Oregon transgender state champ track runner dominating once again

It’s a different year but more of the same in Oregon: a male transgender-identifying track runner is besting the female competition in the Beaver State.

Former state champion and McDaniel High junior Ada Gallagher recently dominated another girls’ outdoor track meet, taking first place in the 200-meter (25.76 seconds) and 400-meter (57.62 seconds) at a March 19 tri-meet to open the season, according to Athletic.net. 

Gallagher, of Portland, won the 200-meter by more than 1.5 seconds and the 400-meter by more than eight seconds. 

“Another day, another boy dominating in girl’s sports,” pro-women’s sports activist Riley Gaines posted on X. “Aayden ‘Ada’ Gallagher set a season record and beat the fastest girl by over 7 seconds. This was in Oregon. Ahem, @AGPamBondi,” Gaines posted, tagging Donald Trump’s attorney general who is tasked with enforcing the president’s executive order to keep men out of women’s sports, including withholding funds from schools and states that don’t comply. 

So far, the Trump administration has paused funding for the University of Maine over the state’s transgender athlete policy. Some states have banned male athletes from women’s sports while others are defying Trump’s order. 

Gallagher won a state championship in the 200-meter last season and was one of at least five male transgender athletes nationally to win a girls’ track state title last spring. 

Spectators booed him for winning last year’s race. 

“Another proud moment for women’s sports!” Gaines posted on X at the time. “Aayden Gallagher (male) just placed 1st in the Oregon state championship in the women’s 200m after placing 2nd in the 400m. Just listen to the audible BOOS. People are over this…& it’s about time.” 

Gallagher isn’t the only trans athlete looking to repeat. 

Veronica Garcia, now a senior, won a Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Division 400-meter (55.75 seconds) state title last spring, could do so again. 

Spectators also gave Garcia an icy response upon last year’s win. 

“Garcia cheered and clapped for her competitors as they received their medals,” the Spokesman-Review reported. “When the announcer called her to the podium, the crowd fell silent, and the other high school runners at the podium did not acknowledge her as they stood with hands clasped behind their backs.” 

Also, Lizzy Bidwell, now a senior, won a Connecticut triple jump state championship last spring (36 feet, 8 inches), giving him a chance to repeat. 

In California, AB Hernandez may also win a state title. The current junior finished third in the triple jump (39 feet, 5.5 inches) behind two seniors at last year’s outdoor track state championship. Both athletes who beat Hernandez have since graduated. 

Maine could also have two more transgender state champs: juniors Katie Spencer and Soren Stark-Chessa. Spencer won the pole vault state championship this past winter (10 feet, 6 inches), while Stark-Chessa won an 800-meter state title last spring (2:19.72).  

Other transgender-identifying athletes may also emerge and win girls’ track state titles this spring. 

Hecheated.org decried the state of women’s sports on the West Coast. 

“The entire west coast, Washington, Oregon, and California, are violating Title IX and the rights of women and girls,” the organization posted on X.