This was posted on the www.madison.com website yesterday; it provides more clarification on what apparently is legal for swimsuits for WIAA competition:
http://host.madison.com/sports/columnists/rob_hernandez/article_ac2f98ac-c494-11de-9dd2-001cc4c03286.html
The relevant information:
Jason Verhelst, the Madison Memorial coach and Wisconsin Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association president, sent this e-mail out to WISCA coaches and parents earlier in the week:
"In my continued attempt to keep you updated on the continuing suit sage I write with more information on what is legal and what is illegal in swim suits this year. ... Apparently, the FINA suit list now has some suits listed that are not allowed due to new NFHS language. The suggestion now is to use the USA Swimming list or the NCAA Swimming List (see Related Links).
"In talking to Dave Dahler, from Walters Swim Supplies, he suggested eight suits that are legal on both lists. They are:
•Speedo AquaBlade Recordbreaker
•Speedo Fastskin II Recordbreaker
•Speedo Pro Recordbreaker
•Speedo Pro Kneeskin
•TYR Fusion Aeroback
•TYR Fusion Aeroback Short John
•TYR Tracer Light Aeroback
•TYR Tracer Light Short John
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Update: Here's an excerpt from an email by a girl's coach also concerned about suits for the upcoming sectional and state meet competition.
"My understanding is that if the referees see a suit they don't like, they ask the coach of the swimmer if it is legal and it is the coaches responsibility to know. So I am allowing my swimmers to wear FS Pro and Tracer Light."
Those two suits are on the list outlined in the email distributed earlier this month by the WIAA that I wrote about on Oct. 24. See:
http://wiscswim.blogspot.com/2009/10/these-suits-are-legal-apparently.html
(This posts lists the 7 criteria the WIAA will apparently use to determine if a suit is legal or not.)
See these posts for additional information on suits:
http://wiscswim.blogspot.com/2009/09/another-installment-on-suits.html
http://wiscswim.blogspot.com/2009/09/blue70s-here-today-gone-tomorrow.html
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WISCA is not an official source for information, nor is Dave Dahler, as experienced as he is in the sport. WHERE IS THE WIAA!!
See the update now posted.
I think coaches working off the WIAA email from the Oct. 23 wiscswim.blogspot post will be safe. But that's not a sure thing, since the WIAA hasn't posted anything on their website beyond the list of criteria, i.e., no specific suit list.
Correction -- that would be the Oct. 24 wiscswim.blogspot post, not Oct. 23. Sorry for the mis-type.
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