a winter training trip.
The team was in a different terminal from where the violence erupted Friday, Schulman noted, but the ensuing chaos of the facility's evacuation still caused the team some problems.
One UVM swimmer suffered a broken foot and received treatment at the hospital, Schulman said.
Two other Catamounts suffered less serious injuries in the melee, which were handled by a trainer traveling with the team, Schulman added.
UVM bowed out of competing in a meet Saturday in Baltimore, and will travel back to Vermont Sunday, the athletic director said.
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Schulman praised the university's coaching staff and trainer for their care for the student athletes during what he called a very traumatic experience.
"On behalf of the UVM athletic department, I'd like the thank everyone for their concern and support," Schulman's statement said.
The team was seen in footage from a news helicopter running on the tarmac of the airport following the frenzied evacuation.
