Yale transgender swimmer Iszac Henig wins Ivy League Championship in 50 free

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Yale transgender swimmer Iszac Henig won the Ivy League Championship in the 50-yard freestyle Thursday night.

Henig narrowly defeated Princeton’s Nikki Venema with a time of 21.93 seconds in the event. Venema finished in 22.30, while Brown’s Samantha Scott finished in third at 22.81. Henig entered the event with the fastest time in the preliminaries at 22.17.

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Yale's Iszac Henig stands on the pool deck before warming up for an event at the Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Cambridge, Mass. Henig, who is transitioning to male but hasn't begun hormone treatments yet, is swimming for Yale's women's team. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Henig, who is transitioning from female to male and uses male pronouns, swam on Yale’s 800-yard freestyle relay team that finished second Wednesday night to Harvard. He competed in the first leg of the event against Penn’s Lia Thomas, who is transitioning from male to female. 

Thomas finished the first leg of Wednesday’s relay with a 1:44.50 while Henig finished in 1:44.65.

Yale finished in first place in the 200-yard freestyle relay. He, Lindsey Wagner, Ophelia Pilkton and Marissa Healy finished with a 1:29.66 in the event.

Henig is from California and has been competing for Yale since 2018.

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Yale's Iszac Henig reacts after setting a pool record in a 50-yard freestyle qualifying event at the Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Harvard University, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in