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EXCLUSIVE: The athletics state championship in California will be an epicenter of political tension this weekend. A family with a girl trying to win a title is “grateful” in the White House by taking note but is not satisfied with the place where things arise in the event.
President Donald Trump called the Golden State and Governor Gavin Newsom in a truth position on Tuesday morning, threatening to reduce state funding and even send authorities to intervene if a trans-identifying athlete participates in the girls’ category.
A few hours later, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) announced that it would make a slight change of rule for the championship this weekend. The change allows female athletes biologically fallen to qualify for the championship behind a trans athlete a chance to compete for the title this weekend.
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Katie McGuinness of Canada Secondary School finished seventh in Women’s High Jump Invitational in Arcadia, California, April 12, 2025. (Keith Birmingham / Medianews Group / Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, the star of La Canada High School Katie McGuinness seems to compete for the long leap championship for girls after having qualified automatically last weekend. But McGuinness has so far managed to finish only behind the Trans athlete at the post-season events this year, including the section final on May 17, when she finished second behind her opponent of Jurupa Valley.
The McGuinness family addressed the president’s intervention in the situation in an exclusive declaration to PK Press Club Digital.
“We are grateful that President Trump fights for female athletes and gives them a fair blow to compete on a playground.
“Allowing biological men to compete in female sports is unfair, unfair and defies common sense,” added the family.
Katie previously pronounced against CIF for having allowed the situation to go so far in an interview on the “America Reports” of PK Press Club last week.
“I have nothing against this athlete as a person, and I have nothing against the trans community,” said McGuinness. “My message today is really specifically for CIF and for them to act quickly and in a timely manner, because it is a problem really sensitive to time.”
The Canada star also told the experience against the athlete and faced with apparent “genetic” disadvantages in high school competition with high issues.
“I remember thinking:” OK, I need to take a big leap “, said McGuinness.
The California High School athletes allege that tracks officials have forced them to take off the “Protect Girls Sports” shirts
Katie McGuinness of Canada Secondary School finished seventh in Women’s High Jump Invitational in Arcadia, California, April 12, 2025. (Keith Birmingham / Medianews Group / Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)
“I ran on the track and landed, and I watched them measure my brand, and it was 18.9,” she said. “And I just remember having thought that there was nothing else I could do.
It clearly has clear its overall position on the issue.
“There are just certain genetic advantages that biological men have that biological girls do not have,” she said. “Frankly, I can’t bear it.”
The Trans athlete dominated the girls’ qualifying series this year in the triple jump and leap and should compete for the state of state on Saturday. The athlete is in competition for Jurupa Valley High School in the County of Riverside, California, a community that has been shaken by multiple controversies involving trans athletes, including a trial involving a separate situation in Martin Luther King secondary school.
The CIF is already under a federal investigation into the title IX by the United States Ministry of Education.
After Trump signed the Executive No Men’s sports decree on February 5, the CIF was one of the country’s first sports leagues in the country to announce that it would not follow the order, but rather comply with the law of the State of California.
Trans athletes have been authorized to compete as women and girls since 2014, when a law called AB 1266 came into force after its death in 2013.
The state’s legislature did not adopt two bills that overthrow this policy on April 1, despite the testimony of several female athletes and their families in California who were affected by the issue.
Newsom addressed the question during an episode of his podcast in early March.
“Well, I think it’s a problem of equity,” Newsom told the conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. “I fully agree with you about it. It is deeply unfair.
“It is therefore easy to call injustice.
The Newsom office has since provided a statement supporting the CIF’s decision to modify its eligibility policy for the championship event this weekend.
