Three former University of Pennsylvania swimmers have filed a lawsuit against their alma mater, Harvard University, the Ivy League Council of Presidents, and the NCAA for allegedly violating Title IX by allowing transgender athlete Lia Thomas to compete in the 2022 Women’s Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships.
UPenn alumni Grace Estabrook, Margot Kaczorowski, and Ellen Holmquist filed the 87-page complaint on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts demanding that Thomas’ records be expunged and that UPenn declare that Thomas was ineligible to compete on the women’s swim team.
The three swimmers are seeking relief for “damages for pain and suffering, mental and emotional distress, suffering and anxiety, expenses costs, and other damages against the NCAA, Ivy League, Harvard, and UPenn due to their wrongful conduct,” according to documents obtained by The National News Desk (TNND). Thomas, who was not named as a defendant, set multiple records at the Ivy League championships in February 2022 as a member of the UPenn women’s team. Harvard was the host school for the event in 2022.
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