Transgender swimmers Lia Thomas, Iszac Henig clobber Ivy League competition amid debate over eligibility

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Transgender swimmers Lia Thomas and Iszac Henig brought the national spotlight to the Ivy League Championships this week and are going home conference champions as debate rages over eligibility rules.

Penn’s Thomas and Yale’s Henig dominated in the pool during their individual events.

Thomas’ got off to a bit of a slow start at the conference championships. She narrowly kept Penn in the lead during the first leg of the 800 free relay Wednesday. But the Quakers finished behind Princeton and Yale.

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Thomas raced in her first individual event Thursday and won convincingly.

The senior got off to a slow start in the 500 free and had to come back against Princeton’s Ellie Marquardt. But Thomas pulled away by the midpoint of the race. She finished in a time of 4:37:32 and took home first place, giving the Quakers 32 points for the total team rankings. 

Penn's Lia Thomas looks up to the board after winning the 500-yard freestyle final at the Ivy League women's swimming and diving championships at Harvard University, Feb. 17, 2022, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Thomas, who is transitioning to female, is swimming for the Penn women's team. (Associated Press)

Thomas finished about seven seconds ahead of teammate Catherine Buroker to pick up the victory and set a record at Harvard University's Blodgett Pool.

Thomas' breaking of records wasn't over.

On Friday night, Thomas set a record in the 200-yard freestyle competition on her way to another conference title. She finished in first place with a mark of 1:43.12, setting a record for the event and at