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Exclusive: President Donald Trump's administration will draw attention to California and Gov. Gavin Newsom in the controversial track and field playoff meeting, which will be a biology male trans athlete competing in the women's category.

The U.S. Department of Education convened News Magazine, California Interschool Federation (CIF) and Jurupa Valley High School at the upcoming meeting and previously reported that CIF officials set their rivals apart in last Saturday’s playoffs.

“This Saturday, CIF and Jurupa Valley High School had a clear violation of male athletes competing in the California Women’s Track and Field Women’s Track and Field Competition (South Section Division 3 Final), and the revenge against the girls protesting that protest was irresistible,” Julie Hartman, Educating Coscos Woman (Fox News Digital).

The CIF has conducted a federal Chapter IX investigation into transgender inclusion practices in the state.

"California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been in a moment of moral clarity, recently noting that it is "very unfair" for men to participate in the women's sports," Hartman continued. "Where is Governor Newsom now? With or without a governor, the Trump administration's Department of Education commitment is unwavering: We will not allow institutions to trample on women's civil rights. OCR's investigation into CIF continues to be full of vitality."

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California women's track and field athletes protested in the women's sports at the playoff meeting at Jorba Linda High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Contributed by Sophia Lorey)

California’s high school sports league is one of the first in the U.S. to publicly announce its executive order to violate President Donald Trump’s “release men from the women’s movement” executive order. Now, in addition to the federal investigation, the state faces unrest among its own residents on the issue.

Jurupa Valley High School's cross-track athletes will compete in high jumps, triple jumps and long jumps after entering the preliminary round last Saturday. The athlete ranked in the top 9 in those events, preventing three female athletes from moving forward while also entering the triple jump for the first time.

Julia Teven, 17, a student of Brea Olinda, is one of the athletes who will face trans competitors on Saturday. Teven is also one of the few female athletes to beat Jurupa Valley this year, ranking first in the preliminary round last Saturday, while the Trans athlete finished eighth.

However, Thai also claimed that she had seen trans athletes jump higher in social media posts and admitted that athletes could still beat her upcoming Saturday, noting that the finals’ scoring system is different from the preliminaries.

"He can beat me because he doesn't, but hopefully he can beat me."

Still, Teven did not blame the problem, she blamed the institutions that allowed it.

"I really believe he has no intention of harmful to women's sports. I think that's how it is, CIF allows him to put him in his place," said Thai. "I really think that he was enabled by CIF and he just took this opportunity to give him."

Crean Lutheran student Reese Hogan, 16, also leads the Trans athlete in the fifth high jumper. But this is another story during the triple jump.

The trans athlete led the competition, winning over four feet in the runner-up.

Hogan ranked third, if not for trans athletes, would have ranked higher.

"It's really sad to watch. He's obviously a very talented athlete and we all saw him jumping, I wish him good luck, but in the boys department," Hogan said. "It's obvious that the certain advantages he has are obvious, and it's obviously sad to look at that woman."

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California high school female athlete wearing a "protective women's sports" shirt at the playoff meeting at Yorba Linda High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Contributed by Reese Hogan)

The competitor waited for an hour to finish the game after temperatures exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit, which delayed the party.

The aggravated nature of the incident extends to the audience's temper.

The activists held a live press conference, which was covered up by controversy and protests, leaving students, parents and even public education officials to slam what CIF and the state government allowed to happen that day.

The CIF has acknowledged that its officials have athletes take off their "protective women's sports" shirts they are wearing during the competition and claimed that this is due to standard clothing policies.

"According to the CIF Southern Playoff Announcement, all athletes must wear appropriate school, uniforms. Student athletes are required to comply with this when they are in live event areas because they wear what they say is a shirt on uniforms issued by the school."

But witnesses claimed that officials did not give athletes the same orders to those who did not include the information on “protecting women’s sports.”

Videos on social media Some viewers were shown shouting "That's a boy!" in the athlete. But Olivia Viola, a student at Hogan and Crean Lutheran, told Fox News that other fans cheered only for trans athletes during the event while keeping silent for female competitors.

"It's really very split like he jumps, like you can obviously see, like you feel like half a stadium, like half a stadium. Then, a small group of people here are like here, cheering loudly like everything he does,"

“It’s really confusing to me. It’s so sad to hear people cheering loudly for their biological men who participate in women’s sports than for women’s sports.

Viola will also compete with trans athletes on Saturday.

"I think it's 100% of the authoritative person who allowed it to happen rather than his people who weren't the athlete. I don't want the protests against this athlete, I want to turn it to, and I do think most of us want to turn it to people who are authoritative and adults and CIFs who need to stand up for us," Viola said.

Several public institutions in California have stood up, including Hogan and Viola schools.

In the case, three California Christian schools opposed the CIF. Jserra Catholic High School, Orange Lutheran High School and Crean Lutheran High School wrote a joint letter from CIF last week, convening the issue of the track and field season outbreak.

“CIF’s gender identity policy also promotes an environment that is increasingly hostile to religious member schools. CIF expects all faith-based schools to promote CIF’s gender identity policy to put religious schools in a way that is incapable of complying with their belief in the classroom and community, but to the opposite of their belief in the field of athletic ability,” he said. Letter reading.

The California Family Council outreach director told Fox News that parents plan to protest in the South Section final.

"As a former CIF and college athlete in California, I am deeply grateful and encouraged to finally see a government that boldly supports girls. The Trump administration is willing to call together the injustice that has happened in the CIF and Jurupa High School is exactly what the state's female athletes have been waiting for."

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Jurupa Unified School District made a statement to Fox News digitalization, which responded to the Ministry of Education’s statement, defending its biomass in the women’s movement.

“JUSD continues to comply with California law and CIF policy regarding school track and field athletics. Currently, both state law and CIF policy require students to participate in sports teams and competitions that are consistent with their gender identity, regardless of the gender listed on the student record. JUSD remains committed to protecting students’ rights and safety, and our declaration is appropriate, we apply to the law, and to the provisions of Federal and Funders.

For more than a year, California has been a minefield of controversial events involving trans athletes in women’s and women’s sports, including multiple incidents involving volleyball teams, women’s basketball teams and women’s cross country.

Some of these incidents even prompted for confiscation or even litigation.

Newsom solved the issue in a podcast in early March.

"Well, I think it's a fair question," Newsom told conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. "I totally agree with you. It's very unfair.

“So it’s easy to call injustice. There’s also a humility and grace… These poor people are more likely to commit suicide, anxiety and depression, and the way people talk to vulnerable communities is also a difficult problem for me.

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"So I can hold those two things. How can I solve this problem in the kind of decent type I think you know, but it's not always expressed on this issue?

"The question you're asking is the question we've been asking ourselves for months. What is that. What is that? How can you make this fair? I can't figure it out, I'm as transparent about it as anyone, especially at my party, especially at my party. There's a way that someone can find that balance in a respectful and responsible way, and then I can open up."

Fox News Digital contacts Newsom's office and CIF.

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