Tue Mar 29, 2022 – 3:57 pm EDT
TUSCON, Arizona (LifeSiteNews) — A group of former Olympians, coaches, and swimmers from the University of Arizona have penned an open letter to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), asking the organization to “rectify” the situation caused by allowing William “Lia” Thomas to compete as a woman.
The letter, released last Thursday, states that it is “hard to express the anguish the women’s swim community has experienced this past week watching the 2022 NCAA Swim and Dive Championship.” The letter also mentions the “irrevocable damage to a sport that has transformed our own identities for the better.”
University of Arizona Swimmers write letter to the @NCAA on Lia Thomas and this year’s Women’s Swimming Championships.
“It’s hard to express the anguish the women’s swim community has experienced this past week watching the 2022 NCAA Swim & Dive Championships” pic.twitter.com/t9EeWF3AX7
— Kyle Sockwell (@kylesockwell) March 25, 2022
Thomas, a man claiming to be a woman, won the Division 1 Women’s 500 Yard Freestyle on March 17. The letter, discussing Thomas, says, “The decisions of the NCAA this year hoped to appease everyone by allowing Lia Thomas to compete directly
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