California high schools at odds after alleged trans athlete displaces female in cross-country top 10

A inferior varsity cross-country conscionable was the tract of a budding quality betwixt 2 California precocious schools implicit the validity of trans athletes' records successful girls' sports.

During a league last past week, an alleged trans jock for Claremont High School finished successful 4th spot successful the JV girls' competition. Meanwhile, a pistillate jock for Ayala High School had to settee for 11th place, missing retired connected a podium decorativeness by 1 spot.

Ayala girls' cross-country manager Caroline Cobo told Fox News Digital that she lobbied to person her jock recognized.

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"During the awards, we asked if, erstwhile they called the apical 10, for each class that they could telephone up the apical 11 for the JV girls' race," Cobo said. "But they said no, they couldn’t."

So, Cobo and her squad took matters into their ain hands.

"So we decided to basal up during that grant ceremonial and say, ‘Oh, and successful 10th place,’ which, connected paper, she was 11th, but successful world she was the 10th biologic pistillate to transverse the decorativeness line. We stood up and said that, and she went up," Cobo said.

Ayala girls' adjunct manager Matthew Ullman said helium was confronted successful the aftermath.

"While we stood up, tons of eyes connected us, obviously. Afterwards we got immoderate convey you's from immoderate parents, immoderate athletes saying ‘thank you.’ But I got approached by astir 5 oregon six of the girls from the squad wherever the transgender jock competes at, and [it was] beauteous confrontational," Ullman told Fox News Digital.

Ullman alleged that the Claremont High School athletes told him, "'Why did you person to accidental that?… You didn't person to accidental biologic female,'" and helium claimed helium responded, "'Well, I needed to springiness recognition wherever recognition was due.'

"I consciousness similar the Claremont squad is simply a small spot fragmented wherever immoderate radical are similar much for it, and immoderate radical are against it."

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Claremont High School provided a connection to Fox News Digital defending the designation of lone the apical 10 finishers, which would see the school's alleged trans athlete. The schoolhouse cited California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) rules.

"Claremont High School is simply a subordinate of the Palomares League, which includes six precocious schools that collectively travel CIF rules and regulations for diversion competition. The Palomares League rules admit lone the apical 10 finishers," the connection said.

"Claremont High School adheres to CIF and Palomares League rules and regulations. We stay committed to ensuring that each student-athletes are treated respectfully and successful accordance with agreed-upon procedures."

However, Ayala High School responded to Fox News Digital, recognizing its 11th-place pistillate finisher arsenic rightfully deserving of top-10 recognition, citing a CIF rules amendment that was instituted for girls' way and tract this past spring. Ayala said it is petitioning to person its pistillate jock recognized.

"Ayala medication is committed to recognizing the bonzer hard enactment of its athletes and celebrating the dedication and committedness they put successful their diversion programs. Mr. John Kunishima, Ayala High School’s Assistant Principal of Athletics and Facilities, has petitioned the Palomares League to admit the 11 apical performing athletes who competed successful the League’s lower-level girls title contention this past play aft 1 of its pistillate athletes was displaced successful the standings by a transgender peer," work an Ayala High School statement.

"Recognizing 11 athletes would beryllium accordant with the California Interscholastic Federation – Southern Section’s (CIFSS) 2025 determination for pistillate way and tract competitors whereby enactment concluded that a duplicate medal would besides beryllium awarded to the adjacent closest pistillate jock successful the competition when a transgender student’s show displaces a pistillate jock successful the standings.

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"The Palomares League Athletic Directors volition convene connected November 18th to sermon recognizing the 11 apical performing athletes of this weekend’s lawsuit and we are hopeful that an equitable solution volition beryllium achieved. By recognizing 11 outstanding athletes, the Palomares League volition not lone item its committedness to fairness and impartiality, but besides its dedication to the students that correspond its competing schools."

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the CIF for comment.

The regularisation alteration that Ayala's connection referenced was instituted during the girls' way and tract authorities finals this past spring. The beingness of Jurupa Valley's trans jock AB Hernandez prompted nationalist scrutiny successful the days starring up to the event, aft President Donald Trump seemingly brought attraction to the concern successful a Truth Social post, threatening to withhold national backing from California if a trans jock was allowed to vie successful the girls' authorities finals.

The CIF changed its regularisation to see biologically pistillate athletes that missed retired connected qualifying for the contention that whitethorn person placed higher were it not for a trans athlete's information and that immoderate pistillate jock that finished down a biologic antheral would beryllium bumped up 1 spot connected the podium.

After Hernandez won archetypal spot successful the girls' precocious leap and triple jump, and 2nd spot successful the girls' agelong jump, the trans jock had to stock podium spots with the pistillate athletes who finished 1 spot lower.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said of the regularisation alteration astatine the time, "reasonable and respectful."

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"CIF's projected aviator is simply a reasonable, respectful mode to navigate a analyzable contented without compromising competitory fairness — a exemplary worthy pursuing. The Governor is encouraged by this thoughtful approach," helium said successful a erstwhile connection provided to Fox News Digital.

But now, Ayala High School finds itself successful the midst of a quality for simply trying to get that aforesaid attraction for the JV runner who finished 1 spot retired of the apical 10 past week.

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