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High-tech swim suits out for prep swimmers
High-tech swim suits for high school swimmers?
Fahget-about-it.
The National Federation of State High School Associations Swimming and Diving Rules Committee and the NFHS Board of Directors just said no Tuesday, Aug. 11.
The suits that blitzed many world records the last year are off limits to prep swimmers, effective immediately.
The following is from a NFHS news release:
“Swimmers shall be limited to one swimsuit, which shall be constructed of a woven/knit textile material, permeable to water and air, constructed so as not to aid in buoyancy, and shall not contain zippers or other fastening systems. In addition, the suit shall be constructed so that the style/shape for males shall not extend above the waist or below the top of the kneecap and for females shall not extend beyond the shoulders or below the top of the kneecap, and it shall not cover the neck.”
“These high-tech suits had fundamentally altered the sport and become more similar to equipment, rather than a uniform,” said Becky Oakes, NFHS assistant director and liaison to the Swimming and Diving Rules Committee.
“The rules of swimming have always prohibited the use or wearing of items that would aid in the swimmer’s speed and/or buoyancy. The technical suits and styles had evolved to a point where there was little, if any, compliance with these basic rules.”
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By flipper
August 12, 2009 1:12 PM | Link to this
USOC banned them months ago. Where ya’ll been NFHS. And by the way, we are people not sharks (although some people act like it when winning is all there is).By dan
August 27, 2009 8:44 AM | Link to this
Actually, the ban was put in place mid-July and doesn’t take effect until the Jan 1, 2010, so the NFHS isn’t THAT far behind.