A NATIONALLY RANKED U.S. MASTERS SWIMMER LOST A WOMEN’S NATIONAL TITLE TO A MALE. THEN THEY TRIED TO BAN HER FOR SAYING HE WAS A MALE. Angie Griffin told Congress exactly how rotten this is. At Spring Nationals in San Antonio, a man took her women’s title and five individual crowns at that meet. She filed protests. Officials answered with a grievance for unsportsmanlike conduct and dangled a lifetime ban. After lawyers, months of stress, and a wave of support from other swimmers, she was finally cleared. The process itself was the punishment. U.S. Masters Swimming still lets males race in the women’s category while world bodies move toward sex-based rules. America should lead on women’s rights, not force champions to hire attorneys just to ask for a fair race. Prioritize women in women’s sports. Anything less is surrender.