Penn swim team finally back to being all-female again

‘Unlike a year ago, there weren’t any men competing as women,’ Christopher Tremoglie wrote

When the University of Pennsylvania women’s swim team kicked off its season this semester, it was without one of its best weapons – Lia Thomas.

Thomas previously competed against men in collegiate swimming competitions before switching to female NCAA meets. The Penn swimmer took drugs to suppress testosterone for one year, clearing the NCAA bar to compete against women.

Thomas dominated women’s swimming competitions, such as at last year’s University of Akron Zippy Invitational. But Thomas, who graduated in May, was of course not around for the same invite last week.