Lawsuit Claims Indiana High School Track Coach Banned Athletes Gathering to Pray Before Meets
A federal lawsuit claims that the girls’ track coach at Lake Central High School in St. John, Indiana, banned student-athletes from gathering to pray before meets.
The American Center for Law and Justice is representing two sisters on the team, identified in the lawsuit only as K.D., 17, and N.D., 14.
The lawsuit alleges that Coach Ron Fredrick became upset when he saw some girls gathering to pray during a warm-up in late February.
The coach warned the girls, “Don’t let me see you do that again.”
On March 4, 2024, the coach explicitly told the girls that they must “not be seen praying together as a group at high school track meets.”
According to Coach Fredrick,
