A transgender runner blew away the competition at a high school girls’ championship race in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday.
Ada Gallagher, a 17-year-old runner for Portland’s McDaniel High School, easily beat all female competitors this week and took first place in the 400M race, where he beat the next closest girl by an incredible seven seconds, according to the New York Post.
Last year, Gallagher stirred controversy when he won the 6A-1 Portland Interscholastic League Championship in the girls’ 200M and 400M races.
This year, Gallagher was awarded two season record runs. He finished with a time of 57.62 in the 400M, beating Franklin High School’s Kinnaly Souphanthong, who came in second at 1:05.72. The transgender runner also won the 200M, finishing with a 25.76, more than two seconds ahead of the second-place runner, who ran a 27.31.
Video shows Gallagher easily loping far ahead of his competition:
🚨BREAKING🚨
— REDUXX (@ReduxxMag) March 20, 2025
Male student Aayden "Ada" Gallagher has just won gold in the Girls 200m Varsity race, setting yet another season record.
This marks his second win at the Portland Interscholastic League meet in Oregon today. pic.twitter.com/AHAQXJaHzV
Gallagher’s participation last year spurred the coach of an opposing team to protest his inclusion. That coach, Lake Oswego High School’s John Parks, was ultimately fired.
This year’s blowout win for Gallagher disgusted many social media users:
How is it possible that anyone with critical thinking skills can see this and think it’s right to allow men in women’s sports?
— Anne (@WiserWrite) March 20, 2025
I'm a progressive dem and I have a problem w/this. Be what you want to be and I don't and would never judge, just don't feel you need to be in a space where an un-level playing field exists, because of gender transformation. It's unfair; it's wrong and many dems feel this way.
— Emme M (@EmmeM15648388) March 20, 2025
This insanity needs to stop! Female athletes train their whole lives just to be robbed of victories by biological males. Where are the so-called feminists? Where are the fair competition advocates? This is a complete disgrace, and it’s only happening because spineless officials…
— Trump Gunner (@KingLagoswa) March 20, 2025
He did not win. He cheated. Every male that participates in women’s sports should be stripped of all awards, records, scholarships or other prizes and their names should be stricken from the events. Girls and women dedicate their time, talent, energy, and training to compete…
— Bighoundmom (@bighoundmom) March 20, 2025
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