A high school track meet in Portland, Oregon, has stirred controversy after a trans-identifying male student took first place in multiple girls’ events. Aayden “Ada” Gallagher, a junior at McDaniel High School, secured gold in the 400-meter and 200-meter races at the Portland Interscholastic League meet on Wednesday, setting season records in both events.

Gallagher dominated the competition, winning both races by significant margins. Video footage posted to X by Reduxx showed Gallagher far ahead of the other competitors before crossing the finish line, particularly in the 400-meter event.

🚨BREAKING🚨

A male student has just won gold in the Girls 400m Varsity race at the Portland Interscholastic League meet in Oregon.

Aayden "Ada" Gallagher of McDaniel High School set a season record after finishing over 7 seconds ahead of his female competitors. pic.twitter.com/gYY10tLAkn

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Gallagher completed the 400-meter race with a time of 57.62, while the second-place finisher, Kinnaly Souphanthong of Franklin High School, finished at 1:05.72. Gallagher’s teammate, Quinnan Schaefer, placed third with a time of 1:07.13. In the 200-meter race, Gallagher finished first at 25.76 seconds, while teammate Addyson Skyles secured second place at 27.31 seconds. Fox News reported that both of Gallagher’s times were season records.

The victory comes shortly after President Trump signed an executive order barring biological males from competing in women’s sports, threatening to withhold federal funding from schools that fail to comply.

Despite this, the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA), which oversees the Portland Interscholastic League, continues to allow student-athletes to compete in accordance with their “asserted gender identity.” So far, the policy remains unchanged, despite potential consequences for federal funding.

Following the controversy, the Oregon School Board Association (OSBA) issued a notice from the Oregon Department of Education, stating, “Schools are prohibited from excluding gender expansive students from participating in school athletics and activities that align with their consistently asserted gender identity if the basis of such exclusion is the student’s gender identity.”

The OSBA further noted in a recent statement that “Oregon and federal discrimination laws govern school activity participation, and those laws have not changed,” reinforcing that the executive order does not override existing policies.