Girls Leave Podium When Forced to Share With Trans Athlete at State Championship
A pair of girls’ track and field athletes did not stand on the medal podium alongside a transgender athlete for high jump at the Oregon state championship on Saturday night.
Footage obtained by Fox News Digital showed the two high school seniors, Reese Eckard of Sherwood High School and Alexa Anderson of Tigard High School, step down from their respective spots on the podium next to a trans athlete who represented Ida B. Wells High School.
Eckard, in fourth place, and Anderson, in third, each finished ahead of the trans athlete, who tied for fifth place. But the two females faced the opposite direction as the other competitors received their medals from officials.
The footage then showed an official confront the two young women, and gesture for them to move away. Eckard and Anderson were then seen walking away from the podium and standing off to the side. . .
Watch this.
Two female athletes in Oregon refused to stand on the podium because a boy was awarded a place.
Girls have had enough.
pic.twitter.com/MhCgZ2zLou— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) May 31, 2025
The trans athlete previously competed in the boys’ category in 2023 and 2024, Fox News Digital previously reported. (Read more from “Girls Leave Podium When Forced to Share With Trans Athlete at State Championship” HERE)
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