Trans athlete AB Hernandez takes girls' track and field state championships in California, defying Trump

Just days after President Donald Trump sent a warning to California about letting a transgender athlete compete in the girls' track and field state championship the state allowed a trans athlete to take two titles against female competitors on Saturday AB Hernandez a transgender aspirant athlete for Jurupa Valley High School took first place in the girls' high jump and triple jump at the state championship on Saturday at Veteran's Memorial Stadium in Clovis California CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMHernandez also finished in second place in the high jump to Woodrow Wilson High School's Loren Webster who was the only female to finish ahead of Hernandez in any competition the trans athlete competed in this weekend Hernandez previously took first place in all three events at the preliminary round on Friday However the female competitors who finished behind Hernandez in the events were all bumped up one spot and received the medal they would have earned had the trans athlete not competed The California Interscholastic Federation CIF made a series of sweeping rule changes in the days leading up to the event to ensure any females who finished behind a biological male would be appropriately rewarded a medal based on where they placed among female competitors So during the medal ceremonies for the three events the female competitors who finished one spot behind Hernandez had to stand next to the trans athlete on the podium Still Hernandez's presence in the girls' competition prompted conflict and a heavy protest presence throughout the weekend Conflicting protests plagued the championship starting on Friday with pro-LGBTQ protesters and pro-female protesters wielding signs flags and clothing expressing their respective messaging On Friday a plane flying a banner that read No Boys in Girls' Sports even passed over the stadium However the conflict between the protesters at one point became violent when an LGBTQ protester allegedly struck local conservative activist Josh Fulfer with a flag pole on Friday Footage obtained by Fox News Digital shows the LGBTQ protester Ethan Kroll appear to attack Fulfer through a car window and Kroll subsequently getting arrested Police records obtained by Fox News Digital show that Kroll a male was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm obstructing a residents officer and vandalism Clovis Police Sgt Chris Hutchison narrated Fox News Digital no other criminal incidents occurred at or near the track meet Friday night Our stance is invariably to allow people to exercise their constitutional right to free speech and protest Hutchison stated They have a right to do it in a manner that isn't inciting violence or causing other problems We don't have room for violence or property damage or anything like that CALIFORNIA TOWN RALLIES BEHIND TRUMP AS IT HOSTS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP AMID TRANS ATHLETE CONTROVERSYBut on Saturday California Family Council outreach director Sophia Lorey was escorted out of Veteran's Memorial Stadium by CIF administrators for passing out Save Girls' Sports wristbands with pro-female messaging to spectators Footage shared by Lorey on social media shows the confrontation between her and the CIF official as Lorey is gestured out of the venue Lorey reported Fox News Digital that she had passed the messages out at previous events without any issues We handed out half-page fliers at the prelims event and we were not explained anything that we couldn't do that Lorey announced Fox News Digital has reached out to the CIF for comment on Lorey's video Lorey and local conservative activist Beth Bourne recounted Fox News Digital that unlike previous events a man on a megaphone repeatedly ordered spectators not to make disparaging comments about any competitors authorities or other spectators on Saturday Lorey organized a press conference at the meet earlier that day where California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton spoke in promotion of protecting girls' sports from trans inclusion Current Governor Gavin Newsom has been the subject of frequent local and national criticism throughout the track and field postseason for enabling the trans athlete to compete despite previously admitting on his podcast that he believes males competing in girls' sports was deeply unfair Trump singled out Newsom in a Truth Social post on Tuesday when he threatened to cut funding to the state if a trans athlete was allowed to compete in the girls' competition this weekend But the state did not yield to Trump and instead only passed the rule changes to accommodate other female athletes The U S Department of Justice released an review into the state over the issue on Wednesday and the U S Department of Tuition has been inspecting the state over the issue since February However California is far from the only state that saw its girls' track and field championships overshadowed by trans athlete conflict This very same weekend trans athletes reportedly competed and won state competitions in Maine Washington Oregon and Minnesota Trump signed his Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports executive order on Feb but a great number of Democratic states have openly defied the order resulting in multiple controversial situations like the one involving Hernandez across the nation in Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter