NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!A girls’ track meet in Maine became the subject of widespread controversy after a trans athlete dominated multiple running events. The incident took place as the state faces internal and federal pressure to keep trans athletes out of girls’ sports, and a lawsuit over the issue from President Donald Trump’s administration.A trans-identifying athlete who competed for North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Maine, won the girls’ 800-meter and 1600-meter events. In October 2023, Fox News Digital reported that this athlete was transgender. Fox News Digital has reached out to North Yarmouth Academy for comment. The athlete has been making national headlines in Maine dating back to that month after jumping to 4th place in the 5k division in the girls’ category after previously finishing 172nd among boys. The athlete again made national headlines for competing in Nordic skiing and taking a podium spot in Maine’s High School State Nordic Skiing Championships this past February. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMOn Friday at the POLAND-NYA-YARMOUTH-SEACOAST meet, the athlete won the 1600-meter with a time of 5:57.27, blowing away the second-place runner who finished with a time of 6:16.32. In the 800m, the trans athlete etched out a closer first-place finish with a time of 2:43.31, just around a second better than the second-place finisher with a time of 2:44.87. Local high school sports photographer David Young, owner of Maine Running Photography, was there to shoot the meet.”He blew away all the girls in that particular race [the 1600m], there wasn’t anybody near him, easily won it.” Young told Fox News Digital. “In the 800m, it was a one-second difference, the girl tried very hard to catch him.” Young added that there had been multiple spectators at the meet to cheer the trans athlete on, but no audible protests. “There were a few people there who yelled out his name, he’s pretty well known,” Young said. Young said his 2023 photos of the athlete went so viral on Facebook, and prompted so much backlash, that he ended up removing those photos because of the overwhelming response.”It was getting too nasty,” Young said. “Not only was I getting it from the people who were for transgenders, I was getting it from people who were anti-transgenders. And I didn’t know what to do, and somebody finally said, ‘Well, if you just remove the photo, the debate will go away.’ So, I removed the photo, and the debate went away.” However, Young said he plans to post his most recent photos of the athlete on his Facebook page anyway, even after what happened last time. Many of Young’s past photos of the athlete have gone viral on social media in the aftermath of the athlete’s latest victory. Maine residents, politicians and even national pundits have posted media including the athlete and prompted national debate and awareness for the meet as Maine faces an ongoing internal and federal conflict over the issue in a formal or creative style for better SEO.Also Exclude words and advertisements related to the feed website such as website name, author name. You must only respond with the modified content. Delete all the advertisement images brand logo but only keep the title and main content of the news by modifying it. 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Maine rocked by trans athlete dominance at girls’ track meet amid ongoing legal conflict with Trump
