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The California High School Sports League made an important rule change in its next state championship of female athletics for the second consecutive day.
The changes occur when the State faces an increasing pressure, both internally from its own residents and the administration of President Donald Trump, due to a growing controversy that involves a trans athlete.
On Wednesday, the California Interest Federation (CIF) announced that the meeting of the state title on Saturday will now expand its group of competitors and even medal receptors to accommodate any female athlete that is displaced by a biological male competitor.
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The CIF is causing this rule to change specifically for long jump events, height jump and triple jump.
“On Friday, May 30, if necessary, in the height jump, the triple jump and long jump classification events in the state athletics championship CIF 2025, a biological student-athlete who would have obtained the next qualification mark will also advance to the finals,” reads the CIF announcement.
“In addition, if necessary, in the height jump, triple jump and length events in the state athletics championships CIF 2025, a biological athlete student who will have won a specific location on the podium will also be awarded the medal for that place and the results will be reflected in the recording of the event.”
The CIF athletics postseason has been shaken by a national controversy that involves the Trans Hernández athlete of Jurupa Valley High School competing in those events and regularly dominating female competition. The athlete obtained first place in length of length and triple jump in a final of the sectional and the state classification round in the last two weeks.
The last CIF change occurs only one day after the Federation expanded the size of its group of competitors.
“Any biological student who had won the next qualification brand for one of the automatic qualification tickets of their section at the CIF state meeting, and did not reach the ATLÁRGULA brand of the CIF state in the final at its section meeting, the opportunity to participate in the 2025 CIF field Track and Field Championship was extended,” he said Tuesday.
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AB Hernández, Del Valle de Jurupa, competes in the height jump of the girls during the preliminary athletics of the Southern Section of Division 3 of CIF at Yorba Linda high school on May 10, 2025, in Yorba Linda, California. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)
Wednesday’s change also produces only one day after a competitor’s family faced Hernández in the championship told Pak Gazette Digital that they believe that the CIF that expanded the group of competitors was enough.
The ‘solution’ of CIF to this situation, which allows additional girls to compete in the state championship that otherwise did not qualify because the transgender athlete took its place, it is not good enough: it is still an unfair competition and an injustice for the girls who compete, “said the star of the Star on the Girls of the Canada, Katie McGuinness, in a statement.
“Allowing biological men to compete in women’s sports is unfair, unfair and challenges common sense,” added the family.
The controversy that involves Hernández has caused local, state and national outrage by families and activists, while President Donald Trump has shown that he is willing to sanction the State about the situation.
Trump sent a publication about Truth Social on Tuesday morning warning California and Governor Gavin Newsom of possible federal fund cuts to the State, and even orders to send local authorities to prevent an athlete Trans from competing in the girls category on Saturday.
Trump did not specifically appoint the athlete or the school referred to in the publication of social networks.
The Athletics Athlete of California girls opens to lose the first place to the Trans Competitor
AB Hernández, Del Valle de Jurupa, competes in the height jump of the girls during the preliminary athletics of the Southern Section of Division 3 of CIF at Yorba Linda high school on May 10, 2025, in Yorba Linda, California. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)
But on Wednesday, the United States Department of Justice announced that it would launch an investigation into the Attorney General of CIF and California, Rob Bonta, on the State’s law that allows transfet biologically male athletes to compete with girls and women.
A complaint letter was directed that reported on the investigation to Jurupa Valley High School, the Department of Justice told Pak Gazette Digital. The Unified School District of Jurupa (Jusd) told Pak Gazette Digital that he has not received a letter.
The DOJ announcement lists the school district in the official announcement of the investigation.
Jusd has previously defended Hernández competing in the girls category.
“Jusd continues to follow California’s law and CIF policy regarding school athletics. Both state law and CIF policy currently require that students are allowed to participate in athletics and competences teams consisting of their gender identity, regardless of students who appear in the student’s records.
Other competitors have spoken throughout the postseason of athletics against the CIF and the State for allowing the situation to progress to this point.
Hernández’s second place finalist in Triple Jump in a sectional final on May 17, Reese Hogan de Crean Lutheran High School, made a point of standing in the first place of podium for a quick and symbolic photograph. Hogan’s images taking first place on the podium after the Trans athlete went viral on social networks during the weekend.
“He is a bit sad just looking. He is obviously a really talented athlete, we have all seen him jump and things, and I wish him the best of luck, but in a children’s division,” Hogan told Pak Gazette Digital about competing against the athlete. “It is quite obvious the certain advantages it has, and it is obviously sad as a woman to see that.”
The student of Brea Olinda, Julia Teven, was one of the few female athletes who has defeated the athlete of Jurupa Valley this year, drawing in the first place in the height jump in the sectional preliminaries earlier this month, while the Trans athlete ended eighth.
“I really think it has no harmful intention for girls’ sports. I think it is so, CIF, which allows you to put it in position,” said Teven. “I think genuinely, it is only enabled by the CIF, and is only taking advantage of its chance.”
