{"id":11364,"date":"2026-06-01T17:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=11364"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:01:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T17:01:58","slug":"jurupa-valley-transgender-athlete-ab-hernandez-wins-2-girls-titles-at-state-track-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=11364","title":{"rendered":"Jurupa Valley transgender athlete AB Hernandez wins 2 girls\u2019 titles at state track meet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A transgender athlete from Jurupa Valley High School who has drawn protests for competing against girls won two events at the 106th CIF State Track & Field Championships in Clovis on Saturday night and finished third in another.<\/p>\n

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AB Hernandez began Saturday\u2019s competition at Veterans Memorial Stadium at Buchanan High School by leaping 20-2 1\/4 to finish third in the long jump. Ellie McCuskey-Hay of St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco and Gianna Gonzalez of Moorpark both jumped 20-3 1\/2, with McCuskey-Hay taking first on the basis on a better second jump, 20-1 1\/4 to 19-3 1\/4.<\/p>\n

Corinne Jones of Saint Mary\u2019s College High School in Berkeley was also credited with a third-place finish with a leap of 19-9 1\/2.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE:<\/strong> \u2018I don\u2019t care,\u2019 says Jurupa Valley\u2019s AB Hernandez, transgender athlete at center of controversy<\/p>\n

Under CIF policy, transgender athletes who place at the state championships receive medals but do not displace cisgender girls in the final standings.<\/p>\n

The federation announced last year that the policy would apply specifically to the long jump, triple jump and high jump \u2014 the three events Hernandez competed in \u2014 and the rule remained in effect for her three events this weekend.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE:<\/strong> Santiago\u2019s Braelyn Combe caps high school career with three CIF State titles<\/p>\n

Hernandez cleared 5-10 to win the high jump. Lelani Laruelle of Monta Vista High School in Cupertino was also credited with a first-place finish, clearing 5-8.<\/p>\n

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Hernandez won the triple jump with a leap of 42-8 3\/4 inches. Daniela Hughes of Los Altos High School in Silicon Valley was also credited with a first-place finish, with a jump of 41-1, 1-7 3\/4 shorter than Hernandez.<\/p>\n

In last year\u2019s state championships, Hernandez won the girls\u2019 triple jump and high jump and finished second in the long jump.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE:<\/strong> Combe, Zavaleta and Hernandez claim multiple titles at CIF State meet<\/p>\n

Hernandez\u2019s participation has ignited protest both years.<\/p>\n

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On Saturday, the Rainbow Families Action group conducted a news conference outside the stadium in support of Hernandez. Counter-protesters showed up toward the end and shouted toward the Hernandez supporters and the two sides exchanged some words before dispersing, the Los Angeles Times reported.<\/p>\n

Inside the stadium, spectators cheered as Hernandez began her long-jump approach, and some fans wore bracelets bearing the message \u201cWe Stand With AB,\u201d according to the Times.<\/p>\n

California\u2019s two major Republican candidates for governor, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and businessman Steve Hilton, have both issued statements against trans athletes competing against girls.<\/p>\n

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Hilton appeared in Clovis on Friday beside signs that read, \u201cHey, CIF: Girls\u2019 Sports Girls Only.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hilton told Fox News this week that if elected, he would work to prevent trans athletes from competing in girls\u2019 sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first thing we have to do is overturn the law that set all this in motion, AB 1266, that was passed in 2013, that\u2019s why we\u2019ve been living with this for so long,\u201d he said. \u201cThat law violates the California state constitution \u2026 I will immediately suspend the law while we begin legal proceedings to overturn it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer released a video Friday of a prior conversation he had with Hernandez.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so proud of you for what you\u2019re doing,\u201d Steyer tells the teen in the video. \u201cSo proud of you for succeeding. So proud of you for competing. That\u2019s really the point. And I\u2019m going to hope like heck that you don\u2019t just make state but you do really well there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The social media post that included the video had this post from Steyer: \u201cThe role of the governor is to protect Californians, and to stand between them and danger. That\u2019s a role I take very, very seriously, particularly when it comes to trans youth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steyer also addressed the issue last weekend on the \u201cI\u2019ve Had It\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you understand the vulnerability, the stress, the danger of being a trans kid, and you understand almost half of them try to commit suicide, then you think, \u2018We\u2019re gonna punish those kids, we\u2019re gonna cut them off from team sports?\u201d he said. \u201cNo, we\u2019re not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hernandez, who graduated from Jurupa Valley High Wednesday, told the Riverside Press-Enterprise that she blocks out the uproar over her participation, including the presence of protesters.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrack is a very singular sport; it teaches you to rely on yourself,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cOnce you\u2019re on the track, you just stay focused on the track.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI just laughed\u201d she said of the protesters. \u201cI don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hernandez\u2019s participation in last year\u2019s CIF meet also drew the attention of President Donald Trump, and the U.S. Justice Department later sued California for allegedly violating Title IX, warning that allowing transgender athletes to compete against biological females in high-school sports was putting billions of dollars in federal education funding at risk.<\/p>\n

Gov. Gavin Newsom has come under attack for California\u2019s policy permitting trans athletes to compete in girls\u2019 sports, but a spokesperson for the governor\u2019s office characterized those attacks as politically motivated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe governor has said discussions on this issue should be guided by fairness, dignity, and respect. He rejects the right wing\u2019s cynical attempt to weaponize this debate as an excuse to vilify individual kids,\u201d Newsom\u2019s office said in a statement provided to Fox News. \u201cThe governor\u2019s position is simple: stand with all kids and stand up to bullies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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