University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas won the 100-yard freestyle in a meet record of 47.63 seconds at the Ivy League women's swimming and diving championships.
University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas won the 100-yard freestyle in a meet record of 47.63 seconds on Saturday at the Ivy League women's swimming and diving championships.
This marks her third title of the competition.Thomas, a transgender woman, narrowly beat out Yale's Iszac Henig, a transgender man, who finished in 47.82 seconds. Princeton's Nikki Venema took third, finishing in 48.81 seconds.Thomas and Henig embraced in the moments after the race. Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas smiles after winning the 100-yard freestyle final at the Ivy League women's swimming and diving championships at Harvard University, on Saturday, February 19, 2022.
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