“Its an outlier.”
Thats the common argument from left-wing
They say that biological males taking the spotlight from girls in girls’ sports isnt the big deal that its made out to be by “the right” … because it “hardly ever happens.”
Tell that to the high school girls from California, like , who are watching it happen, yet again.
Transgender track athlete AB Hernandez was standing atop multiple podiums on Saturday and is now making a beeline for the upcoming state championship girls’ track meet â for the second straight year.
The fact that this is happening at all is once too often for these girls, not because they are mean or unkind, unempathetic or uninclusive. But because they are competitive, and because they seek a level playing field, and because they have dreams, too.
Hogan, a favorite in the high jump, did not qualify for state in that event this year, and buried her head into her fathers chest as that reality hit her after her final jump.
Meanwhile, the reality for Hernandez, a frequent jumping rival of Hogans, is quite different. Hernandez is going to state at next weekend in high jump and two other events after a big day in the Masters (state qualifying) Meet at Moorpark High School.
“This is all a farce,” a retired California high school track official who calls himself a longtime track junkie told Fox News Digital/OutKick as he watched the girls high jump competition with careful interest. “Its like coming up with a language to describe all of this and no matter how nonsensical it is, you make it the truth.”
Hernandez, a 5-foot-9, 120-pound senior from Jurupa Valley High School, has made national headlines the last two seasons while competing for the schools girls volleyball team and the girls track team.
Unlike a previous round of the California state track meet earlier this month, there were organizations such as “Save Girls Sports.”
Hernandez brushed that off and got down to business quickly, making a clean sweep of three events. Hernandez took first place in the long jump (20-feet-0.75), first place in the triple jump (40-feet-7) and first place in the high jump (5-foot-8).
Of course, Hernandez will be a favorite in all three events at state next weekend, and will look for even more hardware this time around. In 2025, with wins in the high jump (5-foot-7) and triple jump (42-02.75), , but fell just short in the long jump.
State records have also become vulnerable during this two-year run by Hernandez. Last year, Hernandez was about two inches off from Californias all-time triple jump mark (45-04.25), set by by KeNyia Richardson of Oakland Holy Names in 2007. Hernandez will get another crack at setting state meet records next weekend.
To some, its surreal that opportunity even exists.
“I have a son, and I would never let my son compete against my daughter,” one high jump mom told OutKick. “Especially in a sport thats already been decided is an all-girls sport.”
While the playing field seems uneven between the girls and Hernandez, the CIF attempted an intervention of sorts.
Thanks to a CIF rule, Hernandez was forced, on Saturday as well as during the previous round, to physically on the podium.
As if in a quiet acknowledgment of the problematic nature of these circumstances, the CIF requires that, in later competition rounds of the state competitions, any trans athlete who places in an event must share the podium with the next highest-placing female, standing side by side.
Riley Gaines, host of the on Fox News, articulated that spectacle perfectly with a post on X last Sunday:
“If you have to create a shared podium for the boy competing in the girls event, youve already admitted you know he isnt a girl and that his participation is unfair. At that point, you’re just seeking a public humiliation ritual for the girls.
Throughout Saturday, parents and fans and even the c
