A transgender volleyball player has sparked fury by switching to track and field — and dominating all the women in those events too.
AB Hernandez, a biological male from Riverside County, wiped the competition in all three jumping events against female athletes in the CIF Southern Section Division 3 preliminaries on Saturday.
The high school senior posted massive scores in the long jump, high jump and triple jump, which he won by nearly three foot over the girl who came second.
His appearance at the event was met by a group of protestors demanding biological males be barred from battling girls due to their physical advantages.
Parents and officials have now demanded Governor Gavin Newsom step in to protect women’s sports, with transgender athletes allowed to compete in the sport of their gender identity in California.
At the Yorba Linda High School meet up on Saturday, Hernandez posted a monster 42 feet, 4 inches triple jump score, crushing the next place that only hit 39 feet, 7 1/2 inches.
In the long jump, he recorded 20 feet, 4 1/4 inches, finishing more than a foot ahead of the second-place mark of 19 feet, 1 1/2 inches. Third place reached 18 feet, 7 inches.
Hernandez also tied for first in the high jump after clearing 5 feet, 2 inches alongside Reese Hogan.
He has previously competed in women’s volleyball tournaments, which has also drawn outrage over the past few months and saw girls quit rather than play against him.
Saturday’s results immediately drew fury from critics who argue biological males possess physical advantages that undermine fairness in girls’ athletics.
Outside the venue, demonstrators gathered before the meet for a “Save Girls’ Sports” rally led by former NCAA athlete Sophia Lorey.
Mom’s for Liberty member Beth Borne, whose daughter was forced to compete against boys, told The Post that Newsom was a “coward” for letting it happen in California.
She said: “Males shouldn’t invade girls’ sports and spaces. He could have easily changed these policies, girls and women should have their own sports.”
She continued: “This is going to be Newsom’s legacy, that he was someone who said one thing and did another.”
Last October Borne stripped down to a bikini during the Davis Joint Unified School District board to make the point that a locker room is a place where women need their privacy.
Sonja Shaw, Republican candidate for California State Superintendent, said it was having a terrible impact on Californian women’s sports.
She told The Post: “How much longer is California going to allow our daughters to suffer? Gavin Newsom is a spineless bully to California’s daughters.
“He whispers ‘it’s unfair’ behind closed doors while kneeling to the gender cult and his trans lobbyist masters who keep him and the Sacramento cartel in power.
“We demand the immediate restoration of sex-based categories in every single sport, ironclad protection of girls’ locker rooms and safe spaces, and an end to this sick, irreversible experimentation on confused kids.”
She added: “The majority of Californians agree with us. It’s time to take it to the polls and end this madness.
“Boys are stealing our daughters’ places! Justice for our daughters is not optional. History will record who stood up and who sold out.”
Newsom’s office did not respond to request for comment.
Hernandez has already become a central figure in the escalating national fight over transgender participation in girls’ sports.
Saturday’s meet marked another high-profile showdown with Hogan, who previously made headlines after stepping on to the top podium spot following an event won by Hernandez.
California is at the epicenter of the trans in women’s sports debate, with the Department of Justice suing the state over its transgender athlete rules.
The Department of Education has expanded investigations into multiple California schools and athletic organizations over potential Title IX violations tied to trans athletes competing against girls.
That federal investigation now includes the California Community College Athletic Association, which oversees 108 athletic programs statewide.
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said: “Women’s sports are for women. The Trump administration will not tolerate policies that erase women’s rights.”
Tennis icon Martina Navratilova backed Olympic gold medalists Nancy Hogshead and Kaillie Humphries after they criticized California’s handling of the issue.
“Right on Nancy!!! We are just built different!!!” Navratilova wrote on X. She later added: “Newsom could overturn this in a second. No excuse.”
