Some progress has been made of late in the battle to preserve girls’ and women’s sports for actual females, but the war clearly remains far from over. The latest episode takes us back to collegiate swimming and stirs up memories of Riley Gaines and Lia Thomas. This time the focus is on Ramapo College in New Jersey, where a recent swim meet generated headlines because of records being broken. And yet again, the record-setting victor was a transgender athlete named Meghan Cortez-Fields. After previously competing in the men’s division, Cortez-Fields announced that he was now a “she” and began swimming for the women’s team. He broke the school record in the 100-yeard butterfly and finished first in the 200-yeard individual medley. It truly was like watching Lia Thomas all over again. (Daily Wire)

Another man claiming to be a woman has claimed a title in women’s swimming.

Meghan Cortez-Fields, a swimmer at Ramapo College of New Jersey who identifies as a woman and swam for the men’s team for three years, broke the girls’ school record in the 100-yard butterfly, recording a time of 57.22 at the Cougar Splash Invitational. Cortez-fields also won the 200-yard individual medley and second place in the 200-yard butterfly.

In 2022, Cortez-Fields told The Ramapo News, “I choose to tape my breasts because I feel it is very uncomfortable and kind of dehumanizing to swim without a top,” adding that he was allowed to use the general women’s locker room but not the women’s team locker room.

Here’s some of the action, published by Jon Root.

Lia Thomas 2.0

“Meghan Cortez-Fields won first place and broke a school record in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57.22 at the Cougar Splash Invitational, a two-day meet between six schools in Dallas, Pennsylvania. He also came in first place in the 200-yard individual… pic.twitter.com/BEKkhXEHHN

— Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) November 21, 2023

Similarly echoing Lia Thomas, Cortez-Fields spent three years swimming for the men’s team, apparently not setting any records or distinguishing himself. Then, after making the “switch,” he’s suddenly setting records and winning competitions. And since the “transition” happened so recently, he obviously went through full male puberty years ago and developed all of the natural advantages that males have over females.

I decided to do a bit of checking and see just how impressive Cortez-Fields’ performance was. He completed the 100-yard butterfly in 57.22 seconds, setting a new “girl’s” record. The current NCAA Men’s record in that event is 42.80 seconds. In other words, if he was still competing against his own gender at the top level, the winner would have already been out of the pool and collecting his trophy before Cortez-Fields finished the course.

And yet we still have schools taking this seriously and acting as if it’s all somehow “fair.” This college really needs to bring Riley Gaines in to speak to everyone and explain that the world of women’s sports is moving beyond this madness. There is an obvious solution available for anyone interested in true fairness. If Meghan Cortez-Fields really wanted to keep swimming even after “transitioning,” I’m sure the guys on the men’s team would have allowed him to keep competing even if he wanted to wear a women’s swimsuit. (It’s not as if he’d have been much of a threat to them, after all.)

The battle continues. These schools are turning Title IX into a joke. And worse, they are robbing young women of the opportunity to excel, set their own records, and compete at even higher levels. It needs to end.