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“This is how you do it,” I wrote, and argued that we needed to see more of this to end this scourge on society. Men shouldn’t be competing against women in high-level athletics; there is no “if, and, or but” to the conversation.
Lo and behold, we did see more of it Saturday night when two Oregon girls bravely took a stand and refused to stay on the podium when a male athlete was awarded a medal.
A pair of girls’ track and field athletes did not stand on the medal podium alongside a transgender athlete for high jump at the Oregon state championship on Saturday night.
Footage obtained by Fox News Digital showed the two high school seniors, Reese Eckard of Sherwood High School and Alexa Anderson of Tigard High School, step down from their respective spots on the podium next to a trans athlete who represented Ida B. Wells High School.
Eckard, in fourth place, and Anderson, in third, each finished ahead of the trans athlete, who tied for fifth place. But the two females faced the opposite direction as the other competitors received their medals from officials.
Outspoken former University of Kentucky swim star Riley Gaines appreciated the gesture, writing, “girls have had enough.”
Watch this.
Two female athletes in Oregon refused to stand on the podium because a boy was awarded a place.
Girls have had enough.
pic.twitter.com/MhCgZ2zLou— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) May 31, 2025