There
is an adjustment for having swimsuits approved at
Championships, which will hopefully
improve the process for approval of swimsuits that are not official
team suits or official high school team suits. It still
stands that NO technical suits of any
kind are allowed, and the rule specifically states that
suits must be of equal or lesser fabric and/or construction than
our team suit.
All swimmers that will NOT be wearing the
team suit need to bring their race suit to practice
Thursday or Friday to be approved by Coach LaMills or League Rep, Jenni
Sanders.
Note: All caution should be used with the
understanding that the coach is NOT the final authority and a
challenge by another team will initiate a process where the meet
referee will take the swimsuit in question along with one of our
team suits to decide if it is of equal or lesser material (lycra,
nylon, etc.) and equal or lesser construction (fabric pull, forcing
of posture, supporting of body, etc.) before scoring is finalized
at Championships. Thus, any decision to “push the
envelope” with a swimsuit could result in a
disqualification.
Please do not risk putting our team in this
situation.
