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Watch: First Trans NCAA Division 1 Male Swimmer Opens Up on Ellen

Watch: First Trans NCAA Division 1 Male Swimmer Opens Up on Ellen

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Schuyler Bailar's story is inspiring to all athletes, transgender or not.

Schuyler Bailar was one of the best female divers in the country when he was in high school. He has since come out as trans, but his skills in the water have not changed; Bailer became the first openly transgender male to compete on a NCAA Division 1 men's team when he joined Harvard's swim team.

Though Bailar is not ranking as well as he did in high school on the girl's swim team, he did recently beat his own best time. "I got sixteenth place, which is obviously not first place, but the whole team was on the side of the deck, jumping up, and screaming for me. I was ecstatic. It was more glory than I would have gotten in first place, probably because I was myself."

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