A biological male who identifies as a woman set a program record for the Ramapo College of New Jersey women’s swimming team over the weekend.
Meghan Cortez-Fields set the program mark while competing in the 200-meter individual medley at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships, according to a report.
The swimmer overcame the school record with a time of 2:08.20 but finished fifth in the finals, per the report.
While Ramapo College celebrated Cortez-Fields’s accomplishment, former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines criticized the feat as yet another intrusion by men into women’s sports.
“Male swimmer from Ramapo College sets another school record in women’s event,” Gaines posted to X. “Now tell me again the strides women have made when society applauds a man for pushing us off our own podium… Title IX literally means nothing at this point.”
Last November, Cortez-Fields also set a women’s program record in the 100-yard butterfly at 57.22 seconds, according to the report.
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Prior to competing on the women’s team, Cortez-Fields swam on the men’s team with taped nipples.
“I choose to tape my breasts because I feel it is very uncomfortable and kind of dehumanizing to swim without a top,” Cortez-Fields said, who used the general women’s locker room at the time.
