By Mike McDaniel As the swimmer’s final meet came to a close, competitors discussed the NCAA’s decision to allow her to swim. View the original article to see embedded media. In the NCAA Division I swimming and diving championships on Saturday, Penn swimmer Lia Thomas took the pool for the final time. Thomas concluded her career with a last-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle final with a posted time of 48.18 seconds, which was nearly a full second slower than her qualifying time of 47.37 seconds. While the result of the final race of Thomas’s swimming career might not have been what she wa…