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Prosthetic fin for high school swimmer Posted: Friday September 13, 2002 11:59 AMATLANTA (AP) -- A 14-year-old swimmer will be allowed to use a prosthetic swim fin that was banned from a league during the summer. The Georgia High School Association approved the fin for Hunter Scott, who has a birth defect that kept his left leg from growing to full size. His leg ends just above the knee. After the coach of an opposing team questioned the use of Hunter's flipper in June, the DeKalb-Atlanta Swim and Diving league ruled the fin violated guidelines that prohibit athletes from using artificial devices in competition. But the governing body of U.S. high school athletics reaffirmed an earlier decision to let Hunter compete with the specially designed fin if he makes the Woodward Academy swim team. "We stand behind Hunter 100 percent," Woodward athletics director Dave Chandler said. "I was really amazed that anyone would have said he was getting any special consideration in the first place." Hunter's father, Andy Scott, who is a lawyer, had threatened to sue the DeKalb-Atlanta Swim and Diving league, which has 3,000 swimmers on neighborhood and county teams. The suit was not filed, but the league's 10 board members said they felt intimidated and resigned anyway. Volunteers stepped in to help run the league through the end of the summer. It's unclear whether the league will regroup next season.
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