Transgender Runner Confused As To Why Nobody Celebrated After Dominating High School Girls State Championship

Veronica Garcia, a 16-year-old high school track runner, won the 2A girls 400-meter state championship race in Tacoma, Washington late last month. While that may feel like a normal, run-of-the-mill type of story, it's not, given the fact that Garcia is a transgender athlete, also known as a biological male.

Garcia posted a time of 55.75 seconds in the state championship race beating the runner-up by a full second. According to The Spokesman, Garcia was met with boos from the crowd when they took the lead. When awarded a medal for winning the race, and taking an opportunity away from biological females, Garcia was confused as to why nobody cheered.

"I guess maybe I expected sportsmanship because I was cheering the rest of them on when they were called. So I guess I expected to get that reciprocated," they told the outlet. "But I didn’t get that." 

A voice in the crowd reportedly yelled "she's not a girl" when Garcia received their medal. Garcia told the outlet they were "somewhat hurt" when fellow competitors didn't offer up any congratulations following the race.

Garcia whined that "I'm just a teenager, I wish people would remember that" when trying to figure out why a group of teenage girls that just lost to a biological male wouldn't celebrate that occasion.

For those curious about what the winning time was on the boy's side of the 400-meter state championship race, the winner clocked in at 48.47 seconds. The last-place finisher crossed the line at 50.73 seconds, over five seconds faster than Garcia's winning time in the girl's race.

According to the Independent Council on Women's Sports, Garcia was previously known as Davina Brown and Donovan Brown and came to attention earlier this season for being ranked No. 1 in the division and No. 4 in the state after winning a girls 400m race in March.

While a biological male racing against biological females is wrong on every level, Garcia isn't the only one to blame in this situation, they're simply taking advantage of a ridiculous system that's in place.

Over the last 18 years, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has had a policy allowing students to compete in the division of the gender they "most consistently expressed."

"All students have the opportunity to participate in WIAA athletics and/or activities in a manner that is consistent with their gender identity," the 2023-24 WIAA handbook reads.

Washington is one of 16 total states around the U.S. that has adopted policies allowing high school athletes to compete against whatever gender they so choose.