Mauricio Umansky rips California trans athlete controversy ahead of AB Hernandez state title push

Mauricio Umansky thinks the debate about biological males competing in women’s sports shouldn’t be that complicated.

The real estate mogul and reality TV star joined OutKick’s Tomi Lahren this week to weigh in on the ongoing controversy surrounding AB Hernandez, a transgender-identifying male athlete from California’s Jurupa Valley High School who will compete for the girls state track and field championship in Clovis, Calif., on Friday and Saturday.

Hernandez, a two-time state champion in girls track and field who is now trying to win three more state titles this weekend, has become one of the most visible examples of the struggle over boys’ competition against girls and women in America.

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Fox News Digital has been covering Hernandez’s postseason run, and reporter Jackson Thompson will be in Clovis this weekend, where the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state finals are expected to be overshadowed by the issue once again.

Hernandez qualified for the state meet in the girls high jump, long jump and triple jump after sweeping all three events at the CIF Southern Section Track and Field Masters Meet last weekend. Hernandez is now in position to compete for three girls state titles.

Umansky, who has four daughters, has made it clear where she stands.

“This isn’t fair, it’s not the end of the story,” Umansky told Lahren. “That’s common sense. That’s common sense.”

That’s really the whole point.

This does not require a team of scientists, a committee of bureaucrats or celebrities symbolizing virtue. And a state athletic association that tries to please everyone while allowing girls to be beaten by boys doesn’t need another awkward compromise.

Men and women are different. This is why girls’ sports exist in the first place.

“I can’t suddenly become a woman and then go in, you know, go and start – enter the boxing ringRight? And start fighting,” Umansky continued. “It’s not fair at all. It’s not okay.”

Mauricio Umansky opposed biological males competing in girls’ and women’s sports. (Dutch/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Umansky was not opposed to adults living the way they wanted to live. He stated this very clearly. Her problem, like that of many parents and female athletes across the country, is that gender identity is used to override biological reality in sports.

“If a man wants to be a woman, great. If a woman wants to be a man, great, but they can’t compete with each other,” Umansky said. “We are biologically different people and I’m not saying every man is stronger than every woman, but men are stronger than women. Like, these are the facts, there are some facts and it’s not true. We need to find common sense.”

Common sense is in short supply in California.

The CIF has reinstated its pilot entry process, which allows additional female athletes to advance or medal in events in which a transgender athlete has qualified or participated. This policy resulted in female athletes sharing podium spots with Hernandez in the postseason.

This means California understands that it has a glaring fairness problem.

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But instead of solving the problem by keeping boys out of girls’ sports, the state created a workaround in which girls could still be forced to compete against a male athlete and then possibly share podium spots.

This is not about protecting girls’ sports. This is trying to make an unfair situation seem a little less embarrassing.

Fox News Digital previously reported that Hernandez placed first in the long jump, high jump and triple jump at the CIF Southern Section Division 3 finals. Hernandez then won all three races at the Masters Meet in the state qualifiers.

Last year, Hernandez won two California state titles in the girls high jump and triple jump and finished second in the girls long jump. This weekend, Hernandez could leave Clovis with three more championships.

That’s what’s at stake.

Fox News Digital also spoke with California athlete mother Jennifer Oliver, whose daughter is among the female athletes impressed by Hernandez’s presence in girls track and field. Oliver addressed this issue with compassion but also brutal honesty.

“There is no hate,” Oliver said. “Neither. My daughter is very inclusive. We get along with everyone. This has nothing to do with any of that. But we also need to do the right thing.”

He’s absolutely right.

Transgender student athlete AB Hernandez, who is biological male, poses with the co-champion and second- and third-place finishers after being named co-champion at the girls’ 2026 CIF Southern Division Track and Field Masters Meet. (Fox News Digital)

It’s the adults who fail here. It’s not the girls talking. It’s not the parents who want justice. Not people who can see the obvious physical differences between men and women and are tired of pretending that these differences have disappeared because leftist ideology dictates this.

Hernandez’s participation has already sparked protests, political backlash and serious scrutiny of California’s high school sports policies. Last year’s state convention included competing protests, an overpass banner, ejections from the venue and an arrest, Fox News Digital reported.

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And now California is poised to do it again.

That’s why Umansky’s comments are important. He’s not a politician trying to score points. He is a father who looks at the situation and tells it what it is. The vast majority of Americans already understand.

Girls’ sports won’t work if boys are allowed to compete when they claim a female identity.

There’s nothing hateful about saying this. There is nothing complicated in this either.

That’s not fair, period, end of story.