Maine rocked by trans athlete dominance at girls' track meet amid ongoing legal conflict with Trump

Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby spoke to Fox News Digital about her appeal to the Supreme Court, and the social media post that identified a trans athlete.

A girls' track meet in Maine became the subject of widespread controversy after a trans athlete dominated multiple running events. The incident took place as the state faces internal and federal pressure to keep trans athletes out of girls' sports, and a lawsuit over the issue from President Donald Trump's administration.

A trans-identifying athlete who competed for North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Maine, won the girls' 800-meter and 1600-meter events. In October 2023, Fox News Digital reported that this athlete was transgender. Fox News Digital has reached out to North Yarmouth Academy for comment. 

The athlete has been making national headlines in Maine dating back to that month after jumping to 4th place in the 5k division in the girls' category after previously finishing 172nd among boys. The athlete again made national headlines for competing in Nordic skiing and taking a podium spot in Maine's High School State Nordic Skiing Championships this past February. 

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On Friday at the POLAND-NYA-YARMOUTH-SEACOAST meet, the athlete won the 1600-meter with a time of 5:57.27, blowing away the second-place runner who finished with a time of 6:16.32. In the 800m, the trans athlete etched out a closer first-place finish with a time of 2:43.31, just around a second better than the second-place finisher with a time of 2:44.87. 

Local high school sports photographer David Young, owner of Maine Running Photography, was there to shoot the meet.

"He blew away all the girls in that particular race [the 1600m], there wasn't