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  • Penn's Lia Thomas wins two races at tri-meet, loses 100-yard freestyle to transgender Yale swimmer

    01/08/2022 8:46:40 PM PST · by Beave Meister · 32 replies
    Fox News.com ^ | 1/8/2022 | Ryan Gaydos
    University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas won the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle and finished in fifth place in the 100-yard freestyle during the school’s tri-meet with Yale and Dartmouth. Thomas finished about two seconds ahead of her opponents with a time of 1:48.73 in the 200 freestyle. She missed out on setting an NCAA record held by Olympian Missy Franklin, who finished the event in 1:39.10 in 2015. Thomas wasn’t as dominant as she was at the Zippy Invitational at Akron last month.
  • Second female Penn swimmer steps forward, describes teammates in tears

    12/11/2021 8:24:09 AM PST · by george76 · 339 replies
    Fox News ^ | Joe Kinsey
    Penn administration 'strongly advise' its swimmers to avoid talking to the media about the situation surrounding Thomas.. ... Even after a Wednesday team meeting where a source says Penn administration "strongly advised" its swimmers to avoid talking to the media about the situation surrounding transgender Penn swimmer Lia Thomas, a second female Penn swimmer has stepped forward to speak out ... The second female Penn swimmer to speak out, who was granted anonymity due to what is viewed as threats from the university, activists, and the political climate, wants people to know that Penn swimmers are "angry" over the lack...