Members of the Acalanes High School swim team are heartbroken after missing a deadline to compete in a key regional meet.
"When they’re punishing us athletes who should be the ones competing in this meet, and this meet’s all for us, it’s pretty devastating," said Cale Hanson, a senior on the team who is among 13 students who qualified for the competition after an intense season getting ready for it."I definitely thought it would be a big meet where we could all show up and show out and showcase our abilities and everything we’ve worked hard for," Hanson said on Wednesday.
The team and the principal asked the CIF, the state’s governing body of high school athletics, for a second chance. But it's a no-go. The Dons are dead in the water."Our athletes, they performed this year, did everything they were supposed to do and ultimately they’re the ones who are getting punished through this whole process," Usinger said. "Regardless of fault, it shouldn't fall on their shoulders.
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