At a tournament in California on Saturday, a controversial transgender high school track star once again outperformed the opposition in three events.
At the California Interscholastic Federation’s (CIF) Southern Section Track and Field Masters meet on Saturday at Moorpark High School in Ventura County, AB Hernandez—who was born male—won the girls’ high jump, long jump, and triple jump competitions.
It also meant that Hernandez and the girls who were thoroughly defeated had to share the top spot on the podium once more.
This is because Hernandez was one of the two “co-champions” in each event; this regulation was implemented last year in an apparent attempt to placate the young girls who were defeated.
As Hernandez advanced onto the state tournament, the results indicate that she once again won all three competitions.
Hernandez was two inches ahead of second place in the high jump with a mark of 5 feet 8 inches. Hernandez won the long jump with a score of 20 feet, 4.75 inches, more than a foot higher than the closest competitor.
Once more, AB Hernandez (seen last week) shared the podium’s top step with female competitors.
Hernandez, a trans athlete, won the high jump, triple jump, and long jump competitions.
Hernandez’s attempt in the triple jump, at 41 feet, 7.25 inches, was more than two feet farther than the closest female competitor.
In the midst of great outrage, the CIF officials implemented a “pilot program” last year that gave any female athlete who finished behind a trans competitor the opportunity to share the top step of the podium as a joint champion.
According to reports, the same conditions will apply for the rest of the postseason.
Hernandez’s mother, Nereyda, condemned the new rule in a post after winning another tournament last week.
“All these big, tough ex-athletes at CIF, and the most courage they could muster was to hand this to coaches at AB’s meet today,” the campaign group wrote in their initial post, which featured an image of a letter from the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) approving the rule change.None of them had the courage to confront her or her mother and say, “You are the target of this entire project of breaking the Ed Code.” A youngster.”
“Today at the CIF Track & Field Finals, my heart was full watching AB compete,” Nereyda wrote in a different post about the event. “No matter how differently she may be seen by some, she continues to walk onto that field with the most beautiful smile on her face, gives EVERY event her ALL, and carries herself with grace, determination, and sportsmanship.”
Hernandez is sharing the podium with “co-champions,” a move made to placate competitors.
In the long jump competition on Saturday, Hernandez leaped one foot higher than the closest competitor.
One of Hernandez’s main competitors promised to demonstrate against the transgender athlete earlier this month if she was also on the podium.
A similar protest by Reese Hogan of Crean Lutheran High School went viral a year ago. She finished after Hernandez but deliberately took her spot on the top step of the podium.
Hogan responded to Fox News Digital when asked if she would take a stand once more this year by saying:Yes, we’ll see if the chance arises.
However, Hogan did not advance to the long jump finals last week, placing third in the high jump and sixth in the triple jump.
I’ve been competing against transgender athletes for three years now, and I lost my CIF Title last year. In an emotional interview earlier this week, Hogan told the magazine, “I basically worked my whole career to get to that point.”
“I’m here to stand up for girls in girls’ sports and to call out CIF and the state of California for their poor leadership and lack of support for female athletes.” “It’s just really disappointing to go into a competition knowing you already lost.”
