Female Oregon high jumpers' stunning act of defiance after competing with trans rival at state champ

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Female Oregon high jumpers' stunning act of defiance after competing with trans rival at state championships

Daily Mail
By ALEX RASKIN
1 June 2025



Two female high-jump competitors refused to stand alongside a transgender rival on the podium at this weekend's high school state championships in Oregon.

Reese Eckard of Sherwood High School and Alexa Anderson of Tigard High School have been praised as heroes on social media after abandoning the medal ceremony in an apparent protest of a fifth-place finisher, who is reportedly transgender. Reese finished fourth in the state final while Anderson was third.

Rather than taking their spots on the podium, footage obtained by Fox News showed the girls turning their backs to the crowd before being ushered away from the ceremony by an official.

'Two female athletes in Oregon refused to stand on the podium because a boy was awarded a place. Girls have had enough,' conservative activist Riley Gaines wrote on X. 'Girls have had enough.'

Daily Mail has reached out to the Oregon School Activities Association for comment on the controversy.

Anderson spoke to Fox News about her decision over the weekend.

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[roamer_1]

This whole thing is so damned ridiculous.

The reason that women's leagues and women's sports exist is because as a rule, a woman cannot compete with a man, physically.

Let's just get rid of the WNBA. There's no difference, right? Let the women compete in the NBA.

You know what will happen, right?