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East Valley teen is the first Washington transgender athlete to win a state high school track championship. But controversy followed
Spokane Spokesman-Review ^ | 6/2/2024 | Amanda Sullander

Posted on 06/27/2024 7:06:12 PM PDT by simpson96

Verónica Garcia did not hear the boos when the race started last weekend.

When she took the lead in the State 2A girls 400-meter run at the track and field championships in Tacoma, they grew in volume and became unmistakable as she reached the finish line to become the first transgender high school athlete to place first in state.

Such victories are typically a time for celebration but the East Valley High School junior’s win has sparked controversy.

People criticized Garcia all season for participating on the girls track team. Yet the jeers at Saturday’s meet were “a bit more severe,” she said.

Garcia cheered and clapped for her competitors as they received their medals. When the announcer called her to the podium, the crowd fell silent and the other high school runners at the podium did not acknowledge her as they stood with hands clasped behind their backs.

As she accepted her gold medal, a voice in the crowd could be heard yelling, “She’s not a girl!”

Garcia expected the chilly reaction from the crowd, though she was “somewhat hurt” her peers did not offer congratulations.

“I guess maybe I expected sportsmanship because I was cheering the rest of them on when they were called. So I guess I expected to get that reciprocated,” she said. “But I didn’t get that.”

(Excerpt) Read more at spokesman.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: failedmaleathlete; savewomenssports; sports; tacoma; theomenssports; trans; transathletes; transgender; veronicagarcia; washington

1 posted on 06/27/2024 7:06:12 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96
More history being made !

The best woman is a man !

2 posted on 06/27/2024 7:07:47 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: simpson96

So a guy wins a girls’ track and field race. He should be so proud.


3 posted on 06/27/2024 7:09:13 PM PDT by Petrosius
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To: simpson96

We’re not supposed to notice her pecker.


4 posted on 06/27/2024 7:12:16 PM PDT by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Poor 'lil Travon bees slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: simpson96
This faggot would finish last when competing against males.

I saw a video clip just recently of Serena Williams saying that if the top women in tennis were to compete against even mediocre men they'd get creamed. The interviewer then said something like "I don't believe that" and she replied that it was true...and did so in a slightly annoyed tone.

She was speaking the truth.

5 posted on 06/27/2024 7:13:28 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Never Trust A Man Whose Uncle Was Eaten By Cannibals)
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To: Gay State Conservative

John McEnroe has been saying the same Serena did, for years.
And the folks on tv he says it to always react with incredulity and annoyance. Sadly, the ‘Girl Power!’ brainwashing has succeeded with a lot of folks.


6 posted on 06/27/2024 7:17:29 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: Sir Bangaz Cracka

Looked like there was a tiny one.


7 posted on 06/27/2024 7:18:25 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (Bye done!)
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To: Steely Tom

“Why can’t a woman be more like a man?” rex Harrison, “my Fair Lady”.


8 posted on 06/27/2024 7:22:23 PM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: Gay State Conservative

Some journeyman male pro actually clobbered both Serena and Venus one-on-one on the same day. It’s just not a fair match physically but that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate a real woman who can dominate their sport as the Williams girls did for almost two decades.

https://www.tennisnow.com/Blogs/NET-POSTS/November-2017-(1)/The-Man-Who-Beat-Venus-and-Serena-Back-to-Back.aspx


9 posted on 06/27/2024 7:34:05 PM PDT by MTBobcat (The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
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To: simpson96

Silly ‘journalist’ He is NOT a she.
Appalling what an education in applied lying, nothingness and illogic can do to an already weak mind.


10 posted on 06/27/2024 7:36:39 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: simpson96

a great day for male supremacy

where are the feminists?


11 posted on 06/27/2024 7:43:29 PM PDT by joshua c
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To: simpson96

All the girls have to do is scratch their entries and there will be no race. Maybe race officials will take notice and stop this nonsense. The ball is in the girls court.


12 posted on 06/27/2024 7:57:34 PM PDT by chopperk (are)
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To: simpson96

“Boy wins girls track meet”


13 posted on 06/27/2024 8:10:31 PM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: Qwapisking
"Why can't a woman be more like a bull?" International Bad Hemingway Competition, circa 1982.
14 posted on 06/27/2024 8:35:32 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Petrosius
"So a guy wins a girls’ track and field race. He should be so proud."

Lackluster males who race competitively against females have not
an iota of shame and scoff at fairness.

15 posted on 06/27/2024 8:40:03 PM PDT by chief lee runamok ( Le Flâneur @Large)
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To: simpson96

Cheating mentally ill freak!


16 posted on 06/27/2024 8:43:11 PM PDT by vpintheak (Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. )
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To: chopperk

That is probably the only and the best solution.
But, I think, the girls are afraid of being called transphobes.


17 posted on 06/27/2024 9:34:42 PM PDT by AZJeep
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To: AZJeep

The pathetic mentally ill fool needs mental health treatment pronto before he murders someone or kills himself.


18 posted on 06/27/2024 10:20:00 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: simpson96

Maybe one of the top ten boy’s soccer teams, or top ten boys basketball teams should all declare trans and go for the gold. It’s ok evidently in the state of Washington. National high school champs anyone.


19 posted on 06/28/2024 12:18:27 AM PDT by Waverunner
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To: simpson96

“But I didn’t get that.”

Cuz yer a guy, sooo...


20 posted on 06/28/2024 3:18:14 AM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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