A point of clarification:
There is a female swimmer, who wore a surf shirt that is not bouyant that swam in a meet this weekend. The surf shirt does not provide any advantage in her swimming, actually in my opinion creates drag. It is a snug top and she has a regular suit underneath it. This is not an illegal situation and does abide by the USMS standards.
If there was another swimmer that was full body wetsuit, that should have been addressed with the meet director and the referee. However, I was not aware of this.
As for distinguishing wetsuits from full body suits will be interesting.
First defining wetsuits: any material that is buoyant in the water.
Let the proper USMS committees to take care of the situation.
A point of clarification:
There is a female swimmer, who wore a surf shirt that is not bouyant that swam in a meet this weekend. The surf shirt does not provide any advantage in her swimming, actually in my opinion creates drag. It is a snug top and she has a regular suit underneath it. This is not an illegal situation and does abide by the USMS standards.
If there was another swimmer that was full body wetsuit, that should have been addressed with the meet director and the referee. However, I was not aware of this.
As for distinguishing wetsuits from full body suits will be interesting.
First defining wetsuits: any material that is buoyant in the water.
Let the proper USMS committees to take care of the situation.
