A transgender athlete won two events at the California state track and field championships this weekend after officials announced an adjustment to high school sports rules essentially defying President Trump’s executive order to protect girls in sports.
A.B. Hernandez, a junior at Jurupa Valley High in Southern California, won the girl’s triple jump and high jump, sharing the high jump win with two other contestants.
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California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) changed the rules before the meet so girls who finished behind a biological male still got the award they would have won if the trans athlete had not competed. The rule change allows the trans athlete to still win a medal while also allowing female athletes on the medal podium, even if they technically missed out on a medal finish.
For example, Hernandez finished the high jump with a mark of 5 feet, 7 inches (1.7 meters), with no failed attempts. Jillene Wetteland and Lelani Laruelle also cleared that height after each logged a failed attempt. However, the three shared the first-place win.
CIF said in a statement, “(It) values all of our student-athletes and we will continue to uphold our mission of providing students with the opportunity to belong, connect, and compete while complying with California law and Education Code.”
Protestors opposed Hernandez competing in the championship saying girls’ sports should be for girls only, not biological males.
Oregon
California is not the only state where trans athletes took victories from girls over the weekend.
In Oregon, Reese Eckard of Sherwood High School and Alexa Anderson of Tigard High School refused to share their spot on the podium with a trans athlete during the state championship on Saturday.
The pair who competed in the high jump stepped off the podium and faced the opposite direction when the Ida B. Wells High School gave a medal for a fifth-place finish. The athlete previously competed in the boys’ category in 2023 and 2024, Fox News reports.
Minnesota
[Riley] Gaines also pointed out how a trans-identifying female-dominated the Class 4A Softball Championship in Minnesota.
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“He pitched 14 shutout innings in back-to-back games to defeat the defending state champs,” she wrote on X. “14. Shutout. Innings.”
As CBN News reported, a sports advocacy group is suing Minnesota’s attorney general on behalf of three female softball players over a state policy that allows males to compete in female sports.
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