Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas wins 500-yard freestyle at Ivy League women’s championships
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The time was a pool record for Blodgett Pool at Harvard but was a few seconds slower than her time at the Zippy Invitational in Ohio in December, in which she set the fastest times of the NCAA season in the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyles. With those times, she qualified to compete at NCAA Nationals in March in Atlanta.
A fifth-year senior who previously competed for the Penn men’s swimming team, Thomas began transitioning genders about 2 and a half years ago.
For over a decade, the NCAA has required transgender women to be on testosterone suppression treatment for a year before they are allowed to compete on the women’s team.
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