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Lia Thomas Breaks Pool Record of Olympian Kate Ziegler In 500 Freestyle Win at Ivy League Champs<\/strong><\/p>\n

One night after posting the fastest split in the 800-yard freestyle relay, the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Lia Thomas<\/strong> captured her first individual title at the Ivy League Women\u2019s Swimming and Diving Championships. Thomas, a transgender woman, produced a winning time of 4:37.32, which was more than seven seconds quicker than the 4:44.83 clocked by teammate Catherine Buroker<\/strong> for second place.<\/p>\n

A three-year member of Penn\u2019s men\u2019s team, Thomas transitioned to female during the COVID-19 pandemic and is in her first season as a member of the women\u2019s team. Her performance at the Ivy League Champs established a Blodgett Pool record, breaking the mark of Olympian Kate Ziegler<\/strong>, and just missed the meet record of 4:36.37, set in 2020 by Ellie Marquardt<\/strong> of Princeton. Marquardt was third on Thursday night in 4:46.63.<\/p>\n

Thomas\u2019 victory was registered in negative-split fashion, as she covered the first half of her race in 2:19.00 and came home in 2:18.32. She had a half-second lead over Marquardt at the 200-yard mark but made a move over the third 100, giving her an almost three-second edge. She continued to build her lead over the back half of the race.<\/p>\n

Ivy League Swimming Results<\/a><\/p>\n

Thomas has been at the center of controversy<\/a> throughout the winter, with the transgender woman viewed as having an unfair advantage against biological females due to undergoing male puberty. Supporters have argued that Thomas is simply identifying as her authentic self and deserves the opportunity to compete on a women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

The Ivy League has long indicated it would allow Thomas to compete in the conference-championship meet, but there are questions as to whether Thomas will be eligible for next month\u2019s NCAA Championships in Atlanta. To race at the season-ending meet, the NCAA has said it will require transgender women to possess a testosterone threshold of 10 nmols\/L. That number is twice the threshold USA Swimming announced as part of its new transgender guidelines. The NCAA initially indicated it would follow USA Swimming\u2019s lead but balked when the governing body released its stringent rules.<\/p>\n

If Thomas is ruled eligible for the NCAA Championships, she will be among the top contenders for titles in the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle and 1650 freestyle. Earlier this season at the Zippy Invitational, Thomas produced the fastest times on the college circuit in the 200 free and 500 free. Her season best in the 500 freestyle is 4:34.06. Thomas also handled the second leg of Penn’s 200 freestyle relay, which finished fourth.<\/p>\n

In the 50 freestyle, Yale’s Iszac Henig<\/strong> was the lone swimmer to crack the 22-second barrier, winning the event in 21.93. Second place went to Princeton’s Nikki Venema<\/strong> in 22.30. Henig is a transgender man, but since he has not taken testosterone, Henig remains eligible to compete in the women’s meet. Henig also helped Yale win the 200 freestyle relay, which it took in 1:29.66.<\/p>\n

The Harvard tandem of Samantha Shelton<\/strong> and Felicia Pasadyn<\/strong> went one-two in the 200 individual medley, with Shelton prevailing in 1:58.03. Pasadyn was just behind in 1:58.25.<\/p>\n

