Why Does Ithaca College Have Male Rower On Women's Team After NCAA Transgender Policy Change?

The NCAA updated its transgender participation policy earlier this year to come in line with President Donald Trump's executive order to keep males out of women's sports. 

However, Ithaca College – which competes in NCAA Division III – has an athlete who is male but identifies as a trans-woman on its rowing team. So, how is that possible? 

Juniper Gattone, formerly Tyler Gattone, competed this past weekend in the Cayuga Duals for the Ithaca women's rowing team. Gattone competed in the 3V race, which Ithaca lost to Hamilton & William Smith. 

Interestingly, on the Ithaca College official athletics website, the school did not list the entire lineup for the team. They did, however, list the teams for the other two events (2V and 1V). Perhaps they did not want to draw attention to their trans-identifying athlete. 

Ithaca College has a trans-identifying male on the women's rowing team, which is in conflict with the new NCAA policy on transgender athletes.

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OutKick reached out to Ithaca for comment on their biological male competing on the women's team, but they did not respond to our request. They also did not respond to a request asking why the lineup, including Gattone, was omitted from the official recap on the school's website. 

They did, however, provide a statement to Fox News Digital. 

"It is the intent of Ithaca College to comply with all NCAA rules. Under those rules, the student-athlete in question has the ability to be on the roster and participate in practices and open-gender competition. This past weekend, there was a misunderstanding by the coaching staff about what constituted an official NCAA event, because there is no third varsity rowing event at NCAA championships," the