<p>A trans-identifying male teen won a high school girls cross country championship in Maine on Saturday, beating the runner-up by nearly a minute and a half.</p>
<p>Soren Stark-Chessa, who identifies as female, won the Class C South girls&#8217; title at Twin Brook Recreation Area just north of Portland, Maine. Stark-Chessa is a sophomore at Maine Coast Waldorf School in nearby Freeport.</p>
<p>The 15-year-old finished the 3.1-mile course in 19 minutes and 17 seconds, a minute and 22 seconds faster than the second-place finisher. High school sophomore Grace Alexander finished second with a time of 20 minutes and 40 seconds.</p>
<p>The teen boy had a solid lead of about 20 seconds after the first mile and continued to increase his lead over the rest of the race.</p>
<p>“I think I came out a little strong but just kept pushing through it and I’m happy with it,” Stark-Chessa <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2023/10/21/transgender-girl-makes-history-with-victory-at-cross-country-regional/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Portland Press Herald.</p>
<p>Last year, Stark-Chessa competed in the boys&#8217; division of the C South race and finished 14th with a time of 19 minutes, 36 seconds, the fastest freshman.</p>
<p>Overall, last year, he <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/10/05/outrage-over-high-school-trans-runner-rising-to-4th-in-girls-division-after-placing-172nd-in-the-boys/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> ranked 172nd in the state in the boys&#8217; 5k division.</p>
<p>When he switched to competing against girls this year, however, he quickly rose to 4th place in the girls’ division.</p>
<p>Last month, Stark-Chessa was accused from the sidelines of &#8220;cheating&#8221; as he ran a girls&#8217; 5k cross-country competition, finishing fifth.</p>
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<p>“Way to cheat, bro!” one person <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/way-to-cheat-bro-male-runner-mocked-after-switching-to-womens-category" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> yelled several times as the teen sprinted to the finish line.</p>
<p>High school senior Haley Williams finished in third place behind Stark-Chessa on Saturday. As a sophomore and junior, she had finished second.</p>
<p>Williams called it &#8220;unfair&#8221; to have Stark-Chessa competing against her in the girls&#8217; races, saying she knew she would likely not do better than second place “because as you probably know there is a runner that identifies as female, and they were running the boys’ race last year, and they decided to run the girls’ race this year.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;And it’s really, it’s very upsetting to me because I’ve worked my butt off all year,&#8221; Williams <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2023/10/21/transgender-girl-makes-history-with-victory-at-cross-country-regional/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Portland Press Herald.</p>
<p>She added that she is &#8220;totally supportive with everyone being whoever they want to be, but I feel like when you put people born male in girls’ races, it’s just genetically unfair.&#8221;</p>
<p>In 2021, Maine legislators <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2021/03/28/bills-seek-to-ban-female-transgender-athletes-from-school-sports/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tried</a> to ban trans-identifying male athletes from competing against girls in school sports, but two bills on the issue failed.</p>

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