How Yale Swimming's Iszac Henig Approaches Mental Health as a Trans Man

We sat down with Yale swimming's Iszac Henig, who discussed writing for the New York Times about his experience during the pandemic and, two years later, his decision to join the Yale men's team. Henig also spoke about being a subject of media attention during the 2021 - 2022 season as he raced his way to a podium finish at the 2022 Ivy League Championships and qualified for the NCAA Championships.
Henig also spoke about how he approaches mental health as a trans man, goal setting as a competitive swimmer, and what he has planned after graduating and completing his swimming career later this year.
0:00 Iszac Henig Introduction
0:42 Writing for the New York Times about Coming Out as Trans
4:52 Decision to Swim on the Yale Men's Swim Team
11:46 How Gendered Sports is vs Daily Life
14:00 Swimming on the Men's Team
16:00 Mid-Season at Ohio State
17:24 Final Season of Swimming Career
19:16 Media Coverage of Iszac and Lia Thomas
22:12 First Experience Swimming
24:20 2016 Olympic Trials
26:40 Deciding on Yale
27:55 Closing Thoughts
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[@Ellytucker]

Iszac is truly my hero!

[@muffaloaf]

Why does he compete with women?

[@muffaloaf]

How Iszac a he, but competes with women?