EXCLUSIVE: Blue State Athletes Urge Trump Admin To Step In As Male Continues Dominating Female Track Competitions

Two female athletes at Washington high schools are asking the Trump administration to stop a male from competing against them during their track season.

Soleil Hoefer, a senior at Prosser High School, and Kora Lengerich, a freshman at Gonzaga Preparatory School, urged the Department of Education’s (ED) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to investigate a policy that is “violating the rights of girls’ by depriving them of equal opportunity for athletic participation and victory” in a Title IX complaint filed Wednesday by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).

Current Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) policy still allows athletes to participate in events “consistent with their gender identity,” despite President Donald Trump’s Feb. 5 executive order on “Keeping Men Out Of Women’s Sports.”

A male athlete who won last year’s female state championship in the 400-meter race continues to dominate the division, the complaint notes.

“Kora has already lost a podium spot to this athlete, and Soleil will likely have to run against the athlete soon,” the complaint states. “It is fundamentally unfair that despite all of their hard work and discipline, Soleil and Kora may be deprived of the thrill of victory because Washington forces them to race against males with inherent biological advantages. Soleil and Kora urge OCR to step in to prevent this violation of federal law and protect the right of women and girls to compete in a female-designated sports category.”

WIAA told the Seattle Times on Tuesday that proposed rule changes to exclude men from women’s sports would violate state law.