Trans track star sweeps three events, shares first-place podium and qualifies for CA state meet yet again

MOORPARK, California – “This is an anomaly.”

This is the common argument of left-wing transgender activists.

They say biological males taking the spotlight away from girls in girls’ sports isn’t as big a deal as the “right” suggests… because it “almost never happens.”

Tell that to high school girls in California like Crean Lutheran senior Reese Hogan, who watched it happen again.

Transgender athlete AB Hernandez stood atop multiple podiums Saturday and is now heading to her second straight California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state championship girls track and field competition.

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The fact that this happens so often for these girls is not because they are mean or rude, lack empathy, or are not inclusive. But because they are competitive, because they seek equal conditions and because they have dreams too.

Hogan, the high jump favorite, failed to qualify for state at this event this year, and when that reality hit him after his final jump, he buried his head in his father’s chest.

AB Hernandez, a transgender student at Jurupa Valley High School, competes in the girls high jump at the 2026 CIF Southern Division Track and Field Masters Meet on May 23, 2026 in Moorpark, California. (OutKick/Fox News Digital)

For Hernandez, Hogan’s frequent jumping opponent, the reality is quite different. Following the big day at the Masters (state qualifier) ​​Meet at Moorpark High School, Hernandez will compete in the high jump and two other events next weekend at Buchanan High School in Clovis.

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AB Hernandez, a transgender student at Jurupa Valley High School, qualified for the state qualifier after being named co-champion in the girls triple jump event at the 2026 CIF Southern Division Track and Field Masters Meet on May 23, 2026 in Moorpark, California. (OutKick/Fox News Digital)

“This is all bullshit,” a retired California high school track and field official who has long described himself as a track junkie told Fox News Digital/OutKick as he watched the girls’ high jump competition intently. “It’s like finding a language to express all of this, and no matter how ridiculous it is, you make it real.”

Hernandez, a 6-foot-1, 120-pound senior from Jurupa Valley High School, made national headlines the past two seasons while competing for the school’s girls volleyball team and girls track and field team.

Unlike the previous round of the California state track and field meet earlier this month, there were no protests about Hernandez from organizations such as “Save Girls Sports.”

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Hernandez ignored it and quickly went to work, making a clean sweep of the three events. Hernandez placed first in the long jump (20 feet-0.75), first in the triple jump (40 feet-7) and first in the high jump (5 feet-8).

Of course, Hernandez will be the favorite in all three races at state next weekend and will be looking for even more hardware this time around. Hernandez, who won the high jump (1.7 meters) and triple jump (42-02.75) in 2025, was a two-time state champion but fell short in the long jump.

State records also became vulnerable during those two years of Hernandez’s administration. Last year, Hernandez was nearly two inches shy of California’s all-time triple jump mark (45-04.25), set by Oakland Holy Names’ KeNyia Richardson in 2007. Hernandez will have another shot at breaking state meet records next weekend.

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To some, the very existence of the opportunity is surreal.

“I have a son, and I would never let my son compete with my daughter,” one high jumper mom told OutKick. “Especially in a sport that was decided to be an all-girls sport.”

Although the playing field between the girls and Hernandez appeared uneven, CIF attempted some form of intervention.

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Thanks to the CIF rule, Hernandez had to physically share the top spot on the podium on Saturday, as in the previous round.

AB Hernandez poses with the second- and third-place finishers and a co-champion after being named co-champion in the girls high jump at the 2026 CIF Southern Division Track and Field Masters Meet on May 23, 2026 in Moorpark, California. (OutKick/Fox News Digital)

As if in silent recognition of the problematic nature of these conditions, the CIF requires that in later rounds of state competitions, every transgender athlete entering a competition must share the podium side-by-side with the next highest-ranked woman.

Riley Gaines, host of the “Riley Gaines Show” on Fox News, put it perfectly in a post on X last Sunday:

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“If you have to create a communal podium for a boy competing in a girls’ pageant, you’ve already acknowledged that you know he’s not a girl and his participation isn’t fair. At this point, you’re just looking for a public humiliation ritual for girls.”

Throughout Saturday, parents, fans and even contestants politely applauded each performance, including Hernandez’s, showing undeniable respect for everyone in attendance. But some loud boos were heard during podium celebrations for the high jump and triple jump.

“I mean, this is a man competing against women,” the former high school track official said of Hernandez’s podium dominance. “Even having a discussion about this is a non-starter unless you’re pushing an agenda. That’s not right.”

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While some fans and parents of the other girls have focused on the fairness of this issue, Hernandez’s mother, who spoke to Fox News Digital/OutKick on Saturday but was off the record, recently told another media outlet that she was concerned her child was being used as a political pawn.

“I told the EU, this is a [midterm] “They’re going to hit us very hard because they’re using us for their campaigns,” Nereyda Hernandez said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times earlier this month.

California Governor Gavin Newsom certainly hasn’t hesitated to show his willingness to hit back at the Trump administration on this issue.

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AB Hernandez, a transgender student at Jurupa Valley High School, warms up before competing at the 2026 CIF Southern Division Track and Field Masters Meet on May 23, 2026 in Moorpark, California. (OutKick/Fox News Digital)

A statement from Newsom’s office said, “The governor said discussions on this issue must be guided by justice, dignity and respect. He rejects the right wing’s cynical attempt to weaponize this debate as an excuse to denigrate individual children. The governor’s position is simple: stand up for all children and stand up to bullies.”

“California is one of 22 states with laws requiring students to be allowed to participate in sex-segregated school sports consistent with their gender identity. California passed this law in 2013 (AB 1266) and was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown.”

In February 2025, surrounded by women and girls, President Donald Trump signed an executive order called “Removing Men from Women’s Sports.”

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“It is the policy of the United States to terminate all funding from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, endanger, humiliate, and silence women and girls, and deprive them of privacy,” the resolution said. “It will also be the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women’s sports more broadly as a matter of safety, justice, dignity, and truth.”

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Trump signed the executive order “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports”. The directive establishes government-wide policies that interpret “gender” as the sex assigned at birth. It gives federal agencies the authority to strictly enforce Title IX and threatens to withdraw federal education and sports funding from schools that allow transgender women to compete on women’s teams.

California publicly opposed the order.

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And like every season, Hernandez continues to compete. And win.

Three more state championships in girls sports are within reach next weekend.