re: Lia Thomas sweeps Ivy League Championships, advances to NCAA finals

Posted by Wtodd

Tampa, FL

Member since Oct 2013

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:20 pm to Jbird

Would love for it to come out after the NCAAs and say "I can't believe you fricks let me swim against the women....I mean I'm a guy....and you fricking praised me for it"

Posted by Y.A. Tittle

Member since Sep 2003

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:23 pm to boosiebadazz

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I don’t even want that. I want complete and total, Michael Phelps-style domination of the entirety of women’s swimming.

Only way to hold a mirror to clown world honk honk

Are all Lia's times NCAA women's record type times, or are there chicks in big programs who may actually be able to compete with her in the finals? I haven't followed all this too closely, so I honestly don't know.

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Posted by hnds2th

Member since May 2019

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:25 pm to Wtodd

When are the ncaa’s and will they be televised? Can’t wait to hear ESPN spin.

Posted by Jbird

In Bidenville with EthanL

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:25 pm to hnds2th

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Thomas will compete next at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, which are scheduled to take place March 16 - 19 in Atlanta.

Posted by boosiebadazz

Member since Feb 2008

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:26 pm to Y.A. Tittle

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Are all Lia's times NCAA women's record type times, or are there chicks in big programs who may actually be able to compete with her in the finals? I haven't followed all this too closely, so I honestly don't know.

I don’t know how it stacks up to other women, but I know it’s been winning races recently by like seven seconds or something which is laughable in swimming.

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Posted by LSU7096

Member since May 2004

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:27 pm to Jbird

Swimming needs a Tonya Harding!

Posted by chadau79

Daphne, AL

Member since Sep 2009

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:27 pm to Jbird

I wasn't good enough to make a college baseball team, but I'm pretty sure I could do College softball. I wonder if they would give me a scholarship. I'm a little overweight so I'm working on the tits and I'm definitely a lesbian.

Posted by PsychTiger

Member since Jul 2004

107382 posts

Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:28 pm to Jbird

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Thomas will compete next at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, which are scheduled to take place March 16 - 19 in Atlanta.

Shouldn't be too hard for some folks to get a ticket and go there to heckle him.

Posted by NK521

Member since Aug 2021

106 posts

Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:28 pm to Jbird

The women need to all drop out, in protest, of any competition that these poor excuses for men are allowed to compete in. No competitors, no competition. Shut it down until men are not allowed to steal their sports.

Posted by roadGator

Member since Feb 2009

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:31 pm to boosiebadazz

Wasn’t it ranked in the 200s time wise as a man?

7 seconds is lol in swimming.

You are out of the pool before the next person touches.

Posted by JohnHager913

Member since Dec 2014

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:31 pm to NK521

If you can not beat a man in swimming, join the woman team!

Posted by thunderbird1100

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:32 pm to Y.A. Tittle

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Are all Lia's times NCAA women's record type times, or are there chicks in big programs who may actually be able to compete with her in the finals? I haven't followed all this too closely, so I honestly don't know.

Here's some time comparisons... Times when competing as man

200M
Competing as man: 1:39.31
Won Ivy league with: 1:43.12 (2nd place was 1:45.82)

500M
Competing as man: 4:18.72
Won Ivy League with: 4:37.32 (2nd place was 4:44.83)

So significantly slower times competing as a woman but very easily beating the field. I wonder if we see much much faster times at the NCAAs.

Looking at the usaswimming database for top times from all division 1 swimmers I see for:

200M the best time this year was 1.41:93 by Lia Thomas...next quickest was 1:42.28 (pretty dang close)

500M the best time this year was 4:34.06 by Lia Thomas...next quickest was 4:34.87 (so very very close)

In the 100M Lia Thomas only had the 12th fastest time this year at 47.63; the fastest was 46.56 by Katie Drezen.

Keep in mind you CANNOT compare these times to olympic times. Olympic events are held in 50M long pools while college pools are 25 yards long, so they get to turn a lot more and go "faster" underwater more basically.

This post was edited on 2/23/22 at 1:41 pm

Posted by Jbird

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:34 pm to Y.A. Tittle

Thomas won three races — the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, and 500-yard freestyle — and set five individual records. Thomas also helped Penn’s 400 relay team set a pool record. The controversial athlete earned the “High-Point Swimmer of the Meet” distinction by earning the maximum 96 points overall, according to the Ivy League.

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas notched her second individual win Friday at the Ivy League championships, setting new pool and meet records in the process as she continues to inflame the debate over fairness and inclusion in women’s sports.

The University of Pennsylvania senior finished the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:43.12, more than two seconds ahead of Harvard’s Samantha Shelton, who came in second with a time of 1:45.82 at the end-of-season meet hosted by Harvard at Blodgett Pool in Boston.

The 22-year-old Thomas also set a pool record by besting the 2018 mark set by Miki Dahlke, as well as Dahlke’s 2020 meet record, according to the stat sheet posted by Swimming World.

Posted by Kracka

Lafayette, Louisiana

Member since Aug 2004

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:36 pm to saints5021

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Can we stop calling it Lia?

It’s pronounced Liar. As in he’s lying about being a woman

This post was edited on 2/23/22 at 1:40 pm

Posted by Rebel

Graceland

Member since Jan 2005

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:38 pm to boosiebadazz

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I don’t know how it stacks up to other women,

I think he got beat earlier in the year by a male swimmer from Yale that was pretending to be a woman too.

ETA

A Yale Male beat him.

This post was edited on 2/23/22 at 1:40 pm

Posted by tigerfoot

Alexandria

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:39 pm to PsychTiger

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He also set a record for clit size.

If it had a dick, it wouldnt be trying to beat up on women in a sport. I am not so sure he would win any type of measuring contest.

Posted by TBoy

Kalamazoo

Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:39 pm to boosiebadazz

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I don’t even want that. I want complete and total, Michael Phelps-style domination of the entirety of women’s swimming.

Only way to hold a mirror to clown world honk honk

You might be right. If he loses at the NCAAs the supporters of this will treat it like no big deal. "See? She lost!" Maybe the best outcome will be if he wins every event.

Other teams should start recruiting guys for the women's team if they want to win.

Maybe next year every swimmer in the final might actually be a guy.

Posted by bad93ex

Walnut Cove

Member since Sep 2018

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Posted on 2/23/22 at 1:42 pm to Jbird

Stunning and brave