High school athlete disqualified at cross-country meet for wearing hijab
One of the best cross country runners on my high school team wore a hijab. On another team, one of my teammates who wore a hijab went on to compete in the Olympics. Rules like this should never exist nor should a waiver be required.
There is some encouraging news from this incident: OHSAA considering changing rules after local runner disqualified for wearing hijab
On Saturday, a member of a high school cross-country team in Ohio was disqualified from a district meet for wearing a hijab by an Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) official, a representative of the school district confirms to Yahoo Lifestyle.
According to the 16-year-old athlete — who has run with Sylvania Northview High School Girls Cross Country Team the entire season and, for the past three years, participated in different sports without issue — the disqualification due to her religious headwear was something she had "always feared."
One of the best cross country runners on my high school team wore a hijab. On another team, one of my teammates who wore a hijab went on to compete in the Olympics. Rules like this should never exist nor should a waiver be required.
There is some encouraging news from this incident: OHSAA considering changing rules after local runner disqualified for wearing hijab