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NC State Swimmer Stripped of Title For Celebrating With Teammate

by Larry Leo

February 27, 202465 Comments

North Carolina State Senior Owen Lloyd posted the fastest time in the men's 1650 yard Freestyle, earning him the ACC Title, an automatic entry to the National Championships, and a new best time. Moments later, an announcement was made that Lloyd had been disqualified for "interference with another swimmer"...

quote:
The rule(s) at play from the NCAA rulebook:
- Rule 2, Section 5, Article 1a: "Any competitor who interferes with another swimmer during a race shall be disqualified from that race, subject to the discretion of the referee..."
- Rule 2, Section 5, Article 1b: "A swimmer who changes lanes during a heat shall be disqualified."

(Youtube)

Filed Under: NCAA Sports

Originally published on TigerDroppings.com

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SG_Geaux•2 months

That seems like some bullshite

SG_Geaux•2 months

That seems like some bullshite

Slevin7•2 months

You can say that again

SG_Geaux•2 months

Well played sir.

chinhoyang•2 months

I'm glad this well-written article clearly explained exactly what this swimmer did in order to get disqualified.

chinhoyang•2 months

The local TV stations do this: write the article as vaguely as possible to force people to watch a video.

TFH•2 months

Clickbait.

HeadSlash•2 months

the race was over for them.WTF?

TFH•2 months

I think it’s messed up. The lane he entered was his own teammate’s and he was already finished

MetryMauler•2 months

It's a well known rule in swimming that you can't leave your lane until everyone has finished the race. It's a shame that he got caught up in the moment.

tigerpawl•2 months

He could have easily ducked under the ropes. He intentionally created a visual anomaly to attract attention to himself. People need to start obeying rules and respecting the sport (again) instead of using it for shameless self-promotion. Screw the coddling announcers. No one is bigger than the sport. Call me old-fashioned.

LSUnKaty•2 months

What's your opinion on Lea Thompson attracting attention to herself?

ALhunter•2 months

Ok boomer.

I swam competitively and what he did would have in no way impacted me.

fr33manator•2 months

How do those boots taste?

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St Augustine•2 months

Two swimming announcers were cheering it on lol.

NebraskaExPat•2 months

Once again, we have posters saying someone should be able to break the rules without any penalties. These rules are known by the swimmers, and everyone should follow them.

jbird7•2 months

Well when you’re picking and choosing which people to discipline for breaking said rules, the rules themselves don’t mean shite anymore. You’re gonna punish a kid for celebrating but glorify a man for competing against women ? GTFO.

CP3LSU25•2 months

You’re what’s wrong with society. We need common sense back into society.

demtigers73•2 months

Trash ruling; absolute trash! We have men swimming against women and this is a DQ? GTFO!

Rex Feral•2 months

But men get to claim titles in women's sports. They're enforcing the wrong rules.

ApexTiger•2 months

The judges must be named and they must be interviewed...either they change the stupidity of their interpretation of the rules, or they step down and leave the United States ....

POTUS2024•2 months

He knew the rule on that, all he had to do was wait a few seconds for people to finish. Hard to muster much sympathy in that situation.

SuperOcean•2 months

Apparently the rule is so well known that the commentators had no idea till told why.. Dude was legit the fastest in the field. Celebrates 1, 2 finish with teammate. let the race stand and see if another team files a protest

CP3LSU25•2 months

You’re what’s wrong with society. We need common sense back into society.

biglego•2 months

With opinions like this, I’m glad you won’t win the presidency

Zzyzx•2 months

Sure he gets DQed, but the guy with a penis gets to swim with girls....

91TIGER•2 months

No one will beat this reply, well done sir !

scorb•2 months

Anyone who agrees with the ruling clearly didn't watch the video.

jp4lsu•2 months

Sounds like there is some discretion of the referees on these rules. This is idiotic. It didn't go against the spirit and purpose of the rule. We know the rule is for interfering with another swimmer. There was no interference with another swimmer.

Neilfish•2 months

Absolute BS ruling

TigerDM•2 months

That is not at all the spirit of the rule, he did not interfere with any other swimmer, which is the intent of the rule

kciDAtaE•2 months

NC double assholes

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