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 Event 3  Women 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: M 4:36.37  2020      Ellie Marquardt (Princeton)\r\n  Pool Record: P 4:37.64  2007      Kate Ziegler (Fish)\r\n   NCAA A Std: A 4:35.76\r\n   NCAA B Std: B 4:47.20\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Thomas, Lia            SR Penn              4:41.19    4:37.32P  32  \r\n                 25.93        54.39 (28.46)\r\n        1:22.78 (28.39)     1:51.14 (28.36)\r\n        2:19.00 (27.86)     2:46.87 (27.87)\r\n        3:14.80 (27.93)     3:42.63 (27.83)\r\n        4:10.49 (27.86)     4:37.32 (26.83)\r\n  2 Buroker, Catherine     SO Penn              4:47.22    4:44.83B  28  \r\n                 26.47        54.57 (28.10)\r\n        1:23.28 (28.71)     1:52.23 (28.95)\r\n        2:21.32 (29.09)     2:50.29 (28.97)\r\n        3:19.12 (28.83)     3:47.86 (28.74)\r\n        4:16.49 (28.63)     4:44.83 (28.34)\r\n  3 Marquardt, Ellie       SO Princeton         4:48.61    4:46.63B  27  \r\n                 26.31        54.42 (28.11)\r\n        1:23.05 (28.63)     1:51.66 (28.61)\r\n        2:20.62 (28.96)     2:49.72 (29.10)\r\n        3:18.88 (29.16)     3:48.39 (29.51)\r\n        4:17.85 (29.46)     4:46.63 (28.78)\r\n  4 Kalandadze, Anna Sofi  JR Penn              4:46.62    4:47.54   26  \r\n                 26.26        54.39 (28.13)\r\n        1:23.15 (28.76)     1:52.00 (28.85)\r\n        2:21.10 (29.10)     2:50.42 (29.32)\r\n        3:19.67 (29.25)     3:49.13 (29.46)\r\n        4:18.64 (29.51)     4:47.54 (28.90)\r\n  5 Loomis, Ashley         SR Yale              4:49.24    4:48.72   25  \r\n                 26.93        55.96 (29.03)\r\n        1:25.19 (29.23)     1:54.66 (29.47)\r\n        2:24.10 (29.44)     2:53.37 (29.27)\r\n        3:22.79 (29.42)     3:51.99 (29.20)\r\n        4:20.75 (28.76)     4:48.72 (27.97)\r\n  6 Ganihanova, Aziza      SO Columbia          4:48.60    4:48.88   24  \r\n                 26.90        55.77 (28.87)\r\n        1:24.94 (29.17)     1:54.58 (29.64)\r\n        2:23.65 (29.07)     2:52.95 (29.30)\r\n        3:22.23 (29.28)     3:51.87 (29.64)\r\n        4:20.89 (29.02)     4:48.88 (27.99)\r\n  7 Cavanagh, Erin         FR Harvard           4:47.38    4:49.04   23  \r\n                 26.25        54.89 (28.64)\r\n        1:23.94 (29.05)     1:53.35 (29.41)\r\n        2:22.72 (29.37)     2:52.38 (29.66)\r\n        3:21.96 (29.58)     3:51.58 (29.62)\r\n        4:20.86 (29.28)     4:49.04 (28.18)\r\n  8 Thompson, Mikki        SR Harvard           4:49.99    4:52.59   22  \r\n                 26.82        55.47 (28.65)\r\n        1:24.52 (29.05)     1:54.21 (29.69)\r\n        2:24.26 (30.05)     2:54.27 (30.01)\r\n        3:24.21 (29.94)     3:53.97 (29.76)\r\n        4:23.75 (29.78)     4:52.59 (28.84)\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
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 Event 5  Women 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  Meet Record: M 21.83  2019      Bella Hindley (Yale)\r\n  Pool Record: P 22.34  2018      Bella Hindley (Yale)\r\n   NCAA A Std: A 21.66\r\n   NCAA B Std: B 22.76\r\n    Name                 Year School            Prelims     Finals Points \r\n=========================================================================\r\n                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Henig, Iszac           JR Yale                22.17      21.93P  32  \r\n  2 Venema, Nikki          JR Princeton           22.65      22.30P  28  \r\n  3 Scott, Samantha        SO Brown               22.80      22.81   27  \r\n  4 Bradley, Christina     JR Princeton           23.02      23.02   26  \r\n  5 Wortzman, Zoe          JR Dartmouth           23.05      23.03   25  \r\n  6 Pilkinton, Ophelia     SO Yale                23.06      23.05   24  \r\n  7 Brenner, Mandy         FR Harvard             22.90      23.08   23  \r\n  8 Liu, Amelia            JR Princeton           23.12      23.30   22<\/pre>\n
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