Was I going to keep swimming? What did that look like? Realizing I was trans threw that into question. “The process of coming out as being trans and continuing to swim was a lot of uncertainty and unknown around an area that’s usually really solid. I’ve been a swimmer since I was 5 years old,” Thomas said. “(Swimming) is a huge part of my life and who I am. Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas is breaking records at U Penn. Thomas, co-chair of the UPenn club Non-Cis, spoke to Penn Today this past June. NCAA rules mandate at least one year of testosterone suppression treatment to be eligible to compete as a woman. It is unknown when Thomas transitioned from male to female, but the swimmer competed as a man as recently as November 2019. These times were records for Penn and would have placed Thomas second and third, respectively, in the NCAA Women’s Championships, according to the website OutKick. 20, Thomas had a 1:43:47 time in the 200-meter freestyle and 4:35:06 in the 500-meter freestyle. Lia Thomas, a 22-year old transgender swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania, has been shattering women’s records at the school.īefore her transition, she competed for three years at Penn as a man, named Will Thomas.Īt a meet including Princeton and Cornell on Nov. NCAA adopts new transgender policy as Lia Thomas controversy brewsĬaitlyn Jenner: Trans swimmer shows need to ‘protect women’s sports’ Transgender UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas continues dominance with two more wins Trans athletes like Lia Thomas are destroying women’s sports - stop this woke insanity!
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