Letter on behalf of 16 members of UPenn swim team asks school to not challenge NCAA transgender athlete policy
Highlights
- Letter asks school and Ivy League not to challenge NCAA’s new transgender athlete participation policies.
- The letter was written by Olympic champion in swimming on behalf of 16 members of the Penn swim team.
- University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas won the women’s 100- and 200-yard freestyle at Harvard last month.
- Thomas has qualified for the NCAA championships, which are scheduled for March 16-19 in Atlanta.
- Thomas had previously competed on the men’s swimming team at Penn and underwent two years of hormone therapy.
- Thomas is a transgender woman who swims for the Quakers women’s swim team, which has won two championships this season.