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Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas sets record in Ivy League’s 500-yard freestyle

By Elizabeth Faddis
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Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas sets record in Ivy League’s 500-yard freestyle

Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer for the University of Pennsylvania, is continuing to dominate women’s swimming competitions, this time by breaking a record in the 500-yard freestyle at the Ivy League’s championship event.

Thomas finished the race in 4 minutes and 37.32 seconds while competing at the Ivy League championships on Thursday evening, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Thomas’s time is a new record in Harvard University’s Blodgett Pool.

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