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In this reel, Riley Gaines describes how she watched in horror as Lia Thomas (formerly Will Thomas) began beating Olympic-grade female swimmers by body lengths, event after event, at the 2022 NCAA Division 1 Swimming and Diving Championships.
According to Riley Gaines, everyone (including coaches, other female competitors, and a few sportswriters) believed that, with the situation having been revealed, Will Thomas (a man with mediocre swimming ability and competing with women) would surely be stopped by the NCAA. Well, to Riley’s disbelief, the NCAA saw absolutely nothing wrong with Thomas’s participation, actually calling it “non-negotiable.”
Now ranking in third place in women’s swimming nationwide, Riley Gaines discovers that her main competitor in the path to a national championship in women’s swimming (Riley’s life-long goal) is the University of Pennsylvania’s (U of Penn) Lia Thomas. But in a bone-jarring twist, Miss Thomas is reported in a news article to be Will Thomas, who swam three years on U of Penn’s men’s team before deciding to switch to the women’s team.
Riley Gaines describes to Alison Centofante how she, other female swimmers, and coaches began to see red flags coming from the women’s swimming program at the University of Pennsylvania, as there was an individual there who was winning events – not by tenths of a second but rather by body lengths. You won’t want to miss what follows for Riley. Watch for the next video in this series.
Riley Gaines, American swimming phenom, begins to tell JDFI's Alison Centofante about the shocking experience that drove her to become a leading advocate for equality and fairness in women’s sports. Don’t miss the next episode in this critically important series.
Alison Centofante, a JDFI contributor, continues her riveting interview with collegiate swimming superstar Riley Gaines. Riley shares her university recruitment story and how she ended up at the University of Kentucky, where she set her sights on a national swimming title and prepared for a career as an oral surgeon. For more of Riley’s amazing journey, watch for the next reel in this series.
World-class swimmer Riley Gaines shares with JDFI contributor Alison Centofante about the enormous sacrifices highly successful athletes must make in their personal and family lives to be the best in their individual sports. There’s much more to Riley’s story. Watch for the next reel in this series.
JDFI contributor Alison Centofante asks Riley Gaines about her upbringing and what drove her passion for sports. Riley reflects lovingly about growing up in her sports-obsessed family and her dive into competitive swimming at the tender age of four. Would you like to hear more from Riley? Watch for the next reel in this series.
JDFI supports Israel and strongly opposes antisemitism of every kind. Unlike much of Europe, a majority of adult Americans are still pro-Israel. But among younger Americans, including Christians, the support is waning.
As Tim Walz, the previously obscure governor of Minnesota, continues to be introduced to the American public, we are learning more about the church to which he belongs. The Christian Post has done our nation a service by detailing policies and practices at Pilgrim Lutheran Church (PLC), the parish he attends in St. Paul.
