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On Monday, the NCAA announced the selection of the 2022 Woman of the Year Awards conference and nominated Columbia University fencing player Sylvie Binder to be the Ivy League pick rather than the National Champion and the University of Pennsylvania. Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas..
Binder, a senior in Armonk, NY, was one of the 577 students nominated for this honor earlier this month and one of the eight athletes nominated by the Ivy League Conference.
Sylvie Binder of Colombia celebrates after winning the Foil Semifinals at the Division I Women’s Fencing Championships on March 24, 2019 at the Walstein Center on the Cleveland State University campus in Ohio.
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Ann NCAA Women’s Foil Champion In 2019, she finished fifth in the Ivy League Championship this season, second in the Northeast Regional and third in the NCAA Championship, with an overall record of 17-6. She was also named a 2022 Women’s Connie S. Maniaty Award winner as a top senior student athlete in Colombia.
Binder defeated several other athletes, including Thomas, who was nominated in mid-July, and sparked a debate over her qualifications as a transgender woman.
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Thomas set a record in the pool during the college swimming season from 2021 to 2022, culminated in the NCAA Swimming Championships in March, and held a major discussion of transgender athletics participation. rice field.
As the 2022 season progressed, Thomas, who started hormone replacement therapy in 2019, broke the UPenn record in the pool and went to college with 100 free (47.37), 200 free (1: 41.93) and 500 free (4: 33.24). I broke the school record. ), 1,000 free (9: 35.96) and 1,650 free (15: 59.71).
Lia Thomas after winning the Women’s 500 Yards Freestyle at the NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus on March 17, 2022.
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At the Ivy League Championships in February, Thomas finished first in points among 129 female swimmers and first in three events. She won the 100-meter freestyle title with Thomas 47.63. This was a school and a record time.
Thomas also set a meet and pool record with a time of 1: 43.12 seconds in 200 frees, and Thomas set a pool record with a time of 4: 37.32 in 500 frees to take first place. According to Sports Illustrated, Thomas’s 500 free time in the Ivy League Championship broke the previous record held by Olympic Kate Ziegler.
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and NCAA Championship in MarchThomas did not experience exactly the same level of success, finishing 5th in 200 frees and 8th in 100 frees, but Thomas took 1st place and set the Ivy League record in 500 freestyles.
Prior to the transition, Thomas was swimming for Penn’s men’s swimming team for three seasons.
Lia Thomas (left) of the University of Pennsylvania is on the podium after winning 500 yards of freestyle as another medalist. From left, Emma Wyant, Erica Sullivan and Brookford take pictures at the NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship. March 17, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Thomas was one of two NCAA Women of the Year nominees from the University of Pennsylvania. Tennis player Iuliia Bryzgalova has also been nominated.
According to the NCAA website, if one of the two candidates is a “colored student athlete or international student athlete,” the school can nominate two individuals for the award.
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Originally from Moscow, Russia, Brizgarova had a great season for UPenn’s women’s tennis team as she was named to the first team’s All Ivy League in both singles and doubles. Bryzgalova finished the 2021-2022 season with an overall record of 23-7 and she was named Senior Player of the Year in the Northeastern ITA region.
With the announcement on Monday, the field was narrowed down to 151 student athletes. The Women of the Year Selection Committee will select 10 candidates from each category, and the top 30 will be announced in October.
Lia Thomas, a swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania, will compete in the 200 Freestyle Finals of the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at the McColly Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia on March 18, 2022.
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Selection guidelines include personal statements from each candidate, service and leadership, academic performance, and athletic excellence.
Winners will be announced at the NCAA Convention in San Antonio in January.
