Transgender athlete AB Hernandez dominates the triple jump events at the California postseason track meet
YORBA LINDA, Calif. — The California postseason meet on Saturday opened with a “Save Girls' Sports” rally outside the gates and ended in typical fashion, as another athlete left the field in the high jump events, highlighting growing concerns about competitive fairness in girls' sports.
Saturday's CIF Southern Section Division 3 preliminaries in Yorba Linda drew attention before the tournament began, with protesters protesting California's policy allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls' sports.
Indoors, the focus was on the show jumping events, where natural male AB Hernandez, a senior from Jurupa Valley, competed against the women and finished first in all three events with excellent performances.
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Hernandez, a multi-sport athlete (who previously competed in girls volleyball), won the Long Jump Division 3 Prelim and Triple Jump Division 3 Prelim by wide margins and tied for first in the High Jump Division 3 Prelim with Reese Hogan, an athlete with a previous relationship with Hernandez.
The result of the long jump split the field. Hernandez posted 20 feet, 4 1/4 inches. The next closest finishers cleared 19 feet, 1 1/2 inches and 18 feet, 7 inches.
The first and second feet are separated.
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The triple jump emphasized the imbalance. Hernandez cleared 42 feet, 4 inches. The runners-up finished with 39 feet, 7 1/2 inches and 37 feet, 8 inches.
The growing attention to this issue was seen on the grounds of Yorba Linda High School, which hosted the first studies.
'Save Girls Sports' activists at a rally in California on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (OutKick's Alejandro Avilla)
Another grandparent in attendance, who came to support Moorpark High School, expressed how common this situation has become.
“It happened last year and I thought it was going to happen, but it's in California,” the grandfather said with a shrug.
Another parent, a father from Yucca Valley, expressed general agreement about concerns about trans athletes.
Trans athlete AB Hernandez swept the jumping events at the CIF Division 3 prelims, fueling the ongoing fairness debate. (OutKick/Alejandro Avila) ((OutKick/Alejandro Avila))
“I think they should have their own wing. I just don't like hurting one child,” he said.
A high jump sent competitor Reese Hogan back into the fold.
Hernandez and Hogan both cleared 5 feet, 2 inches, finishing tied for first.
Hogan previously drew attention after stepping onto the podium following an event won by Hernandez, a move promoted by women's sports advocates as a statement about who should hold that position.
On Saturday these two athletes met again at the top of the table, the result was a draw.
Outside of the venue, a previous rally led by former NCAA athlete Sophia Lorey focused on fairness and competitive equality in girls' sports.
In each game, removed from any dynamic team, the scoreboard made the fairness debate difficult to ignore.
Hernandez's marks tell the story: a long jump of 20 feet, 4 1/4 inches, a triple jump of 42 feet, 4 inches, and a high tie of 5 feet, 2 inches.
Hernandez competed under the laws California allowed for more than a decade. Those rules remain at the center of a growing dispute between state officials and federal leaders over Title IX and women's sports. That battle is now in the courts, with the Department of Justice suing California over its policies on transgender athletes.
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In response, the office of Gov. Gavin Newsom has distanced himself from the governor in the case, insisting that his name not be disclosed while defending the existing federal law.
Saturday's preliminaries in Yorba Linda added more details to the growing push to ban natural men from girls' events.
The protest set the scene early, and by the end of the day the argument had moved from the sidewalk to the scoreboard, where the outcome had real consequences.
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