www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../19679.asp
The most substantial change, of course, is that suits would no longer be allowed to extend past the knee.
My personal opinion is this is sort of an arbitrary change. What really should be changed--if anything--is what types of materials are allowed and maybe testing protocol to approve a suit. I don't really think requiring suits to end at the knees would affect much.
Do you have a link to the USA-S rule on age groupers? I can't find any mention of it on their site.
No link for US Swimming, but saw this from the Board of Directors for Arizona Swimming LSC (www.azswimming.org/.../101508_BOD_Min.pdf):
"... changes made by the USA Swimming House of Delegates this last month at convention that will effect our LSC ...there will be swimwear restrictions in place for those swimmers competing in 12 and under age group defined competitions. This will go in effect May 15, 2009. Swimmers 12 and under will no longer be able to wear swimsuits that extend below the knee nor suits that cover the shoulders."
Do you have a link to the USA-S rule on age groupers? I can't find any mention of it on their site.
No link for US Swimming, but saw this from the Board of Directors for Arizona Swimming LSC (www.azswimming.org/.../101508_BOD_Min.pdf):
"... changes made by the USA Swimming House of Delegates this last month at convention that will effect our LSC ...there will be swimwear restrictions in place for those swimmers competing in 12 and under age group defined competitions. This will go in effect May 15, 2009. Swimmers 12 and under will no longer be able to wear swimsuits that extend below the knee nor suits that cover the shoulders."
