Trans high school track star sparks backlash after winning triple jump by astonishing distance

A trans high school athlete won a girls’ triple jump and long jump event at the Roosevelt international in California over the weekend.

AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley won the triple jump by nearly three feet, according to official records, while the margin of victory in the long jump came in at a distance of nearly two feet.

It comes a week after Hernandez won the triple jump at Ontario Relays by eight feet over the runner-up.

Hernandez’s participation have sparked anger on social media. Jennifer Sey, founder of the organization XX-XY – which vows ‘to protect women’s sports and spaces’ – shared video of Hernandez on X and wrote: ‘This guy won the girls long jump and triple jump in a CA track meet over the weekend. He won the triple jump by 8ft. He’s really crushing it!’

Colin Rugg, the co-owner of Trending Politics, also shared footage of Hernandez competing to his 1.7million followers and said: ‘Transgender high school track star demolishes the female competition by *8 feet* in the triple jump at a track meet in California. 

‘Wow, what an accomplishment. I’m sure it had nothing to do with being a biological male. AB Hernandez says they plan to win 1st place in the state of California for the triple jump.’

According to Newsweek, Hernandez also finished third last year in the triple jump behind two seniors at the 2024 track state championship meet. 

It comes as Donald Trump’s bill to ban trans athletes from women’s sports fell in the Senate on Monday night.

Legislation that aimed to bar transgender women and girls nationwide from participating in school athletic competitions designated for female athletes failed to advance in a divided Senate as Democrats stood united against an issue that Republicans leveraged in last year’s elections.

A test vote on the bill failed to gain the 60 votes needed to advance in the chamber as senators stuck to party lines in a 51-45 vote tally.

The bill sought to determine Title IX protections ‘based solely on a person´s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.’ 

The vote came as Republicans have homed in repeatedly on the social cause, casting it as an issue of ensuring athletic fairness for women and girls. 

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month giving federal agencies wide latitude to ensure entities that receive federal funding abide by Title IX in alignment with the administration´s view, which interprets ‘sex’ as the gender someone was assigned at birth.