NC State swim star Kylee Alons changed in storage closet during 2022 NCAA Championships: rep

Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines gave an emotional opening statement at the Senate hearing on ‘Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans.’

Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., met with N.C. State swimming star Kylee Alons on Wednesday, and he wrote on social media that she told him a story from the 2022 NCAA Championships.

Steube said Alons told him that she decided to change in a storage closet instead of out in the open because Lia Thomas was allowed to change in the women’s locker room.

"Today I met with Kylee, the most decorated swimmer in NC State history," Steube tweeted. "She told me how she changed in a storage closet at the NCAA finals rather than experience the sexual harassment that comes with undressing in front of Will ‘Lia’ Thomas – a biological male who insisted on being in the female locker room."

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Alons was in her senior year with the Wolfpack when she participated in the NCAA Championships. Thomas became the first transgender woman to win a national title that season. 

Alons, who wrapped up her collegiate career this year after opting into her fifth season, was a two-time national champion, having won the 400 medley relay and the 200 medley relay in 2021. She was also a 31-time All-American and five-time ACC champion during her collegiate career.

North Carolina State swimmers Katharine Berkoff and Sophie Sansson and Abby Arens and Kylee Alons hold up their second place trophies in the 200 medley relay at the NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship at Georgia Tech in Atlanta March 16, 2022. (Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)

Steube’s tweet about Alons’ story came on the heels of Riley Gaines’ emotional testimony at the Senate hearing on