
NEW JERSEY SWIMMING 'TECH SUIT' POLICY
November 9, 2017 |

- 1. Swimmers 12 years old and younger may not compete in a "Tech Suit" (i.e. Bonded, mesh seamed, or kinetic tape suits) in a New Jersey Swimming, Inc. sanctioned or approved meets.
*Age is determined by the 1st day of the meet*
- 2. Swimmers ages
12&Under may not compete in a "Tech Suit" in a New Jersey
Sanctioned or Approved
competition.
- 3. There is no
"Tech Suit" restriction for swimmers age 13 &
Over.
- 4. A "Tech Suit"
is defined as a suit that has bonded seams, Kinetic Tape, or Meshed
Seams. A list of banned and acceptable suits is listed
below.
- 5. Rule
Enforcement: Swimmers who are wearing restricted suits
will not be permitted to compete in said suit. However,
they are able to change into an acceptable suit to swim. No
extra time before their race will be given to change suits.
If there is any question about a suit, it should be addressed to
the meet referee prior to the start of the
session.
- 6. Coaches and
Officials will be responsible for monitoring the Policy.
Coaches need to educate their teams and be willing to speak up if
they see a swimmer with a "Tech Suit" at a meet. Official
should have the list of restricted suits availiable as a
reference.
- 7. The following statement shall be added to all meet announcements.
"Tech Suits" are not permitted at any meet for 12 & Under swimmers. "Tech Suits" are defined as a suit that has Bonded Seams, Kinetic Tape, or Meshed Seams.
The
following suit list is posted, and will be updated as needed, on
the NJ Swimming Website. The suit list is constantly
changing. Ultimately it is the swimmer, parent, and
coach’s responsibility to adhere to the rules regardless of
the suit list.
- BLUE SEVENTY: NERO, FIT, R-10
- JAKED: J12 WATER ZERO, LIMITED EDITION J11 STEEL, J11 WATER ZERO, JKATANA, JKEEL, JRUSH
- TYR: TRACER SERIES, AVICTOR, AVICTOR PRELUDE, AP12
- SPEEDO LZR X, LZR ELITE, LZR ELITE 2
- COMPRESSION NIKE SWIM NG
- ARENA CARBON SERIES (AIR, PRO, ETC)
- Adidas Adizero
- DOLFIN TITANIUM
- AQUASPHERE MP EXPRESSO
- FINIS VAPOR
- HUUB FINA TECHNICAL
Non- RESTRICTED Tech Suit List: (classic hip cut or knee skin)
- SPEEDO: AQUABLADE (male & female), POWER PLUS (female), FASTSKIN 2/FSII (male & female)
- SPEEDO: LZR PRO (male & female) -Updated!
- ARENA ST (male & female)
- TYR: FUSION 2, THRESHER
- DOLFIN: GRAPHLITE SERIES, LTF PRO SERIES, PLATINUM 2PRO