Relay Uniforms

[Joe Heintzman]

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Originally posted by Ray Lutz:
Brian
I agree with Ray on your no call, however lets take this one more step. If it had been a bigger meet and numbers are to be worn on the uni how would we handle this. I am just asking a question. I know in the state of Ohio all schools have a set number they are issued by the ohsaa and the uni has the no. sewen on it and is asigned to the boy /girl who will wear that uni. and no. all year long. What I am asking is would we call this in a bigger meet. She would have ran her leg of the relay wearing an illegal number
You did good by not issueing any warning or disqualifing any team. This is just good common sense officiating on your part. As well as quick thinking by the athletes. We are not there to nit pick the rules. It was not the intent of the rule to penalize kids who forgot their shirt. The intent was to stop athletes who wanted to draw attention to themselves by removing their uni on the track.

Keep up the good work.

Ray

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