Transgender swimmer Ana Caldas has dominated every event she entered at the national championships, in scenes likened to ‘a real life South Park episode’.
Caldas, 47, came first in the five individual events she entered at the US Masters Swimming Spring National Championship in San Antonio, Texas, last week.
The swimmer scooped the top prize in the women’s 45-49 age category for the 50 and 100-yard breaststroke, the 50 and 100-yard freestyle, and the 100-yard individual medley.
Video posted online shows Caldas crushing the competition in the 50-yard breast stroke race. She won by three seconds with a time of 29.74.
The athlete was born Hugo Caldas and formerly competed in male college competitions under that name. She has also competed under the name Hannah.
A spokeswoman for the Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS) said the difference in time between Caldas and the other swimmers was ‘absolutely insane’, adding to Reduxx that Caldas was ‘just laughing at these women’.
ICONS penned a letter to the US Masters Swimming (USMS) board implying that by allowing Caldas to compete they had violated their own fair play policies. DailyMail.com has reached out to Caldas for comment.
Transgender swimmer Ana Caldas has dominated every event she entered at the national championships. Caldas, 47, came first in the five individual events she entered at the US Masters Swimming Spring National Championship in San Antonio, Texas, last week
Video posted online shows Caldas crushing the competition in the 50-yard breast stroke race. She won by three seconds with a time of 29.74
The board stipulates that trans women must have had hormonal therapy, and have testosterone levels below 5 nmol/L in order to compete against biological females.
‘Transparency in these matters is critical to maintaining the integrity of the competition and the trust of all USMS athletes,’ the ICONS letter stated.
‘There is no length of time during which testosterone suppression eliminates male advantage; therefore it should not serve as a guideline permitting men to compete in women’s swimming.
‘At a minimum, it is USMS’s responsibility to enforce its current policy.’
ICONS told Reduxx that USMS did not respond to their email flagging concerns. DailyMail.com has contacted ICONS for confirmation.
Meanwhile, conservative political activist and former competitive swimmer Riley Gaines slammed Caldas’ wins as ‘a real life South Park episode’, which offers a satirical view of the world.
‘A man who goes by the name Ana swam five events at the U.S. Masters Swimming National Championship. He won them all,’ Gaines fumed on X.
Gaines also recently slammed the NCAA for ignoring Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.
Caldas scooped the top prize in the women’s 45-49 age category for the 50 and 100-yard breaststroke, the 50 and 100-yard freestyle, and the 100-yard individual medley
The athlete was born Hugo Caldas and formerly competed in male college competitions under that name. She has also competed under the name Hannah
She accused the highest division of intercollegiate athletics of ‘purposefully deceiving the public and Donald Trump’ by allowing transgender Ithaca rower Juniper Gattone to compete.
‘Wait a minute…I thought the NCAA had a new policy that was in full compliance with Trump’s EO?’ Gaines wrote on X.
‘Nope. Men are still competing in women’s NCAA sports. Meet Juniper (Tyler) Gattone. The NCAA purposefully deceived the public and Donald Trump.’
However, an Ithaca spokesperson said: ‘It is the intent of Ithaca College to comply with all NCAA rules. Under those rules, the student-athlete in question has the ability to be on the roster and participate in practices and open-gender competition.
‘This past weekend, there was a misunderstanding by the coaching staff about what constituted an official NCAA event, because there is no third varsity rowing event at NCAA championships.’
Gattone, who stands at 5-foot-10, is a sophomore at Ithaca and studying Environmental Science.
Caldas scooped the top prize in the women’s 45-49 age category for the 50 and 100-yard breaststroke, the 50 and 100-yard freestyle, and the 100-yard individual medley
Last season, she rowed in the Novice 8+ boat and helped the Bombers capture their sixth consecutive Liberty League women’s rowing crown. Their boat was also named LL Women’s Rowing Novice Crew of the Year after winning the two-boat final by a massive 37 seconds.
Gattone’s boat was also the top novice boat at the New York State Championships, defeating Army by two seconds.
Trump’s executive order prompted the NCAA to change its participation policy on February 6, limiting competition in women’s sports to athletes assigned female at birth only.
The change was effective immediately and applies to all athletes regardless of previous eligibility reviews.
The NCAA has some 1,100 member schools with more than 500,000 athletes, easily the largest governing body for college athletics in the U.S.
