Trans high school track star wins girls triple jump by staggering 8 feet, sparks fury

A transgender high school track star in California recently obliterated her competition by winning a girl’s triple jump event by a staggering eight feet.AB Hernandez, a junior at Jurupa Valley High School, secured the win with a more than 40-foot jump at the Ontario Relays invitational meet back on Feb.

22, records show.The runner-up managed to jump just over 32 feet in the category.Hernandez also took out first place at the meet in the high jump (4 feet, 10 inches) and long jump (17 feet, 6 inches) events.She continued her winning streak, too, this past Saturday when she took home first place in both the triple jump and long jump events at the Roosevelt Invitational, according to records.

The teen finished nearly three feet ahead of the triple jump runner-up and two feet ahead of her second-placed long jump competitor, the results show.“Hopefully, I hit a 41 [footer] this year if it’s possible.Preferably at state so that I can possibly win,” Hernandez said late last month after her 40-foot triple jump.

“I just keep telling myself you are No.1 — it’s yours to lose.”Her run of track victories has sparked fury online — with critics quickly accusing her of having an unfair advantage.“Unreal,” one posted on X.

“AB Hernandez, a trans-identified boy, set the Division 3 Girls’ triple jump meet record at the Ontario Relays meet in SoCal with a 40-foot triple jump, a full 8 feet longer than 2nd place (32’-03”).”Another ripped the win as “outrageous.”“After stealing these titles, he had the audacity to say: ‘I just keep telling myself You are number one’.This isn’t fairness.”Her wins come as a bill aimed at banning transgender women and girls nationwide from participating in school athletic competitions failed to advance in a divided Senate late Monday.

A test vote on the bill, which seeks to determine Title IX protections “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth”, failed to gain the 60 vo...