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ACALANES HIGH SWIM TEAM IN LAFAYETTE MISSES DEADLINE TO COMPETE

By Henry Lee
Published  May 2, 2024 5:54am PDT
High School Sports
KTVU FOX 2

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EAST BAY STUDENTS CAN'T COMPETE IN SWIM MEET, BAD INTERNET TO BLAME

Bad Internet connection leads to one Lafayette high school swim team to miss a
competition deadline. Thirteen swimmers are told they can't compete in a
regional meet.

LAFAYETTE, Calif. - 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.

Eight of the swimmers who qualified are seniors who are missing out on what
would have been their last chance to swim for the Acalanes Dons.



Head coach Brett Usinger, a former Acalanes swimmer himself, told KTVU: "I do
take proper ownership here."

Usinger said he tried to submit his team's times before the deadline Sunday. But
he was in Oregon at the time, with a bad Internet connection and no "hot spot."

The next day, he was told his team’s entries never made it – and that his team
couldn’t take part in the North Coast Sectional meet on Friday.

"But I also think there’s something to be learned about potential future
practices or improvements to make sure students who have earned the right to
swim, get to swim," he said.

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."



Swimmer Sophie Hendrickson said, "I think all of us are just really disappointed
that we don’t have the opportunity to swim at this meet because we worked so
hard to get to this spot."

Another swimmer Olivia Hoppe agreed, saying, "It’s really devastating knowing
that whatever the error was that we aren’t going to be able to swim even though
all 13 swimmers are very qualified."

CIF says reminders were sent to all schools that the deadline was mandatory and
that no exceptions would be made.

In a statement, Pat Cruickshank, the commissioner of athletics for North Coast
Section of CIF said in part, "The procedures and consequences for failing to
follow these championship procedures were agreed to by NCS member schools.
Acalanes did timely submit entries for its diving team."

Henry Lee is a KTVU reporter. E-mail Henry at Henry.Lee@fox.com and follow him
on Twitter @henrykleeKTVU and www.facebook.com/henrykleefan




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