Wed Oct 4, 2023 – 6:16 pm EDTThu Oct 5, 2023 – 8:20 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A 16-year-old male runner has sparked national outrage after his so-called “gender transition” to compete against girls in high school cross-country competitions, jumping into the top five of a recent meet after being ranked closer to 200th among biological males.
Within the district including the privately run Maine Coast Waldorf School in Freeport, Maine, Soren Stark-Chessa reportedly ranked 172nd as a freshman last year among boys. On September 30, after a decision to “identify” as a girl during his sophomore year, he placed fifth at the Maine XC Festival of Champions.
The Blaze noted that he crossed the finish line in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 18 minutes, 11.35 seconds, which would have placed Stark-Chessa 143rd had he been competing against boys.
News of Stark-Chessa’s intrusion of the district’s female cross-country competitions was brought to attention by conservative activist Shawn McBreairty, who wrote in a September 28 post on X, formerly Twitter: “Sophomore boy ranked 172nd in the cross county 5k flips over to race with the girls, now he’s ranked 4th.”
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