Oregon female athletes don’t stand next to trans competitor on medal podium at state championship
Oregon high school girls’ track and field athletes Reese Eckard and Alexa Anderson stepped down from the high jump medal podium and turned the other way at the state championships on Saturday night, as a trans athlete shared the podium.
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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.
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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.
The footage then showed an official confront the two young women, and gesture for them to move away. Eckard and Anderson were then seen walking away from the podium and standing off to the side.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Oregon School Activities Association for a response.
The trans athlete previously competed in the boys’ category in 2023 and 2024, Fox News Digital previously reported.
Eckard and Anderson were praised for not standing on the podium on social media, and were even shouted out by prominent conservative activist Riley Gaines.
