Update as of March 2, 2017 - Southern California Swimming's House of Delegates voted unanimously to prohibit the wearing of "Tech" suits in Age Group competition at committee level (BRW), invitationals, dual/tri and intrasquads. "Tech" suits will be permitted at Winter Age Group Invitationals (WAG), June Age Group Invitationals (JAG) and Junior Olympics (JO) meets.
The HOD also voted a ban on "Tech" suits for swimmers 5-10 years old for all Southern California Swimming sanctioned meets.
The effective date for both is January 1, 2017.
Here is a current list of banned suits from SCS
2017 SCS AGE GROUP MEET-TECH SUIT RESTRICTION POLICY AS OF JANUARY 1, 2017–
NOT PERMITTED IN SCS AGE GROUP MEETS (except JOs, JAG, WAG Championships for 11/Over) *NO SUITS WITH BONDED SEAMS, KINETIC TAPE, MESHED SEAMS *if a suit has these items, it is not allowed, even if not on Restricted List Meet Referees will include this in the Coaches meeting, give out copies, and DQ violators. Coaches should meet, explain and educate their swimmers and parents. Senior meets are not restricted.
TECH SUIT RESTRICTED LIST – UPDATED AS OF 1/23/17
BLUE SEVENTY, NERO JAKED: J12 WATER ZERO, LIMITED EDITION J11 STEEL, J11 WATER ZERO, JKATANA, JKEEL, JRUSH SPEEDO: LZR X, LZR ELITE, LZR ELITE 2 TYR TRACER SERIES, AVICTOR, AVICTOR PRELUDE, AP12 COMPRESSION NIKE SWIM NG ARENA POWERSKIN OPEN BACK, ALL ARENA CARBON SERIES (AIR, PRO, ETC) DOLPHIN TITANIUM AQUASPHERE MP EXPRESSO FINIS VAPOR HUUB FINA
TECHNICAL COMPETITION SUITS APPROVED TO WEAR (classic hip cut or kneeskin) SPEEDO: AQUABLADE (male & female), POWER PLUS (female), FASTSKIN 2/FSII (male & female), LZR PRO (male & female) ARENA: POWERSKIN ST (male & female), POWERSKIN XP TYR: FUSION 2, THRESHER DOLPHIN: GRAPHLITE SERIES, LTF PRO SERIES, PLATINUM 2PRO
