The California (CIF) triple jump podium near the end of the 105th state championships at Buchanan High School in Clovis. AB Hernandez (left) and Kira Gant Hatcher are on the top (No. 1 stand).

Despite isolated protests outside and inside the stadium, cheers largely drowned them out, the Times reported. Hernandez also was part of a three-way tie for first in the high jump after all three ...

AB Hernandez, a transgender high school student athlete, placed first in the girls’ high jump, finishing the event with no failed attempts and setting the high mark of 5 feet, 7 inches.

On Saturday, she finished the high jump with a mark of 5 feet, 7 inches (1.7 meters), with no failed attempts. The co-winners, Jillene Wetteland and Lelani Laruelle, also cleared the bar at that ...