IN THE NEWS--UPENN SWIMMER BREAKS SILENCE, MONIKA BURZYNSKA--AROUND LIA, I WASN'T GOING TO RISK ANYTHING

Story by Matt Lamb - Associate Editor--Says new policy to keep men out of women’ s locker rooms brings ‘deep sense of peace’------A former teammate of William “Lia” Thomas praised the University of Pennsylvania for agreeing to keep men out of women’s locker rooms following negotiations with the Trump administration.  For the first time Monika Burzynska shared her frustrations with her alma mater for letting Lia Thomas, a male, undress and shower alongside female swimmers. MORE AT ‘Around Lia, I wasn’t going to risk anything’: UPenn swimmer breaks silence