{"id":1572663,"date":"2022-07-27T06:53:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T10:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1572663"},"modified":"2022-07-27T06:53:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T10:53:07","slug":"trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-loses-bid-for-ncaa-woman-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-loses-bid-for-ncaa-woman-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas Loses Bid For NCAA &#8220;Woman Of The Year&#8221;"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftrans-swimmer-lia-thomas-loses-bid-for-ncaa-woman-of-the-year%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=1572663&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--><p class=\"subheading\">Infamous transgender swimmer Lia Thomas finally lost a race after the NCAA chose someone else for its Woman of the Year award this year.<\/p>\n<p>The hulking Thomas, a biological male, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/07\/15\/lia-thomas-nominated-for-ncaa-woman-of-the-year-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nominated<\/a> for the award by the University of Pennsylvania early this month and was one of 577 nominees for the honor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Despite dominating the NCAA swimming championships, the college sports organization went in a different direction for its Woman of the Year award, passing the honor onto Columbia University fencer Sylvie Binder instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn NCAA Women\u2019s Foil Champion in 2019, she placed fifth at The Ivy League championships this season, second at the Northeast Regional, and third at the NCAA Championships with an overall record of 17-6. She was also named the 2022 Women\u2019s Connie S. Maniatty Award winner as Columbia\u2019s top senior student-athlete,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/lia-thomas-ncaa-woman-year-bid-ends-ivy-league-selects-columbia-fencer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA\u2019s Woman of the Year award <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/news\/2022\/7\/14\/media-center-ncaa-member-schools-release-nominations-for-2022-woman-of-the-year-award.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recognizes<\/a> \u201cfemale student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves in their community, in athletics, and in academics throughout their college careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Thomas, who had an undistinguished swimming career for three seasons when competing for UPenn as a male, made headlines this year after a first-place finish in the women\u2019s 500-yard freestyle event in the NCAA\u2019s swimming championship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lia Thomas just took first place at the 2022 NCAA Division 1 Women&#8217;s Swimming &#038; Diving Championships in the 500 freestyle. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveWomensSports?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveWomensSports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UWvDQMYHRJ\">pic.twitter.com\/UWvDQMYHRJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwipeWright\/status\/1504586948400369671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thomas\u2019 performance shocked college sports and brought the ire of teammates, 16 of whom joined in an anonymous letter to complain about the \u201cunfair advantage over competition in the women\u2019s category\u201d that Thomas represented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiologically, Lia holds an unfair advantage over competition in the women\u2019s category, as evidenced by her rankings that have bounced from #462 as a male to #1 as a female,\u201d the letter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/college-sports\/lia-thomas-penn-swimming-opposition-letter-20220204.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Transgender UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas wins the national championship at the NCAA Tournament. (Rich von Bilberstain\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another teammate later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/you-can-tell-hes-mentally-ill-says-upenn-swimmer-after-lia-thomas-good-morning-america-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>, \u201cYou can tell he is mentally ill. I saw the video and was so disgusted. Lia identified as a woman, but she is not a female. That is a fact. It doesn\u2019t matter how you feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s tennis legend Martina Navratilova also blasted the NCAA over Thomas\u2019s new records and said an \u201casterisk should accompany the swimmer\u2019s name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not about excluding transgender women from winning ever,\u201d Navratilova said. \u201cBut it is about not allowing them to win when they were not anywhere near winning as men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut right now, the rules are what they are,\u201d the tennis great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/03\/18\/martina-navratilova-lia-thomas-should-have-an-asterisk-next-to-his-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>. \u201cMaybe put an asterisk there if she starts breaking records left and right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a>, or Truth Social <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@WarnerToddHuston\">@WarnerToddHuston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infamous transgender swimmer Lia Thomas finally lost a race after the NCAA chose someone else for its Woman of the Year award this year. 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