Parents of girls' track star facing trans athlete speak out against Newsom over Title IX crisis

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Another weekend of chaos approaches in the world of California girls' track and field, as an ongoing Title IX crisis has rattled parents in the southern region of the state.

Crean Lutheran High School senior Reese Hogan came in second place to a trans athlete in girls' high jump at the first round of the sectional preliminary round of the state tournament last Saturday. Hogan finished second to that same trans athlete in the sectional final last season, and went viral for stepping up to the first-place pedestal after the trans athlete stepped down.

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Crean Lutheran High School senior track and field star Reese Hogan speaks at a 'Save Girls Sports' rally. (Courtesy of Alyssa Cruz)

Now, as Hogan prepares to face that trans athlete again in this year's sectional finals on Saturday, her parents are publicly condemning Gov. Gavin Newsom, for allowing a trans athlete to compete against and beat their daughter in the state tournament for the third year in a row.

"As a parent witnessing the current state of high school athletics, I am deeply disappointed by Governor Newsom’s recent comments regarding transgender participation in girls' sports," read a statement from Hogan's parents to Fox News Digital.

"While the Governor has previously acknowledged that this is an issue of 'fairness,' his more recent rhetoric—which labels those advocating for protected female categories as 'bullies'—is both dismissive and profoundly out of touch with the reality our daughters face on the field and the track."

Hogan is a Freeway League Field Player of the Year and has set her school's record in the