Trans track star sweeps three events, shares first-place podium and qualifies for CA state meet yet again

AB Hernandez took the top score in the girls’ triple jump at the 2026 CIF Southern Section Track & Field Masters Meet in Moorpark, California, on Saturday to earn a state qualification. (Credit: OutKick/Fox News Digital)

MOORPARK, Calif. – "It’s an outlier."

That’s the common argument from left-wing transgender activists.

They say that biological males taking the spotlight from girls in girls' sports isn’t the big deal that it’s made out to be by "the right" ... because it "hardly ever happens."

Tell that to the high school girls from California, like senior Reese Hogan of Crean Lutheran, who are watching it happen, yet again.

Transgender track athlete AB Hernandez was standing atop multiple podiums on Saturday and is now making a beeline for the upcoming California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state championship girls' track meet — for the second straight year.

CALIFORNIA GIRLS TRACK STAR OPENS UP ON VIRAL PODIUM PROTEST OF TRANS OPPONENT AND IF SHE'LL DO IT AGAIN

Transgender student athlete AB Hernandez competes in the girls high jump at the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Divisional Championship Finals in Moorpark, Calif., on May 16, 2026. Hernandez, from Jurupa Valley High School, won first place in the event. (Fox News Digital)

The fact that this is happening at all is once too often for these girls, not because they are mean or unkind, unempathetic or uninclusive. But because they are competitive, and because they seek a level playing field, and because they have dreams, too.

Hogan, a favorite in the high jump, did not qualify for state in that event this year, and buried her head into her father’s chest as that reality hit her after her final jump.

AB Hernandez, a transgender student