jimnyc
02-20-2022, 02:50 PM
Imagine that one - a man racing against the women and breaking the women's records. :rolleyes:
This season should have a massive asterisk next to it along with all the records. But they seem determined to make this the new norm now.
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Big Man on Campus: Lia Thomas Breaks Another Record, Dominates Ivy League Women’s Championships
It’s another day ending in ‘Y,” which means that transgender UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas must have broken another Ivy League women’s swimming record, and that is exactly what happened.
On Saturday, yet another female athlete who dedicated her life to her sport was unceremoniously erased from the record books as Lia Thomas, a man identifying as a woman, took first in the 100m race. That victory, his third of the meet, along with wins in the 200m and 500m, made for three first-place finishes.
All that winning made Thomas the High-Point Swimmer of the Meet by attaining the maximum 96 points.
According to the Washington Times: (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/20/lia-thomas-crowned-high-point-swimmer-ivy-league-w/)
Thomas also set five individual records at the women’s championships, including pool and meet records in the 100 on her way to edging Yale’s Iszac Henig, a female-to-male transgender swimmer who continues to swim on the women’s team.
In addition, Thomas was part of the winning team in the 400 relay, which set a pool record. The Penn team placed third behind Harvard and Yale at the championships hosted by Harvard at Blodgett Pool in Boston.
This season should have a massive asterisk next to it along with all the records. But they seem determined to make this the new norm now.
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Big Man on Campus: Lia Thomas Breaks Another Record, Dominates Ivy League Women’s Championships
It’s another day ending in ‘Y,” which means that transgender UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas must have broken another Ivy League women’s swimming record, and that is exactly what happened.
On Saturday, yet another female athlete who dedicated her life to her sport was unceremoniously erased from the record books as Lia Thomas, a man identifying as a woman, took first in the 100m race. That victory, his third of the meet, along with wins in the 200m and 500m, made for three first-place finishes.
All that winning made Thomas the High-Point Swimmer of the Meet by attaining the maximum 96 points.
According to the Washington Times: (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/20/lia-thomas-crowned-high-point-swimmer-ivy-league-w/)
Thomas also set five individual records at the women’s championships, including pool and meet records in the 100 on her way to edging Yale’s Iszac Henig, a female-to-male transgender swimmer who continues to swim on the women’s team.
In addition, Thomas was part of the winning team in the 400 relay, which set a pool record. The Penn team placed third behind Harvard and Yale at the championships hosted by Harvard at Blodgett Pool in Boston.