CIF clarifies plans for transgender athlete at California track championships

[Eman623]

So the dude who styles himself a female will be allowed to compete in the California girls' Track and Field Finals, but they'll give him a "duplicate" medal so as to not push any actual females out of the final standings. Not sure how they justify this, and I expect the "trans women ARE women" crowd won't be happy with this, but it seems okay to me.

The California Interscholastic Federation announced Wednesday its plan to address the possible firestorm that lies ahead in this weekend's CIF State Track and Field Championships at Buchanan High School in Clovis (Fresno County).

Essentially, if Hernandez is one of the top 12 qualifiers from Friday's trials to reach Saturday's finals, a 13th competitor will be added to the event. Additionally, on Saturday, if Hernandez places in the top nine in any event, a duplicate medal will be made for the "biological female student-athlete" in that spot.

If you ask me, the dude is the one getting the duplicate medal, but why split hairs?

Following Donald Trump's orders, CIF clarifies plans for transgender athlete at California track championships

California's state governing body for high school sports will add an additional spot in the finals if A.B. Hernandez advances, and supply duplicate medals

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[Calypso Jones]

Satan does not give up easily.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Further development on that topic:

May 28, 2025, 9:19 AM CDT / Source: The Associated Press
By The Associated Press
The governing board for California high school sports is changing its competition rules at this weekend’s state track-and-field championships to allow more girls to take part amid controversy over the participation of a trans student-athlete.

The California Interscholastic Federation said it was extending access for more “biological female” athletes to participate in the championship meet. The group announced the change Tuesday after President Donald Trump posted on his social media site about the participation of a trans athlete in the competition.

“Under this pilot entry process, any biological female student-athlete who would have earned the next qualifying mark for one of their Section’s automatic qualifying entries in the CIF State meet, and did not achieve the CIF State at-large mark in the finals at their Section meet, was extended an opportunity to participate in the 2025 CIF State Track and Field Championships,” the federation said in a statement. “The CIF believes this pilot entry process achieves the participation opportunities we seek to afford our student-athletes.”

California opens track-and-field finals to more girls after success of trans athlete

The move comes amid a nationwide battle over the rights of transgender youths in which states have limited trans girls from participating on female sports teams.

www.nbcnews.com

An interesting attempt at compromise. I'm sure that Gavin Newsom's attempt to pivot away from the most radical in his Party has something to do with it.

I believe that Eman623's implication is correct. The "transgirls are real girls" crowd will not accept this at all. They will protest at the events, and the girls who receive the duplicate medals may well be physically attacked.

The "keep males out of female sports" crowd may be tempted to accept this compromise. Just because they are different kinds of people from the radical transactivists. In other words, they are normal people with lives, jobs, families (that they do not hate) and social lives outside of the politics of this issue. The transactivist crowd have no other identiy, occupation, hobbies, friends or loving family relationships. This is what they live for.

This (if widely adopted) would help girls who are participators, but not champions. By not being forced off the girls team by males, they will be able to put "Track and Field Athlete" on their college applications. They will have the comraderie and health benefits (both physical and mental) of sports for women.

Girls at the top of female sporting events may or may not benefit from the duplicate medals. For sports in which women can go professional, this will not help at all. Once biological male are accepted as "women" in the WNBA, that league will have few people with vaginas left outside of coaching staff.