Maine Rocked By Trans Athlete Dominance At Girls' Track Meet Amid Ongoing Legal Conflict With Trump

A girls' way meet successful Maine became nan taxable of wide contention aft a trans jock dominated aggregate moving events. The incident took spot arsenic nan authorities faces soul and national unit to support trans athletes retired of girls' sports, and a suit complete nan rumor from President Donald Trump's administration.

A trans-identifying jock who competed for North Yarmouth Academy successful Yarmouth, Maine, won nan girls' 800-meter and 1600-meter events. In October 2023, Fox News Digital reported that this jock was transgender. Fox News Digital has reached retired to North Yarmouth Academy for comment. 

The jock has been making nationalist headlines successful Maine making love backmost to that period aft jumping to 4th spot successful nan 5k section successful nan girls' class aft antecedently finishing 172nd among boys. The jock again made nationalist headlines for competing successful Nordic skiing and taking a podium spot successful Maine's High School State Nordic Skiing Championships this past February. 

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On Friday astatine nan POLAND-NYA-YARMOUTH-SEACOAST meet, nan jock won nan 1600-meter pinch a clip of 5:57.27, blowing distant nan second-place runner who vanished pinch a clip of 6:16.32. In nan 800m, nan trans jock etched retired a person first-place decorativeness pinch a clip of 2:43.31, conscionable astir a 2nd amended than nan second-place finisher pinch a clip of 2:44.87. 

Local precocious schoolhouse sports photographer David Young, proprietor of Maine Running Photography, was location to sprout nan meet.

"He blew distant each nan girls successful that peculiar title [the 1600m], location wasn't anybody adjacent him, easy won it." Young told Fox News Digital. "In nan 800m, it was a one-second difference, nan woman tried very difficult to drawback him." 

Young added that location had been aggregate spectators astatine nan meet to cheer nan trans jock on, but nary audible protests. 

"There were a fewer group location who yelled retired his name, he's beautiful good known," Young said. 

Young said his 2023 photos of nan jock went truthful viral connected Facebook, and prompted truthful overmuch backlash, that he ended up removing those photos because of nan overwhelming response.

"It was getting excessively nasty," Young said. 

"Not only was I getting it from nan group who were for transgenders, I was getting it from group who were anti-transgenders. And I didn't cognize what to do, and personification yet said, ‘Well, if you conscionable region nan photo, nan statement will spell away.’ So, I removed nan photo, and nan statement went away." 

However, Young said he plans to station his astir caller photos of nan jock connected his Facebook page anyway, moreover aft what happened past time. 

Many of Young's past photos of nan jock person gone viral connected societal media successful nan aftermath of nan athlete's latest victory. Maine residents, politicians and moreover nationalist pundits person posted media including nan jock and prompted nationalist statement and consciousness for nan meet arsenic Maine faces an ongoing soul and national conflict complete nan issue. 

"Today a biologic antheral won nan 800 & 1600 successful nan girls section astatine a Maine way meet. Every woman who placed 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and further successful those races was pushed speech truthful a boy could ‘win.’ This is NOT fair. Our girls merit a fair, safe, and level playing field," State typical Laurel Libby wrote connected X.

Libby antecedently made a Facebook station that identified a different trans jock who won a girls' pole-vaulting competition. Libby was censured for nan station by nan legislature's Democrat mostly and is presently progressive successful a suit complete nan issue. 

California blimpish activistic Beth Bourne drew wide nationalist attraction to nan rumor by posting footage of nan title connected X. 

The women's activistic athletics deterioration marque XX-XY Athletics moreover turned footage of nan title into an ad. 

One of nan Maine female athletes who had to compete against nan trans jock successful Nordic skiing antecedently told Fox News Digital astir nan consciousness of conclusion that came pinch losing to nan athlete.

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"The conclusion that comes pinch that successful that infinitesimal is heartbreaking," Carlisle said. "I'm conscionable successful daze successful a way. I didn't judge it. . . . I didn't deliberation it was happening to me."

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a suit against nan authorities of Maine for its continued defiance of Trump’s executive bid to support biologic males retired of girls and women’s sports and alleged violations of Title IX. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced nan suit astatine a property convention April 16.

Bondi said she was seeking an injunction and to person titles returned to nan girls who "rightfully" won competitions successful which trans athletes participated.

The Department of Justice accused nan authorities of "openly and defiantly flouting national anti-discrimination rule by enforcing policies that require girls to compete against boys successful diversion competitions designated exclusively for girls," according to a title obtained by Fox News.

Meanwhile, Governor Janet Mills, nan Maine Department of Education and nan Maine Principal's Association has held firmly successful support of continuing to alteration trans inclusion successful girls' sports crossed nan state, citing nan Maine Human Rights Act arsenic nan precedent for determining gender eligibility. 

"I’m happy to spell to tribunal and litigate nan issues that are being raised successful this tribunal complaint," Mills told reporters successful April.

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A survey by nan American Parents Coalition recovered that retired of astir 600 registered Maine voters, 63% said that schoolhouse sports information should beryllium based connected biologic sex, and 66% agreed it is "only adjacent to restrict women’s sports to biologic women."

The canvass besides recovered that 60% of residents would support a ballot measurement limiting participation in women’s and girls' sports to biological females. This included 64% of independents and 66% of parents pinch kids nether property 18.

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