AB Hernandez (pictured above), the boy who won the girls' triple jump and high jump and finished second in the long jump in last year's state championships, won two titles at the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Track and Field Championship for Jurupa Valley High School over the weekend.
Hernandez graduated from high school last week. Though he is described as a top-performing high school athlete with multiple state titles and medals, no major outlet has reported any signed or announced college athletic scholarship offers.
Critics like retired gymnast Jennifer Sey, founder of XX-XY Athletics, say it is wrong that he was allowed to participate on the girls' track team.
She commends President Donald Trump for signing an executive order in February 2025 to stop males from competing in female sports, but she says states like California have ignored the order.
"Nothing has changed," Sey laments. "23 states allow boys to compete in girls' sports. Gender identity in those states trumps sex."
Also noting that 27 states do have laws on the books protecting women's sports, Sey has called for national legislation as well as state-by-state legislation to reify Title IX. But she recognizes "we still have a long way to go."
"The intent of Title IX was to give women and girls their own sports," she summarizes. "It wasn't just about sports, of course. It was about equal opportunity in the education system. Sports is the most famous part of it."
Sey recently told Fox News Channel that females who oppose to having to compete against males have been told to be quiet. She, however, has no such plans.
"Those girls worked too hard," said Sey. "They deserve their own sports and spaces. I'll keep fighting for fairness."
