Trans athlete wins H.S. high jump title in Calif.

CLOVIS, Calif. -- A transgender jock bested the contention Saturday astatine the California precocious schoolhouse way and tract title to instrumentality location her archetypal golden successful the girls' precocious leap astatine a conscionable that has stirred contention and drawn nationalist attention.

AB Hernandez -- a trans pupil who connected Friday finished up successful qualifying events for the girls' precocious jump, agelong leap and triple leap -- competed nether a caller regularisation alteration that whitethorn beryllium the archetypal of its benignant nationally by a precocious schoolhouse sports governing body.

On Saturday, she finished the precocious leap with a people of 5 feet, 7 inches, with nary failed attempts. The co-winner, Jillene Wetteland, besides cleared the barroom astatine that tallness aft a failed attempt. The 2 shared the first-place triumph and the podium due to the fact that of a caller argumentation announced by the California Interscholastic Federation earlier this week successful effect to Hernandez's occurrence successful which the federation allowed an further pupil to vie and medal successful the events wherever she qualified.

Hernandez placed 2nd successful the girls' agelong leap and was a apical contender successful the to-be-completed girls' triple jump.

Olympians Marion Jones and Tara Davis-Woodhall antecedently acceptable authorities title records successful the agelong leap successful 1993 and 2017, respectively, some surpassing 22 feet. This year's winner, Loren Webster, topped 21 feet, with Hernandez trailing by a fewer inches.

The two-day title kicked disconnected Friday successful the sweltering vigor astatine precocious schoolhouse adjacent Fresno, and much blistery temperatures followed Saturday for the finals.

The ambiance was comparatively quiescent contempt critics -- including parents, blimpish activists and President Donald Trump -- calling for Hernandez to beryllium barred from competing with girls. Some critics wore pinkish bracelets and T-shirts that work "Save Girls' Sports."

During Friday's qualifying events, an craft circled supra the stadium for much than an hour, carrying a banner that read: "No Boys successful Girls' Sports!" Two groups -- the Independent Council connected Women's Sports and Women Are Real -- that reason transgender athletes participating successful women's sports took recognition for flying the banner.