This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
The organization governing California's high-school track and field championship has changed its rules regarding qualifying for the upcoming meet after President Donald Trump posted a threat in response to the participation of males in girls' events.
As WND reported, in a Truth Social post Tuesday, Trump said: "California, under the leadership of Radical Left Democrat Gavin Newscum, continues to ILLEGALLY allow 'MEN TO PLAY IN WOMEN'S SPORTS.'
"This week a transitioned Male athlete, at a major event, won 'everything,' and is now qualified to compete in the 'State Finals' next weekend.
"As a Male, he was a less than average competitor. As a Female, this transitioned person is practically unbeatable.
"THIS IS NOT FAIR, AND TOTALLY DEMEANING TO WOMEN AND GIRLS.
"Please be hereby advised that large scale Federal Funding will be held back, maybe permanently, if the Executive Order on this subject matter is not adhered to" – a reference to his February order that barred males from women's sports for entities that receive federal funds.
The California Interscholastic Federation, or CIF, provided a statement to Fox News Digital on Tuesday, just hours after Trump sent his Truth Social post. The competition will now include biologically female athletes that missed out on qualifying for the competition that may have placed higher were it not for a male athlete's participation.
The federation claims it came to the decision at the end of last weekend's CIF Masters Qualifiers round, days before Trump's statement. The statement also refers to the female competitors as "biological female student-athlete."
"The CIF values all of our student-athletes and we will continue to uphold our mission of providing students with the opportunity to belong, connect, and compete while complying with California law and Education Code. With this in mind, the CIF will be implementing a pilot entry process for the 2025 CIF State Track and Field Championships," the statement read.
"Under this pilot entry process, any biological female student-athlete who would have earned the next qualifying mark for one of their Section's automatic qualifying entries in the CIF State meet, and did not achieve the CIF State at-large mark in the finals at their Section meet, was extended an opportunity to participate in the 2025 CIF State Track and Field Championships. The CIF believes this pilot entry process achieves the participation opportunities we seek to afford our student-athletes."
According to Fox News, this change will result in at least two competitors qualifying to compete for the state title after falling just shy of the typical qualification threshold on Saturday. A trans-identified athlete competing as a girl for Jurupa Valley High School took first place in the triple jump and long jump on Saturday. min
The case involves AB Hernandez, a biological male.
Hernandez scored first place in the long jump and triple jump at the recent California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Masters Meet.
Andrew Powell, a sports blogger at the Daily Caller, noted: "Parents at the meet were understandably livid, with one mother furiously confronting Hernandez's mom and asking why her son was both allowed and encouraged to compete."
"What a coward of a woman you are allowing that," yelled the angry mother.
"Your mental illness is on your son, you coward," she added.
Powell concluded: "It's sad how you can't even enjoy Memorial Day Weekend anymore without some transgender flubbing up something, but this is unfortunately the society that we live in today … That woke ish really is a cancer."
In his post, Trump noted that California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently admitted it was "deeply unfair" for males to compete in women's sports. The president vowed to speak to Newsom about the upcoming state track and field championship.
The CIF is already under a federal Title IX investigation by the U.S. Department of Education.
After Trump signed the "No Men's in Women's Sports" executive order on Feb. 5, the CIF was one of the first high school sports leagues in the country to announce it would not follow the order, and instead comply with California's state law.
