Trans athlete at center of Supreme Court Title IX case wins girls' track and field state championship

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) attorney Suzanne Beecher spoke out after the trans athlete the law firm is opposing in a Supreme Court case won a girls' track and field state shot put title by more than two feet.

Transgender athlete Becky Pepper-Jackson won a girls' state championship in West Virginia this week, before the U.S. Supreme Court could make a ruling on whether the state can ban Pepper-Jackson from competing against females.

Pepper-Jackson took first place for Bridgeport High School in the Class AAA state title with a personal best of 38 feet, 11.75 inches. The second-place winner, Paislee Babiczuk, of John Marshall, finished more than two feet shorter, only managing 36 feet 11 inches.

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A protester carries a transgender pride flag outside the Supreme Court in Washington as the court hears arguments on Jan. 13, 2026, over state laws barring transgender girls and women from school athletic teams. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

Pepper-Jackson's eligibility to compete in girls' competitions in West Virginia has been a point of high-stakes legal contention dating back to 2021, when the state passed a bill that prevents biological males from competing in girls' sports. Pepper-Jackson sued and successfully challenged the law, gaining entry into girls' competitions throughout high school, before the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.

Pepper-Jackson's attorneys at ACLU delivered oral arguments to the Supreme Court justices on Jan. 13. But with no ruling expected until June, Pepper-Jackson was left to continue competing throughout the athlete's high school season.

Pepper-Jackson has now earned state champion status in dominant fashion, after the athlete's own