{"id":1394267,"date":"2022-03-22T13:46:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T17:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1394267"},"modified":"2022-03-22T13:46:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T17:46:39","slug":"upenn-praises-lia-thomas-for-ncaa-swimming-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/upenn-praises-lia-thomas-for-ncaa-swimming-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"UPenn Praises Lia Thomas For NCAA Swimming Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fupenn-praises-lia-thomas-for-ncaa-swimming-victory%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1394267&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-19-at-12.01.15-PM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The University of Pennsylvania praised Lia Thomas for emerging victorious at the NCAA Division I Women\u2019s Swimming and Diving Championships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Thomas \u2014 a transgender who claims female identity \u2014 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/marked-by-simmering-resentment-over-biologically-male-trans-swimmer-ncaa-womens-swimming-championships-conclude\"><span>placed<\/span><\/a><span> first in the 500-yard freestyle, setting a school record in the process. University of Virginia swimmer Emma Weyant <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/emma-weyant-praised-as-real-winner-after-trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-takes-first\"><span>earned<\/span><\/a><span> second. Thomas also placed fifth in the 200-yard freestyle and eighth in the 100-yard freestyle, earning First-Team All-American honors in all three events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The University of Pennsylvania\u2019s official news outlet, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/penntoday.upenn.edu\/news\/thomas-concludes-spectacular-season-national-title\"><span>Penn Today<\/span><\/a><span>, published a piece featuring Thomas\u2019 performance. \u201cFor the first time in the history of the women\u2019s swimming and diving team, a Quaker has won an individual national championship,\u201d the article proclaimed, also noting that \u201cThomas is the first female Ivy League swimmer to win a national title in 22 years.\u201d Among other tags used to classify the article was \u201cHistoric Sporting Events.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Ivy League school also featured Thomas on its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CbaOw29unfH\/\"><span>Instagram<\/span><\/a><span> page. The post, which did not allow users to comment, has gained over 2,500 likes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Thomas \u2014 who also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lia-thomas-sets-five-records-honored-as-high-point-swimmer-at-ivy-league-championships\"><span>clinched<\/span><\/a><span> the title of \u201cHigh-Point Swimmer of the Meet\u201d at the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships last month \u2014 has been the subject of much national controversy. In an exclusive interview with The Daily Wire, one of Thomas\u2019 female teammates <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lia-thomas-sets-five-records-honored-as-high-point-swimmer-at-ivy-league-championships\"><span>reacted<\/span><\/a><span> to the victories, observing that the women who placed behind Thomas appear to recognize that they have been slighted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think that there\u2019s not really room for anyone to react to this situation in any way, other than saying they think it\u2019s really progressive and the right thing,\u201d said the swimmer, referring to the environment of censorship at Ivy League universities. \u201cThe one thing I will say is if you want to tune into the livestreams and watch these podiums \u2014 not just the races, the podiums \u2014 and you look at the faces of the girls who are second, third \u2026 you see a smile, but they can only hold it up for so long. You can kind of see a little bit of sadness knowing that maybe they would be first.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Following the NCAA Championships, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-to-sign-proclamation-declaring-florida-swimmer-winner-of-race-over-trans-athlete-lia-thomas\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span> that he would sign an official proclamation declaring Emma Weyant \u2014 a native of Sarasota \u2014 the victor of the 500-yard freestyle event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you look at what the NCAA has done by allowing basically men to compete in women\u2019s athletics, in this case, the swimming, you had the number one woman who finished was from Sarasota and then Weyant, she won the silver medal, she\u2019s been an absolute superstar her whole career,\u201d DeSantis said during a press conference. \u201cShe trains, I mean, to compete at that level is very, very difficult. And you don\u2019t just roll out of bed and do it. That takes grit, that takes determination, and she\u2019s been an absolute superstar and she had the fastest time of any woman in college athletics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNow, the NCAA is basically taking efforts to destroy women\u2019s athletics,\u201d he continued. \u201cThey\u2019re trying to undermine the integrity of the competition, and they\u2019re crowning somebody else the woman\u2019s champion and we think that\u2019s wrong\u2026 this is a Floridian who I think deserves to be recognized, you know, we\u2019re going to be doing a proclamation saying that Emma is the best female swimmer in the 500 meter freestyle, because she earned that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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