Monday, February 25, 2019

"Identifies..."-----Terry Miller, Andraya Yearwood, transgender sprinters, finish 1st, 2nd at Connecticut championships - Washington Times

In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 photo, Bloomfield High School transgender athlete Terry Miller, second from left, wins the final of the 55-meter dash over transgender athlete Andraya Yearwood, left, and other runners in the Connecticut girls Class S indoor track meet at Hillhouse High School in New Haven, Conn. In the track-and-field community in Connecticut, the dominance of Miller and Yearwood has stirred resentment among some competitors and their families. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)Terry Miller, Andraya Yearwood, transgender sprinters, finish 1st, 2nd at Connecticut championships - Washington Times
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Andraya Yearwood hears the comments, usually from adults and usually not to her face.
She shouldn’t be running, they say, not against girls.
Yearwood, a 17-year-old junior at Cromwell High School, is one of two transgender high school sprinters in Connecticut, transitioning to female.
She recently finished second in the 55-meter dash at the state open indoor track championships. 
The winner, Terry Miller of Bloomfield High, is also transgender and set a girls state indoor record of 6.95 seconds. 
Yearwood finished in 7.01 seconds and the third-place competitor, who is not transgender, finished in 7.23 seconds.
...the state organization is not in a position to perform hormone testing of athletes and simply relies on the schools to tell them who identifies as male or female..."
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