Hey, everybody. Welcome to the bucksexton show. Our friend Riley gains joins us now. You have

no doubt heard about her. She is the fastest woman in her event in the NCAA swimming. She can tell

me the specifics about what the meters and an event may be. It's just a second. We're excited

to have her join us. She's also out there speaking on campuses across the country as an advocate for

women in sports to have it just be women in sports. Actually, I think is one way we could put it.

Um, Riley, thank you so much for being here with us. First off, what was the event that you were the

best in the country at just so I was it butterfly or backstroke? I don't know. I do doggy paddle. I'm

not good at this. Well, if I just swim now, I would do doggy paddle. Um, but it was actually the

200 freestyle where I tied Thomas. Wow. Okay. So just tell everybody how you got into this. Some of

the folks are at home and listening are going to know, but for those who could use a refresher who

don't know, what was the situation that you faced in the NCAA final? Absolutely. Um, so the first

day of competition at our incibly championships. And this was last year in 2022. Um, that first day,

that was the day that I didn't compete. And so this was the 500 freestyle and I sat on the side of

the pool and watched as Thomas swam to a national title. Um, beating out Olympians beating out

American record holders. And when I say Thomas, I should clarify, this is Leah Thomas. It was

formerly Will Thomas who swam three years on the men's team at University of Pennsylvania before

deciding to switch to the women's team. Um, at best, amongst the men the year before was ranked

460 second. Um, so watching Thomas now beat all of the women in the country by multiple seconds.

Obviously, it's unfair. Obviously, it's wrong. Anyone with a brain can see this. Um, so that second day

of competition was the day that Thomas and I race against each other in the 200 freestyle to it's

ultimately resulted in a tie. Um, we went the exact same time down to the 100th of a second.

And so upon tying, we go behind the awards podium where the Insta-Blah official looks at both Thomas

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