The referee's decision has brought a larger conversation around uniform expectations and body discrimination into question.
A top high school swimmer in Alaska was disqualified in her heat due to a uniform violation even though she was wearing the same school-issued uniform as her teammates.
Lauren Langford, head swim coach at West Anchorage High School and a former coach of Willis and her sister, Dreamer Kowatch, strongly opposed the decision and overall expectations of modesty for high school athletes. "These young swimmers aren't being punished for wearing their suits in scandalous or provocative ways, but rather, because their ample hips, full chests, and dark complexions look different than their willowy, thin and mostly pallid teammates,” Langford wrote.
"Male suits must cover the buttocks and female suits must cover the buttocks and the breasts. There is no distinction as far as gender representation, and the [National Federation of State High School Associations] has required those areas to be covered since the '70s," Searcy told ABC News.
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