{"id":1394631,"date":"2022-03-22T16:59:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T20:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1394631"},"modified":"2022-03-22T16:59:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T20:59:44","slug":"desantis-signs-proclamation-declaring-florida-swimmer-best-womens-swimmer-after-loss-to-trans-athlete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-signs-proclamation-declaring-florida-swimmer-best-womens-swimmer-after-loss-to-trans-athlete\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Signs Proclamation Declaring Florida Swimmer \u2018Best Women\u2019s Swimmer\u2019 After Loss To Trans Athlete"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fdesantis-signs-proclamation-declaring-florida-swimmer-best-womens-swimmer-after-loss-to-trans-athlete%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=1394631&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\/2RD-1-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-to-sign-proclamation-declaring-florida-swimmer-winner-of-race-over-trans-athlete-lia-thomas\">proclamation<\/a> on Tuesday declaring that Sarasota native and Olympic silver medalist Emma Weyant was \u201cthe best women\u2019s swimmer in the 500y freestyle\u201d in last week\u2019s NCAA championship.<\/p>\n<p>Weyant, who is a freshman at the University of Virginia,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/emma-weyant-olympic-medalist-lia-thomas-ncaa-championships\">clocked<\/a>\u00a0a time of 4:34.99 last Thursday, falling behind Thomas during the final stretch of the 500-yard event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy allowing men to compete in women\u2019s sports, the NCAA is destroying opportunities for women, making a mockery of its championships, and perpetuating a fraud,\u201d DeSantis said in a tweet. \u201cIn Florida, we reject these lies and recognize Sarasota\u2019s Emma Weyant as the best women\u2019s swimmer in the 500y freestyle.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>WHEREAS, Emma Weyant of Sarasota is an accomplished woman who excelled in academics and athletics as a student-athlete at Riverview High School where she was a member of the National Honor Society, a Scholastic All-American, and an award winning swimmer; and<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WHEREAS, during her time competing in girls\u2019 high school swimming, Emma Weyant ranked number one in the 400-yard Individual medley In the 18 &#038; Under World 100 Ranking, was a four-time Florida High School Athletic Association 4A State Champion in the 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard individual medley, was the 2018 Junior Pan Pac Champion in the 400-yard individual medley, was the 2019 U.S. National Champion in the 400-yard individual medley, was named a four-time High School All-American, and was selected as a member of the U.S. National Junior Team; and<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WHEREAS, Emma Weyant qualified for the 2020 U.S. Olympics team and competed in the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal in the women\u2019s 400-meter individual medley; and<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WHEREAS, Emma Weyant currently attends the University of Virginia where she is a member of the school\u2019s women\u2019s swim team and made it to the National Collegiate Athletic Association\u2019s Division 1 Women\u2019s Swimming and Diving Championships; and<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WHEREAS, on Thursday, March 17, 2022, Emma Weyant competed in the 500-yard freestyle race at the Division 1 Women\u2019s Swimming and Diving Championships, logging the fastest time among all women swimmers; and<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WHEREAS, a male identifying as a woman was allowed to compete in and was declared the winner of the race by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Emma was determined to have come in second place; and<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WHEREAS, the NCAA\u2019s actions serve to erode opportunities for women athletes and perpetuate a fraud against women athletes as well as the public at large; and<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WHEREAS, on June 1, 2021, I signed SB 1028, the Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act, to preserve fair opportunities for female athletes to demonstrate their strength, skills, and abilities in athletic competition; and<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WHEREAS, the Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act specifies that an athletic team or sport that is designated for females, women, or girls may not be open to students of the male sex, based on the student\u2019s biological sex listed on the student\u2019s official birth certificate at the time of birth; and<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WHEREAS, the Fairness in Women\u2019s Sports Act applies to interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic teams or sports that are sponsored by a public secondary school, high school, public college, or university institution in the state of Florida; and<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WHEREAS, women have fought for decades to have equal opportunities in athletics, and it is wrong to allow ideology to erode these opportunities as is happening in other states, and the preservation of women-specific athletic teams or sports is necessary to promote equality of athletic opportunities; and<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WHEREAS, it is my determination that men should not be competing against women such as Emma Weyant, robbing women and girls of achievements, awards, and scholarships; and<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WHEREAS, Florida rejects the NCAA\u2019s efforts to destroy women\u2019s athletics, disapproves of the NCAA elevating ideology over biology, and takes offense at the NCAA trying to make others complicit in a lie.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>NOW THEREFORE, since she is a native Floridian from Sarasota, I, Ron Desantis, Governor of the State of Florida, do hereby declare in Florida that Emma Weyant is the rightful winner of the 2022 NCAA Division 1 Women\u2019s 500-yard Freestyle, congratulate her on yet another significant achievement, and express pride that she is a Florida resident.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be affixed at Tallahassee, the Capital, this 22nd day of March, in the year two thousand twenty-two.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>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. 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