Trans Female Runner Dominates Race After Finishing 72nd In Male Division The Year Before

A transgender female is now dominating the girls' cross-country competition after failing in the boys' cross-country race a year ago.

The 5,000-meter runner and a Seattle Academy sophomore student, who placed 72nd during his first year when still being identified as a boy, has a current record of two victories – one in a conference championship and three top-two finishes in eight races this season, not finishing worse than 22nd place.

She ran in the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) 1A State Finals in Washington on November 5, where she finished her race in 18th place with a time of 20:31.3. If the runner had competed in the boys' division, her time would have automatically given her a 145th-place finish in the competition.

Meanwhile, during the 2021 Emerald South Conference Championships, the student finished in 72nd place in the boys' division with a 20:40.6 time. This year, she finished in first place with a time of 19:14.5, after competing in the girls' division, Fox News reported, citing a school record.

Also, last year, the runner finished in 134th place at the 14th annual Twilight XC Invitational at 19:46.50. This year, she came in 12th place, finishing 2.6 seconds faster.

"Allowing [the student] to compete against biological girls deprives other girls' teams of the chance to compete at state [which is a big deal]," a coach in the student's conference told Libs of TikTok. "If [she] competed in the boys' division, [she] would place 56th on the boys' team."

"[The student] is larger than any of the girls, and shamelessly takes first place on the podium," another father told the outlet. "Now my daughter is competing against a male for scholarships. And we can't even say anything. You can't even approach it in a nice way without being labeled a hateful bigot. You will get threats against you."

It was in 2007 when the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) adopted the International Olympic Committee's position that transgender people are allowed to participate in sports in their reassigned gender as long as they had undergone surgery and had a minimum of two years of hormone treatments.

Then in 2018, after 11 years, the association confirmed that male-to-female students "must have one calendar year of medically documented testosterone suppression therapy to be eligible to participate on a female team."

In another update in 2021, the WIAA eliminated all medical evaluation requirements, stating that athletes can participate in activities in "a manner that is consistent with their gender identity."

"Athletes will participate in programs consistent with their gender identity or the gender most consistently expressed," the organization said. "School personnel responsible for student eligibility will work collaboratively with the student-athlete to determine eligibility."

The WIAA also released a statement to Fox News Digital about the league's "gender identity eligibility rules."

"WIAA Gender Identity eligibility rules, which have been in place for more than 13 years, follow Washington state non-discrimination laws which protect full access to athletic activities for students," the statement read. "Federal law under Title IX also requires equal treatment for all participants, regardless of gender identity. Additionally, these policies reflect the core value of the Association to maximize participation in education-based athletics, which provide the safest and most meaningful opportunities for students to engage with and represent their school."

The WIAA, with the help and support of professional sports teams in Washington state, created a Gender-Diversity Toolkit to educate and support local administrators and communities through the eligibility process.

"The role of the WIAA is to support all member schools as well as all student-athletes that represent them, and the Association will continue to do so," the WIAA continued.