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News outlet that interviewed him says studies show trans females have no competitive advantages

A male California high school student who has been competing against females in track and field could care less what people think of him.

Sixteen-year-old AB Hernández (pictured) of Jurupa Valley High recently won a pair of first place medals in the long jump and triple jump at the CIF Southern Section Track and Field Finals.

He also finished 7th in the girls high jump and is ranked third in the entire state in girls triple jump.

Lest one complain about these performances, let alone the fact that Hernández actually is a boy, you’re acting like a “child,” “idiotic” and a “bully,” according to the runner. After all, he claims “the overwhelming majority of athletes competing alongside” him support his participation.

In an interview last weekend with Capital & Main — which claims Hernández “has been the target of a right-wing campaign” — Hernández said the fact that he hasn’t finished first in all of his events negates the claims of his critics.

“All I thought was, I don’t think you understand that this puts your idiotic claims to trash,” he said. “‘She can’t be beat because she’s biologically male.’ Now you have no proof that I can’t be beat.”

To those on the sidelines who allegedly “continually yelled” at him during the meet, Hernández said “There’s nothing I can do about people’s actions, just focus on my own. I’m still a child, you’re an adult, and for you to act like a child shows how you are as a person.”

NEW: High school transgender track athlete says he is going to win at the California State Championships to make a point to the “haters.”

All this does is prove the “haters” were 100% right.

Biological male AB Hernandez is dominating the female competition and appears to think… pic.twitter.com/GJo5b06cGQ

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 15, 2025

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Capital & Main claims “studies show trans athletes have not outperformed their cisgender counterparts,” and that “transgender women were found to be disadvantaged compared to cisgender women by several measures.”

It also says Hernández “is not ranked as a top athlete nationally,” yet he ranks 10th in the country in the triple jump.

The news outlet further quotes UCLA School of Law’s Elana Redfield who said “we’re not seeing a dramatic increase in trans people winning competitions or a dramatic increase in injuries or other potential risks to other participants. There isn’t evidence to support these actions.”

According to her faculty page, Redfield “coordinates the [Williams] Institute’s legal research and analysis related to federal and state policies that impact lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and intersex people.”

🚨🚨🚨Today at the Raincross Track Championships in southern California, a trans-identified boy, Ab Hernandez from Jurupa Valley High School, got 1st place in the girls’ long jump with a 18’ 3” jump, breaking the 37-year old meet record in this event

Hernandez also finished… pic.twitter.com/OQEqH44R2i

— Beth Bourne (@bourne_beth2345) April 6, 2025

The second you have to compare your performance to those of the best in the nation rather than those of average athletes, you’ve already lost the argument.

— HeCheated.org (@hecheateddotorg) May 15, 2025

Sonja Shaw, president of the Chino Valley Unified School District and candidate for California superintendent of public instruction, insisted however that “transgender girls like Hernandez have an advantage.”

“My biggest goal is to make sure communities across California elect [school board] members who are going to stand up and say no [to boys competing against girls],” Shaw, who called Hernández’s mother a “coward” at the recent track meet, said.

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IMAGE CAPTION & CREDIT: AB Hernández prepares to make a jump; Beth Bourne/X

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