Male athlete dominates collegiate women’s track events in New York

A biological male won three women’s track-and-field events during a division III collegiate championship meet on Saturday.

Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) Sadie Schreiner won first place in the 400-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, and anchored the triumphant 4×400 relay team during the Liberty League championship meet in New York this past Saturday.

Schreiner’s 200-meter time of 24.14 set a Liberty League conference women’s record, while clocking 55.07 in the 400-meter event set a new RIT women’s record, according to Fox News.

Both times would have placed last in the men’s races at the meet.

Schreiner was also the anchor of the 4X400 team that finished nearly three seconds ahead of its closest competitor. The women’s RIT team was in fourth place when Schreiner was handed the baton and clinched the win, with the fastest split time of the race.

With these achievements, Schreiner now holds five RIT records across various indoor and outdoor track and field events.

Riley Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer and advocate for women’s sports, criticized the participation of biological males in women’s events. 

“Sadie Schreiner, male competing with the women, won the women’s 200 & 400m today at the Liberty League championship meet,” Gaines posted on X. “He broke the 400m women’s record in the process. 

“He would’ve finished last amongst the other boys by 2 full seconds. This is exactly why we’re suing the @NCAA.”  

Gaines is part of a lawsuit filed by female athletes against the National Collegiate Athletics Association. 

Schreiner defended his participation, arguing that biological advantages are not definitive.  

“Out of all the hate that’s been shared of me, ‘cheater’ is the most common word used… In my eyes, the discussion of trans inclusion in athletics shouldn’t even be a debate…,” Schreiner wrote according to Fox News. “As more research is done the more evident this becomes. There’s a reason I’m only as fast as I was in middle school, and the only variable that’s changed over my 9 years of running is my medication…”. 

But many of the women and girls forced to compete against biological males around the country disagree. 

Recently, middle school girls in West Virginia refused to participate in throwing events against a biological male, and female athletes such as Taelor Moore are boycotting their competitions against biological males. 

“The fact of the matter is that he had a man’s strength,” Moore, a martial arts competitor, said. “I train with men and women and the difference is massive. After my match with Cordelia, I sat mat-side and cried as my teammates massaged out my cramping forearms.”