“I’m not going to jump to any conclusions until he’s in my office and we sit here,” Walsh said. “All I want right now is to see him eyeball to eyeball.”

According to the NCAA Manual, a student is “ineligible from further participation” in a sport for one year after testing positive on a drug test.

According to Utter, the students were not tested for drugs at the time of their arrests.

Director of Compliance for Harvard’s athletic department Nathan Fry could not be reached for comment.

Gore and Kumin declined comment, and Hordon could not be reached for comment.

In September 2002, Gore was ticketed by military police in Virginia for driving under the influence.

In August of 2000, he was arrested for speeding at almost 100 mph in North Carolina. During a court hearing that November, Gore pled guilty to speeding. A reckless driving charge was dropped, and he was ordered to pay a $125 fine.

—Material from the Associated Press was used in this story.

—Staff writer Hera A. Abbasi can be reached at abbasi@fas.harvard.edu