California girls' track and field athletes protest trans inclusion in girls' sports at a postseason meet at Yorba Linda High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025 (Courtesy of Sophia Lorey) ...

In 2013, so many girls were joining boys teams that New York City started one of America’s first all-girls high school wrestling leagues, with 16 teams and about 220 wrestlers.

Garcia, 17, won the Class 2A 400-meter dash by nearly a second at Mount Tahoma High School on Saturday — a year after becoming the state’s first trans athlete to win a state title.