Biological male high jumper wins girls’ invitational in Connecticut 

Another transgender-identifying athlete has won a girls’ sporting event. 

Connecticut’s Conard High School senior Lizzy Bidwell, a male who identifies as a girl, came in first out of 23…

Another transgender-identifying athlete has won a girls’ sporting event. 

Connecticut’s Conard High School senior Lizzy Bidwell, a male who identifies as a girl, came in first out of 23 competitors in the girls’ high jump at the 23rd Hillhouse Invitational track meet Dec. 21. 

The 5-feet, 2-inch jump was two inches better than the best from runner-up Chimka Buckley, a junior at Conard High. 

Had Bidwell competed on the boys’ side, the athlete would have tied for last place out of 18 competitors. The winning jump on the boys’ side from Manchester High sophomore Kingnell Burgos was a foot higher than Bidwell’s winning jump: 6 feet, 2 inches. 

This is far from Bidwell’s first victory in girls’ track. 

For example, Bidwell won the triple jump (36 feet, 8 inches) at the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Class LL girls’ outdoor track and field state championship last spring, as NewBostonPost reported. Plus, Bidwell won the high jump at the New England Interscholastic Track and Field Championships in March (5 feet, 9 inches), besting girls from six states. 

“Thanks to the state’s anti-female policies, young men continue to take records, roster spots, dignity and hope away from women,” May Mailman, director of the Independent Women’s Law Center, told The Daily Signal in response to Bidwell’s victory in March. 

“This level of discrimination has no place in our society, and every coach, administrative official and parent who condones this through their action is participating in the degradation and unequal treatment of women.” 

Bidwell also was the difference-maker in Conard winning the CIAC Class LL girls’ outdoor track and field team state championship in the 2023 spring season. 

Conard won the championship meet with 85 points, defeating Glastonbury by six points. During the meet, Bidwell had two third-place finishes: the triple jump (35 feet, 3 inches) and the high jump (5 feet, 2 inches). Third-place finishes in CIAC championship meets count for six points, meaning Bidwell contributed 12 points toward the team’s victory. Had Bidwell not competed, Glastonbury would have won the state title.  

Bidwell went by the name Lucas before he started identifying as a girl at around 9 or 10 years old, Reduxx reports. 

Bidwell is not the only transgender-identifying track state champion from Connecticut, either. Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood, who graduated from Connecticut high schools in 2020, won 15 state titles combined during their high school track careers. 

Other states where males have won high school girls’ track state championships since 2023 include Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Washington and Oregon.