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Trans Athlete Wins Three Jumps as GOP Candidate Protests

5/31/2026

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Transgender athlete AB Hernandez won the high and triple jump and placed third in the long jump at the California CIF championships.
CIF policy awards medals to transgender athletes but bars them from displacing cisgender girls in final standings, affecting Hernandez’s three events.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton protested outside the stadium while the meet unfolded in a calmer atmosphere than the prior year’s protests.

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Transgender athlete AB Hernandez won the high and triple jump and placed third in the long jump at the California CIF championships.
CIF policy awards medals to transgender athletes but bars them from displacing cisgender girls in final standings, affecting Hernandez’s three events.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton protested outside the stadium while the meet unfolded in a calmer atmosphere than the prior year’s protests.