'The meet took place in Eugene, Oregon, the same stadium where the U.S. Championships and Olympic Trials take place.'
“The meet took place in Eugene, Oregon , the same stadium where the U.S. Championships and Olympic Trials take place.”A high school transgender runner was booed while being crowned as the Oregon Girls’ 6A 200-meter state champion.
Aayden Gallagher, of McDaniel High School, won the state title by two-tenths of a second. Gallagher was also booed while crossing the finish line of the race.The sophomore also ran the fastest 400-meter prelim, but lost the final of the 400-meter by 0.15 of a second. The meet took place in Eugene, Oregon, the same stadium where the U.S. Championships and Olympic Trials take place.
Gallagher caused outrage on social media on Wednesday after competing in several events at the Portland Interscholastic League Championship semifinals against girls. Gallagher finished in first place in the 400-meter preliminary event with a 56.14 time – 0.23 seconds better than the second-place finisher. Gallagher finished second in the 200-meter preliminary event with a time of 24.49 – about 0.17 slower than the first-place finisher.
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