Two transgender swimmers, Lia Thomas and Iszac Henig, blew away the competition at the women’s Ivy League Swimming Championships.
University of Pennsylvania’s Lia Thomas first won the 500-yard freestyle in 4 minutes and 37.32 seconds, beating the second-place swimmer by 7.5 seconds. The next day, Thomas also won the 200-yard freestyle race in a minute and 43.12 seconds, setting a new Ivy League record.
Thomas also won the 100-yard freestyle event on Saturday, setting a new meet record in this event as well and narrowly beating out Iszac Henig.
Yale’s Iszac Henig, also a transgender athlete, won the 50-yard freestyle in 21.93 seconds.
