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Trans athlete sues Princeton University after allegedly being kept out of women's race at event

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Transgender runner Sadie Schreiner is suing Princeton University after the school allegedly excluded the athlete from a May 3 women's race. 

Schreiner's lawsuit claimed the athlete attempted to participate in the women's 200-meter sprint at the Larry Ellis Invitational as one of the 141 participants unattached to a university or club. The suit alleges officials told Schreiner the athlete could not participate 15 minutes before the race began. 

"I do not want to assume, but you are transgender," a Princeton official allegedly told Schreiner, per the complaint.

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"The actions of the two Princeton officials were in blatant and willful disregard of Sadie’s rights based on Sadie’s rights as a transgender woman under controlling New Jersey law, thereby causing Sadie Shreiner to foreseeable emotional and physical harm," the lawsuit argued.

Schreiner alleges the university violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, which designates "gender identity or expression" as a protected status.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Princeton University for a response. 

Schreiner previously competed for Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) women's track and field team and gained national notoriety for dominating female opponents and frequent social media videos boasting about it as an openly transgender competitor. 

However, Schreiner was ruled ineligible to compete for RIT after the NCAA revised its gender eligibility policy Feb. 6, one day after President Donald Trump signed the "Keeping Men Out of Women's

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