Mick Hartley

Well isn't this nice?

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas and her UPenn teammates set aside their differences over the last week to train for their final home meet of the season behind a cloak of secrecy.

College officials hired security guards and urged student athletes to ditch their distinctive Quakers shirts and hats to avoid drawing attention to themselves as they jetted into Stuart, Florida last week.

The twice-daily winter practice sessions passed without incident but the 41-strong team remains bitterly divided over Thomas's record shattering feats as a newly-transitioned female, according to insiders….

Thomas came out as transgender in 2019 and under NCAA rules was eligible to switch from the men's team to the women's after taking a year of testosterone suppressants.

But the 22-year-old's dominance has outraged some of her teammates and prompted the resignation of veteran USA Swimming official Cynthia Millen, who said it was grossly unfair for 'biological men' to compete with women.

UPenn's final home event of the season will take place behind closed doors after college officials announced last week that all but a handful of spectators were banned for the January 8 meet with Yale and Dartmouth, citing Covid concerns.

DailyMail.com had revealed a day earlier that a number of Thomas's teammates had considered boycotting the gala over her participation but were worried about being labeled transphobic and banned from the Ivy League championship in February.

What a farce. The man – Lia Thomas – must have absolutely zero conscience. Or perhaps he doesn't believe that women really count.