By Madison Williams The Penn swimmer finished with a time of 4:33.82 on Thursday morning. View the original article to see embedded media. Penn swimmer Lia Thomas placed first in the 500-yard freestyle qualifiers on Thursday morning at the NCAA women’s swimming and diving championships. The final for the 500 freestyle event will take place on Thursday night. Thomas, who is transgender, posted a season-best time, completing the qualifier in four minutes, 33.82 seconds. Her previous season high came in December when she completed the event in four minutes, 34.06 seconds. This previous mark was t…