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Camas runners hold back at 5K in protest over transgender teammate
About half of the girls wearing Camas High School cross-country singlets did not start with the rest of the field at a Tuesday 5K. The protest concerned a transgender teammate’s participation.
About half of the girls wearing Camas High School singlets held back when a 5-kilometer cross-country race began Tuesday afternoon, separating from the runners who started with the field. The action was a protest against a transgender teammate’s participation, as tensions around the issue mounted within the team.
The race’s starting horn sounded before the Camas runners who had hung back moved with the rest of the pack. The incident brought a dispute over transgender inclusion into a school sports competition, though further details about the team’s response and any next steps were not available.