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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"...
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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
65 Comments
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TigerDM2 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
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Zzyzx2 months
Sure he gets DQed, but the guy with a penis gets to swim with girls....
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91TIGER2 months
No one will beat this reply, well done sir !
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TFH2 months
I think it’s messed up. The lane he entered was his own teammate’s and he was already finished
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Him and his teammate LAPPED the field by over 50 yards. Hell you can see the other swimmers still turning to go down and back when they finished.

Penalizing youthful exuberance in situations like these should be punishable by death. Cost a kid a shot at Nationals too. Hope those refs sleep good tonight knowing they upheld the rules! Jack boot fricks.
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Rex Feral2 months
But men get to claim titles in women's sports. They're enforcing the wrong rules.
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Laman19782 months
Wow. What a douche-bag group of judges! Give that dude his damn gold medal.
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demtigers732 months
Trash ruling; absolute trash! We have men swimming against women and this is a DQ? GTFO!
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SG_Geaux2 months
That seems like some bullshite
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But if he had fake tits and claimed to be a chick no issue
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FinkyStinger2 months
Time to change genders and wreck shite.
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scorb2 months
Anyone who agrees with the ruling clearly didn't watch the video.
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SG_Geaux2 months
That seems like some bullshite
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Slevin72 months
You can say that again
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SG_Geaux2 months
Well played sir.
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Even if that was a rule you could’ve given him a warning instead. So dumb.
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Neilfish2 months
Absolute BS ruling
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BowDownToLSU2 months
Damn that’s petty
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Water Mocassin2 months
Complete bullshite unless you are transgender then anything is alright.
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jp4lsu2 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.
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Koach K2 months
That is some bullshite right there.
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HeadSlash2 months
the race was over for them.WTF?
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CAS76592 months
If he slang that meat with a pool filled with fellow women he would be good.
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