A male swimmer on March 17 beat female competitors to win the championship in a college women’s swimming event. Lia Thomas, the biological male, won the 500-yard freestyle race, finishing in 4 minutes and 33 seconds. Thomas, of the University of Pennsylvania, beat Emma Weyant of the University of Virginia by about 1.5 seconds. Erica Sullivan, who attends the University of Texas, ended the race in third. Activists protested against NCAA rules allowing Thomas to participate in the championships, and several parents spoke out against the allowance. “I am here protesting against the inclusion of biological males competing as females in women’s sports,” one of the activists said while standing outside at McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, where the event took place. “We do not support a biological male swimming in the women’s championship meet against females. It is an unfair advantage,” a parent of one of the swimmers added. The …