VA Tech swimmer rips NCAA transgender participation policy: 'Feels like the final spot was taken from me'

Columnist Chadwick Moore reacts to transgender swimmer Lia Thomas NCAA championship win.

Reka Gyorgy, the Virginia Tech swimmer who missed out on competing in the finals of the 500 free at the NCAA Championships earlier in the week, took issue with NCAA rules allowing transgender women to compete against biological females.

Gyorgy had missed the cut-off to get into the consolation final in the 500 free. She finished in 17th place and in the letter argued she missed out because of Lia Thomas’ dominance in the race. 

The transgender University of Penn swimmer finished with a 4:33.82 in the preliminaries and later became a national champion when she won the race with a time of 4:33.24.

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Reka Gyorgy competes in the Women's 400m IM during the Toyota U.S. Open Championships at the Greensboro Aquatic Center on November 13, 2020 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

She wrote a letter addressed to the NCAA and posted it on her private Instagram account Sunday.

"With all due respect, I would like to address something that is a problem in our sport right now and hurting athletes, especially female swimmers," the letter read. "Everyone has heard and known about transgender swimmer, Lia Thomas, and her case including all the issues and concerns that her situation brought into our sport. I’d like to point out that I respect and fully stand with Lia Thomas; I am convinced that she is no different than me or any other D1 swimmer who has woken up at 5am her entire life for morning practice. She has sacrificed family vacations and holidays for a competition. She has pushed herself to the limit to be the best athlete she could be. She is doing what she is