The same Oregon High School, which fired fire last year for allowing trans athletes to compete with girls, continues to blow the competition a year later.
Running as a 10th grader at McDaniel High School in Portland, Ada Gallagher finished first in the 200m and 400m races at the 2024 6A-1 Portland Interscholastic League Championship.
Now in 11th grade, Gallagher has returned to the track for the Scholastic League tournament between Portland on his home track. He blew the competition out, especially at 400m, earning a finish that was more than seven seconds better than the rest of the field.
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Ada Gallagher, a transgender athlete at McDaniel High School in Portland, Oregon, continues to win races. (Kirby Lee-Usa Today Sports)
Gallagher finished at 57.62 in the 400m, while Franklin High School's Kinnary Soup Hunton finished second at 1:05.72. Gallagher's teammate Quinnan Schaefer was behind Soup Hanton at 1:07.13.
In the 200m race, Gallagher finished first with 25.76, followed by teammate Addison Skulls at 27.31.
Gallagher's time was a season record.
When the race video began to circulate on social media, commenters began to talk about their work.
“The experience has to be very disruptive for those girls,” said one X user. “… Looking back later, I'm much more mad at me, especially if I have my own kids,” another added, “The girls should all start to refuse to run and it's going to end soon.”
Ada Gallagher from McDaniel High School in Portland, Oregon defeated the competition in the 200m and 400m races at the Scholastic League athletics between Portland. (Kirby Lee-Usa Today Sports)
Oregon School Activities Associationthe Portland Interscholastic League governing body has a gender identity participation policy that “enables students to provide a fair and safe environment for all students while participating in a consistently asserted gender identity athletic or activity program.”
“As with Rule 8.2 on Eligibility/Graduation Periods, such rules promote harmony and fair competition among member schools by maintaining equal eligibility and increasing the number of students with opportunities to participate in intergroup activities,” the rulebook adds.
President Donald Trump's executive order 14201, well-known to “hold men out of women's sports,” has been signed to conclude that “in the women's category, the women's category, “should be “not sold or contested in front of men.” ”
When Trump signed the order last month, Oregon Republicans were pleased, with House minority leader Christine Dorazan saying he would introduce a bill to rewrite policies in high school athletics.
Ada Gallagher from McDaniel High School in Portland, Oregon set seasonal records in the 200m and 400m races in the girls' category. (Kirby Lee-Usa Today Sports)
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“Women have fought, won and gained incredible benefits in doing so to respect and support themselves in sports. We must protect that progress and stand fair,” Dorazan, National Girls and Women's Day, said on Sport Day. Oregon Public Broadcasting.
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