Collegiate swimming coaches took the unusual step of expanding the 2021-22 All-America awards on behalf of female athletes who missed cuts to Lia Thomas at the NCAA Division I women's swimming championships.
NBC News posted an op-ed Monday from a Purdue professor comparing Lia Thomas to Jackie Robinson, a take that didn't sit well with some fans of Jackie Robinson as well as women's sports.
A Virginia Tech senior who missed the cut by one spot in a race won by Lia Thomas released a letter Sunday urging the NCAA to change its rules on male-born athletes in women's sports, saying the current system is "hurting athletes, especially female swimmers."
Lia Thomas ended her collegiate sports career Saturday with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Division I women's swimming championships while sending a message in support of transgender athletes.
Lia Thomas came up short in her second race at the NCAA Division I women's championships, tying for fifth place in a race won by Stanford's Taylor Ruck, a four-time Olympic medalist.