Plenty of security, media and small protests to cover transgender athlete in in the 105th running of one of Golden State's top sporting events; De La Salle's Jaden Jefferson breaks state 100 record

AB Hernandez, a 16-year-old transgender athlete, is competing in the California State championships this weekend, defying an executive order from President Donald Trump that banned this

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A plane that flew a banner that read "No Boys in Girls' Sports!" over the California track and field state championship prelims at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis on Friday set the internet ablaze.

President Trump has threatened to withdraw federal funding from California over transgender high school athlete AB Hernandez, who qualified for the state championship meet.

The final day of the high school championships is Saturday, and the athlete was the top performer in three preliminary events, adding to the national debate about fairness and inclusion.

VIOLENT protests have erupted in California after a trans athlete served a crushing defeat to female rivals at the California state championship. Trans teen AB Hernandez, 16, came first in the

Trump took an interest in the California school competition posting earlier this week on Truth Social that California Governor Gavin Newsom, who he branded "Newscum," was illegally allowing "MEN TO PLAY IN WOMEN'S SPORTS" and threatening to withhold federal funding.

California’s high school track-and-field state finals will award one extra medal in events where a transgender athlete places in the top three, a rule change that may be the first of its kind nationally by a high school sports governing body.