If I am reading the article correctly it sounds like she was only confronted with this at the track meet when it would be too late to get her custom made uniform to meet the standard...a uniform that no official had a problem with for the 3 previous years keep in mind. From the sound of her and her Mom I bet they will have a uniform that meets the color requirements and her religious requirements at the same time for the next event. It's unfortunate that they wouldn't let her run one last time in the outfit and thus we are now reading about this in the national news.
If her uniform didn’t fit this standard then she’s wrong.
Gator, I just saw her racing about an hour ago in the same venue as the article, wearing the same garish rag. This time it wasn’t a tri-state meet, just a local meet but now we had two TV trucks with the booms up in the air, ready to catch the latest aggrieved Muslim poster child.
Gotta tell you, that uniform is really distracting. It is a multi-color form fitting spandex full-body raceskin. She looks like a clown. All the other competitors race with school colors on their baggy uniforms. They can get disqualified for taping their loose jerseys and along comes this special spandex creature saying her religion makes her do it.
I’m glad the officials at the tri-state meet gave her a chance to make things right and then showed her the door when she wanted special treatment.
Spare me.
BTW, she is a senior.