Male Swimmer Breaks Women's Records At DIII School, Riley Gaines Says 'Title IX Means Nothing'
A male swimmer is smashing women's records left and right at a New Jersey liberal arts college.
Meghan Cortez-Fields finished the 200 IM with a time of 2:08:20 at the NJAC Championships this weekend — the fastest time ever for a swimmer on the Ramapo College women's team in the event.
Former NCAA swimmer (and host of OutKick's Gaines for Girls) Riley Gaines took to social media to call out the lunacy.
"Male swimmer from Ramapo College sets another school record in women's event. Now tell me again the strides women have made when society applauds a man for pushing us off our own podium," Riley posted on X Friday.
"Title IX literally means nothing at this point."
Cortez-Fields competed on the school's men's team for three years before switching to women's events in November 2023. And in just three short months, he's managed to break multiple school records.
The senior broke Ramapo College's women's record for the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57:22, which got him a first-place spot on the podium.
He also snatched the top spot in the 200-yard individual medley and second in the 200-yard butterfly at the Cougar Splash Invitational, a two-day meet in Pennsylvania.
Riley Gaines Calls Out Ramapo College
Ramapo initially congratulated Cortez-Fields on Instagram, declaring, "Records are off the charts right now!" But the school deleted the post after backlash from Riley and others.
Riley said Cortez-Fields had gone from a "less than mediocre male swimmer to a record smasher competing against the women."
"Those who choose to remain blind to the injustice of allowing mediocre male athletes to become record-breaking female athletes are either incompetent or misogynists. There is no in-between anymore," she told Fox News in November. "Women are being asked to smile and step aside and allow these men onto our teams all the while stripping us of opportunities, privacy and safety."
Riley posted a photo of the male swimmer's naked woman tattoo, adding: "How can you see this tattoo on his arm and not think this is a hyper-fetishized and sexualized movement?"
The former Kentucky swimmer also revealed messages she's received from concerned parents and swimmers who competed with Cortez-Fields.
"My blood is boiling not only for the fact that he stripped the girls from their first place finishes, but for having to change in the same locker room with him," one parent wrote.
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A Ramapo College spokesperson said Meghan Cortez-Fields is in compliance with all NCAA policies regarding transgender athletes. As for when the NCAA might revise that policy to restore safety and fairness in women's sports? Well, that's another whole can of worms.