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California’s Athletics Championships are undergoing last minute tweaks with post-president eligibility rules Donald Trump It sparked controversy among trans athletes shaking the Golden State.
California Interstate Integration Federation (CIF) provided a statement to Fox News Digital on Tuesday. This was announced the change hours after Trump sent a true social post threatening to withhold federal funds from the state. This competition includes biological female athletes who missed out on qualifying for competitions that could have been higher without trans-athlete participation.
The federal alleges that at the end of last weekend’s CIF Master Qualifiers, it came to a decision made just days before Trump’s statement. The statement also refers to female competitors as “biological female student-athletes.”
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Protests to promote transport to women’s sports by California female track and field athletes at a postseason competition at Yorba Linda High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025 (Provided by Sophia Lorey)
“The CIF values ​​all student-athletes and continues to support its mission to provide opportunities to belong, connect and compete with students, while adhering to California law and education codes.
“Under this pilot entry process, biological female student athletes who won one next qualifying mark of the section’s automatic qualifying entry at the CIF State Convention and did not achieve the CIF State final mark at the section competition have expanded their opportunities to participate in the 2025 CIF State Track and field entry opportunities, seeking opportunities for student athletes.”
The change will allow at least two competitors to compete for state titles after they shyly fell on Saturday’s typical eligibility threshold. The trance identified athlete who competed as a girl at Jurupa Valley High School came in first place in the triple jump and long jump on Saturday.
Trump did not identify the names of schools or athletes involved in his true social post situation.
The Jurupa Unified School District has provided a statement to Fox News Digital, addressing the president’s recent post.
Audiences will protect the girls sports shirts at the CIF Southern Section Division 3 athletics stadium held at Nathan Shepherd Memorial Stadium at Yorba Linda High School in Yorba Linda, California on May 10, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)
“JUSD must comply with both California law and CIF policy regarding school athletics. Currently, both state law and CIF policy require that both state law and CIF policy be allowed to participate in athletic teams and competitions that match their gender identity, regardless of the gender listed in the student’s records.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office previously acknowledged that he thought biological men competing in girls’ sports were “deeply unfair.”
“The proposed CIF pilot is a rational and respectful way to navigate complex issues without compromising competitive fairness. It is a model worth pursuing. The governor is encouraged by this thoughtful approach,” the statement read.
The CIF is currently investigating federal Title IX by the US Department of Education.
After Trump signed the executive order for “No Men’s Sports for Women’s Sports” on February 5, the CIF is one of the nation’s first high school sports leagues, failing to comply with the order and instead complies with California law.
CIF was scrutinized two weeks ago Reported by Fox News Digital CIF officials are said to have stripped off female athletes’ T-shirts “protecting women’s sports” during section qualifying. The federal confirmed the case of Fox News Digital.
“According to the CIF Southern Section’s playoff news, all athletes must wear appropriate, school-issued, track uniforms. Student-athletes were asked to follow this in the event area on the field, as they wear shirts above school-issued uniforms,” ​​the CIF said in a statement at the time.
US Department of Education An alert has been sent Jurupa Valley trans athletes compete in the division finals against the state over the situation via an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital on May 15th.
“The obvious fl hush of federal civil rights laws by allowing male athletes to compete in women’s California athletics [Southern Sectional Division 3 Final] This Saturday and allegations of retaliation against the girl who protests this are vulnerable,” Education Department spokeswoman Julie Hartman told Fox News Digital.
“We do not allow agencies to trample on women’s civil rights. OCR’s CIF investigation continues to be vibrant.”
After losing to a trans athlete in a long jump in the sectional final, LA Canada High School’s Katy McGuinness urged the CIF to quickly change their policy during an interview with FOX News. “The US reports.”
“I have nothing to this athlete as a person, so there’s nothing to the trans community,” McGuinness said. “My message today is actually for the CIF and for them to act quickly and in a timely manner, because this is a really time-sensitive issue.”
Transathletes have been allowed to compete as women and girls since 2014, when a law called AB 1266 came into effect after passing in 2013.
The law enabled several controversial cases last year involving trans-athletes in the state’s girls and women’s sports.
These include the San Jose state women’s volleyball scandal. This includes lawsuits against the schools and states to recover biological male Blair Fleming without the knowledge of the rest of the female athletes, as well as lawsuits against the Riverside Unified School District for providing girls cross-country roster spots to trans athletes while schoking students to “save women’s sports.”
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California High School Girls athletes will be wearing a “protecting Girls Sports” shirt at the postseason track meet held at Yoruba Linda High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Personal courtesy of Reese Hogan)
Meanwhile, Trump and his administration put most of their attention in Maine, which involves countering the waves of athletes. The Justice Department lawsuit against Gov. Janet Mills, multiple temporary funding suspensions, and the Supreme Court lawsuit accused of state legislator Laurel Libby of calling for minor trans athletes who won the women’s pole vault competition in February, have rocked New England for months.
But now Trump is looking to California, with the CIF already working on a backlash accommodation amid the current Spring Track Championship controversy.
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