CeCe Telfer, the transgender athlete who won the NCAA women’s track and field championship in 2019, vowed in a recent interview to return to indoor competition and win.
Telfer caused controversy earlier this year when he won the New England Regional indoor track and field championships, but in his new book he has vowed to bring home more than just a medal.
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CeCe Telfer attended Corey O’Brien’s ‘Everyone Loves Corey’ at the Comedy Chateau on November 2, 2023 in North Hollywood, California. (Photo by Victoria Sirakova/Corey O’Brien via Getty Images)
“Indoor track in 2024 is going to be great, so I’m looking forward to it,” Telfer said. An interview with them“My dream has been taken away again, so I plan to go back to New England and compete in all the indoor meets and get all the names and records.”
“I’m not always going to come first, I’m not always going to come second, I’m not always going to be on the podium, but track meets are important. They’re the fire that burns in my mind and my body. So I can go out there and do my best knowing I can be that girl that everyone talks about when I go indoors.”
The NCAA has yet to provide specific rules regarding transgender athletes in sports. The NCAA stated that each sport will follow its national governing body, following the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee. In the absence of a national governing body, each sport will follow international policy. The NCAA will update its transgender policy starting January 19, 2022, with final implementation starting August 1.
Franklin Pierce’s CeCe Telfer wins the 400-meter hurdles at the Division II boys’ and girls’ outdoor track and field championships on May 25, 2019, at Javelina Stadium in Kingsville, Texas. (Photo by Rudy Gonzalez/NCAA via Getty Images)
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Earlier this year, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NAIA) banned transgender athletes from women’s sports.
The NAIA said its decision was based on “fair and safe competition for all student-athletes” and that “Title IX ensures that female athletes have a separate and equal opportunity to compete.” The organization said only athletes whose biological sex is female can participate in “NAIA-sponsored women’s sports.” The policy goes into effect on Aug. 1.
Telfer, who competed at Franklin Pierce University, said he was “heartbroken” and “distraught” by the rule.
“Why are we going back? Are we trying to reverse history? We’re literally going backwards in history,” Telfer said. “This isn’t real. We were moving forward and now we’re moving backwards. This is frightening. The fact that people have the power to move backwards is frightening, not just for trans women, but for society as a whole, because people are [anti-trans advocates are] It’s not going to stop at transgender women. No. They’ve always policed women’s bodies. The focus is going to be on cisgender women and what’s happening to their lives and their bodies.
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“It’s heartbreaking because I had a chance. The NCAA took notice, gave me a chance to be heard and to be active. They took a step in the right direction and obviously made history and hopefully other organizations will follow suit.”
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