A high school in Oregon is once again grabbing headlines after a transgender student far surpassed the competition during the Portland Interscholastic League Championship.

The New York Post on Thursday identified the runner as 16-year-old Ada Gallagher, a junior at McDaniel High School.

Gallagher won the 200M and 400M, according to reports. The student also beat personal records for the season in both races.

Video of the races is circulating on social media, showing Gallagher far ahead of the other runners as they rounded a portion of the track. In one race, Gallagher appears to finish more than seven seconds before other runners.

Gallagher finished at 57.62 in the 400M, with Franklin High School’s Kinnaly Souphanthong coming in second at 1:05.72, according to The Post.

Then, in the 200M race, Gallagher finished first at 25.76, followed by teammate Addyson Skyles at 27.31.

People took to social media to express their emotions about Gallagher’s wins.

“Former college track guy here. To put this into perspective, Gallagher’s times in the 400 and 200, which totally crushed the actual girl runners in a HS varsity meet, would not have placed in top 6 in my 8th grade boys city championship meet. This is cowardly cheatin,” one person wrote on X.

Another person said female athletes “deserve to lose” if they don’t take action.

“At this point, if women and girls continue to compete against a man, they deserve to lose. The only way this will end is if they refuse to compete. Let him run around the track alone.”

It’s not the first time Gallagher’s participation in races caused controversy, as the student won 200M and 400M races during a competition in 2024, according to The Post. Gallagher’s recent victories reignited a debate at McDaniel High School and area schools, as policies enacted by the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) are reportedly under review.

“The OSAA endeavors to allow students to participate for the athletic or activity program of their consistently asserted gender identity while providing a fair and safe environment for all students,” the OSAA noted in an excerpt from it 20222023 handbook.

There is also an ongoing nationwide debate about transgender athletes competing in women’s sports.

Earlier in March, President Donald Trump welcomed Payton McNabb to his joint address to Congress.

McNabb, a former high school volleyball player, said she was seriously hurt when when a transgender athlete slammed a ball into her face.

In February, Trump signed the “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order.

In the order, the president said allowing boys and men to compete in women’s sports is demeaning, unfair and dangerous to women and girls.

He said it denies women and girls the equal opportunity to participate and excel in competitive sports.

Trump said his goal is to “rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy.

“It shall also be the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women’s sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity and truth.”

Trump also had a message for children and young adults during his address.

“You are perfect exactly the way God made you,” Trump said.

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