Daily News | Penn swimmer Lia Thomas finishes eighth in final day of NCAA championships
Finishing ahead of Thomas in the 100-yard freestyle in a tie for fifth was Yale junior Iszac Henig, a trans man. Henig has not undergone any hormonal replacement therapy, and remains eligible to compete on the women’s team.Lia Thomas just wants to swim. But at the NCAA championships, she won’t be able to stay out of the spotlight.
“It was very important to me and I was glad that Lia was with me in doing so,” Henig said of the message on their arms. Henig and Thomas raced each other in the 100-yard freestyle twice this season prior to the NCAA Championships. Henig took first place in a January meet between Penn and Yale, while Thomas topped the podium at the Ivy championships in February.
Both Thomas and Henig’s successes this season have brought national attention to the debate over trans athletes’ right to compete in sports. Thomas, in her first year swimming with the Penn women’s team, is at the center of the controversy.
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