“Lia was not even close to being competitive as a man in the 50 and the 100 (freestyle events),” the anonymous swimmer said. “But just because Lia is biologically a man, [Lia] is just naturally better than many females in the 50 and the 100 or anything that [Lia] wasn’t good at as a man.”
For the 2021-2022 University of Pennsylvania women’s swimming team, the top time for the 50 free is 22.78 seconds, accomplished by Thomas. Comparatively, the men’s top time in the same event during this season is 20.32 seconds. Thomas’s record time for women would have been the 17th best time for men this year.”
“The top people at NCAA, who are on the board of directors … they are not protecting women’s rights,” the Penn swimmer told me. “Imagine if there was this kind of inequality in men’s sports. Or someone found out about doping in a men’s sport. It would be fixed in a blink of an eye. Everyone would be all over it. But because it’s women, they don’t care.”
“I’m trying to do everything I can without harming my future from stopping this from happening,” she said. “I can’t just sit back and let something like this happen. I’m not just going to sit back and say, ‘My rights are being taken away, too bad.’ It’s embarrassing that people aren’t speaking out more.”
“It’s crazy because I don’t actually know if Lia thinks this is fair,” the Penn swimmer said. “This can’t possibly be rewarding in any way.”
He must know this is messed up. Thomas is essentially picking on women with this move. He wasn’t good enough to beat his own peers so he chose to identify as the fairer sex because he knew he could beat them.
