former officials, and from parents of swimmers and swimmers. the fact is that swimming is a sport in which bodies compete against bodies. identities do not compete against identities. from the very beginning, swimmers are divided by sex and age group. eight and under, 9, 10, all the way up because from the very beginning swimming, usa swimming recognizes that boys swim differently from girls. this is just accentuated when boys and girls go through puberty. boys will always have larger lung capacity, larger hearts, greater circulation, a bigger skeleton, and less fat. girls go through. he and they have a double whammy. they not only grow, but they get periods and often have a totally different center of gravity. they have to learn how to swim over again. while leah thomas as a child of god, he is a biological male who