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California Broadens Girls’ State Track Championships to Accommodate Transgender Competitor

A pilot entry process grants extra qualifiers, guaranteeing duplicate podium placements during a Justice Department probe into the state’s transgender sports policy.

AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley waits to compete in the girls long jump during the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet at Moorpark High School, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Moorpark, Calif. (Kirby Lee via AP)
AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley competes in the girls long jump during the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet at Moorpark High School, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Moorpark, Calif. (Kirby Lee via AP)
AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley smiles while completing in the girls long jump during the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet at Moorpark High School, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Moorpark, Calif. (Kirby Lee via AP)
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Overview

  • The California Interscholastic Federation adopted a pilot entry process that adds biological female qualifiers in events where a transgender athlete medals and awards duplicate podium spots.
  • Transgender junior AB Hernandez secured spots in the high jump, triple jump and long jump for this weekend’s state finals.
  • The Department of Justice has opened a Title IX investigation into California’s law allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports.
  • President Trump’s administration threatened to withhold federal funding from California and enforce his executive order barring transgender women from female athletics.
  • Governor Gavin Newsom’s office described the CIF adjustment as reasonable even as a recent AP poll found 73% of U.S. adults oppose transgender participation in girls’ and women’s sports.