by admin | Mar 30, 2022 | Representation, SEW
After winning another four medals in Tokyo, Katie Ledecky joked that since she only took two weeks out of the pool after the 2016 Olympics, maybe she would take three this time. What actually happened: Within two weeks, she dove back in at Palisades in Maryland, where...
by admin | Mar 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Lia Thomas is a national champion. Thomas, who is a transgender woman, touched the wall in 4 minutes, 33.24 seconds in the 500-yard freestyle on Thursday night to become the first known transgender athlete to win a Division I national championship in any sport. Read...
by admin | Mar 3, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Fresh off her final practice of the week, the most controversial athlete in America sat in the corner of a nearly empty Philadelphia coffeehouse with her back to the wall. Lia Thomas had done some of her best work this season while feeling cornered. On this January...
by admin | Feb 9, 2022 | Representation, SEW
A 12-year-old Black swimmer was nearly disqualified from a meet in Superior, Wisconsin, for wearing a Black Lives Matter swimsuit. “An independent volunteer official inappropriately barred a student athlete from taking part in the meet, due to their ‘Black...
by admin | Jan 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Penn Athletics said in a statement on Thursday that it would work with the NCAA “in support” of swimmer Lia Thomas regarding her participation at the 2022 NCAA swimming and diving championship in Atlanta in March. Thomas, a transgender woman, has posted...
by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Donna de Varona competed in the pool when gender equality was far from becoming a reality. After years of advocating for women in sports and backing the landmark Title IX policy, the Olympic gold medalist continues her fight for women’s equality today. Read...
by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Ivy League and the University of Pennsylvania issued statements in support of Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer whose recent record-breaking wins put her at the center of the debate over trans inclusion in competitive sports. The statements were released on...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
With the year winding down and few Canadians paying attention on the last Monday before Christmas, swimmer and Olympic gold medallist Maggie Mac Neil set a short-course world record in the 50-metre backstroke in Abu Dhabi. It was an entirely appropriate coda to...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Nancy Hogshead-Makar knows all about being a champion in the pool, and championing for the rights of female athletes. A four-time medalist at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Hogshead-Makar has long fought for equality in women’s sports and is the head of...
by admin | Dec 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
In another impressive accomplishment, Israeli teenage swimming sensation Anastasia Gorbenko won the gold medal at the World Championships in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on Sunday in the 100m medley final. Gorbenko finished the final race in 57.80 seconds, just ahead of France’s...
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