Girls Swim Team disqualified for Shaving

To set the record straight a swimmer from another team reported to her coach that my swimmer had shaved her armpits. I ran to my swimmer said "why were you shaving, you could be disqualified!?" She asked, 'Why?' Right then I was sick with the realization that I had forgotten to tell my entire 40 person swim teams not to shave before, during, or after onsite at a swim meet. Instead of disqualifying my swimmer, I did not because I felt that I had done a huge disservice to her and the team by not informing them of the rule. I reported myself after the end of the meet to the Athletic Directors . So by throwing a life-ring to my swimmer, I sank my ship. Lesson learned by my team and me. Follow the rules to the letter and the outcome will be far better. Unfortunately, the press release didn't go out until over a week after the violation, so what has been listed as retroactive was actually done prior to regions so this became bigger news than it should have been. I apologized to all of my team, parents, and administrators. And I am sorry to my swimming community as this is a sport I love to coach and teach. Sincerely, Coach Winans

Bravo for taking responsibility for this mistake. Not too many coaches would be brave enough to do that. Are you still the coach at this school?

Coach Winans wrote:

I reported myself after the end of the meet to the Athletic Directors

This is the height of absurdity, reporting yourself for not telling a swimmer to not shave.