Column: No winners in this sad situation, but coach was responsible for submitting names to North Coast Section.
Thirteen Acalanes swimmers had their seasons cut short after the Lafayette school’s coach did not properly register them through an electronic form for this weekend’s North Coast Section championships.
A cruel fate, given that the eight Acalanes seniors who qualified for NCS had their freshman season cut short because of COVID-19. After he checked that evening and didn’t see his swimmers on the list, he said his calls to section officials went unanswered.“This occurred after a reminder was sent out to all NCS member schools by the section office that the deadline was mandatory and no exceptions for late entries would be made,” NCS commissioner Pat Cruickshank said in a statement to the Bay Area News Group.
Instead, the coach waited until it was far too late, an unfortunate decision that left his swimmers pleading with the section in an emotional YouTube video to reverse its decision.“We deserve a chance to compete,” another swimmer said.
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