What do you do when governments don’t stand up for your right to justice? You stand up for yourself.
On Saturday May 17, AB Hernandez won the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division 3 long jump and triple jump events in the women’s category. This normally wouldn’t make national headlines if it were a standard meet, but it was anything but.
Hernandez, who attends Jurupa Valley High School, is a male posing as a woman, and now he ranks No. 1 in the state in the triple jump for his performance against women over the weekend. The state championship meet will take place on May 31.
🚨🚨Yesterday at the CIF Southern Section track and field finals, a boy athlete, Ab Hernandez from Jurupa Valley High School, “won” two first place medals.
— Beth Bourne (@bourne_beth2345) May 18, 2025
He finished first in the girls’ triple jump with a 41’ 4” jump, over 4’ longer than 2nd place (the real winner) Reese Hogan… pic.twitter.com/CkFCf1REYx
The CIF's current policy on transgender athletes allows men to compete in women's sports.
Reese Hogan, an actual female triple jumper from Crean Lutheran, finished in second after setting a personal and school record for her jumps at 37 feet and 2 inches (Hernandez finished a near full four feet ahead of her). After being forced to stand on the second-place podium for the medal ceremony, she did something that proved she was not going to let this injustice go by unchallenged.
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When Hernandez stepped off the podium, she went to the No. 1 spot - her rightful place - and posed for pictures to the crowd.
When the boy got off the podium, she assumed her rightful spot as champion. The crowd erupts with applause.
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) May 18, 2025
THIS is the way.
Congrats to Reese Hogan, the REAL champ!!! https://t.co/KiEm2yV2YY pic.twitter.com/hqGdikES29
That’s how you do it! If the state government and athletic governing body won't do their part to fight injustice, you have to do it yourself.
Currently, California and the CIF stand in opposition to President Donald Trump’s executive order banning men from women’s sports in all levels of competition. U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon issued Gov. Gavin Newsom a letter in March saying that federal funding could be cut from the state if California continues to allow boys to unfairly compete against girls.
Looks like those funding cuts might come sooner than later.
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