Lindsey Mikrut, a senior swimmer for Badger/Big Foot/Williams Bay, was disqualified from participating at Saturday's sectional swim meet at Kenosha Bradford High School after it was discovered she had shaved at the meet site. Her DQ raised one question from a blog commentator about the rule.
It's contained in the National Federation of State High School Associations' Swimming and Diving and Water Polo rulebook. Rule 3-5, article 7, says: "No team personnel/competitor shall perform any on-site shaving before, during or after the meet. PENALTY: Team personnel/competitors shall be disqualified from further participation for on-site shaving."
A veteran WIAA swim official who I contacted characterized the rule as a "well-understood restriction" that has been on the books for many years.
Mikrut entered the sectional meet as the top-seeded swimmer in the 100 fly and third-seeded in the 200 IM. She finished 4th last year at state in the 100 fly, and was a key member of the team's state-winning medley relay, swimming the fly leg on the relay. She is still eligible to swim on B/B/WB's medley and 200 free relays at the D1 state meet.
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