California track star's family reacts to Trump shaking up girls' championship meet amid trans athlete drama

High school athlete Katie McGuinness joins 'America Reports' to discuss placing second in a long jump event while competing against a transgender athlete.

EXCLUSIVE: California's track and field state championship will be an epicenter for political tension this weekend. A family with a daughter trying to win a title is "grateful" to the White House taking notice but not satisfied with where things stand going into the event. 

President Donald Trump called out the Golden State and Gov. Gavin Newsom in a Truth Social post on Tuesday morning, threatening to cut funding to the state and even send authorities to intervene if a trans-identifying athlete competes in the girls' category at the meet. 

Just hours later, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) announced it would make a slight rule change for this weekend's championship. The change allows biologically female athletes who fell just shy of qualifying for the championship behind a trans athlete a chance to compete for the title this weekend.

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Katie McGuinness of La Canada High School finished seventh in the women's high jump invitational in Arcadia, Calif., on April 12, 2025. (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)

Meanwhile, La Canada High School star Katie McGuinness looks to compete for the girls' long jump championship after qualifying automatically last weekend. But McGuinness has so far only managed to finish behind the trans athlete at postseason events this year, including the sectional final on May 17, when she finished second to her Jurupa Valley opponent. 

The McGuinness family addressed the president's intervention in the situation in an exclusive statement to Fox