Heroes of Women's Sports: Oregon Stars Celebrated for Courageous Stand

We sure seem to be seeing more and more pushback on this whole "dudes cosplaying as women in women's sports" horse squeeze. Two recent examples are the women's track athletes Alexa Anderson and Reese Eckard, who last May refused to stand on the podium at the Oregon State Activities Association’s girls high jump final, after a "transgender student" - a boy - placed fifth in the event, meaning Miss Anderson and Miss Eckard would have shared the stage with him.

They opted out. Now they are (rightly) being honored at the Fox Nation Patriot Awards.

Two Oregon female athletes were honored at the seventh annual Fox Nation Patriot Awards on Thursday night for their decision to speak out in support of women’s rights in sports after refusing to stand on a podium alongside a transgender opponent — a decision neither girl realized would become part of the national discourse.
Alexa Anderson, a freshman competing in the pole vault at the University of South Alabama, and Reese Eckard, a member of the Biola University women’s track and field team, were awarded the "Most Valuable Patriot Award" at Thursday night’s ceremony in Brookville, New York, after they refused to stand on the podium in the Oregon State Activities Association’s girls high jump final in May, after a transgender student placed fifth in the event.
In a lawsuit filed after the incident, the girls claimed they were excluded from official photos and that their medals were withheld.

That lawsuit is reportedly still in progress. But regardless of how that comes out, these two young women did the right thing. Last June, my friend and colleague Bob Hoge wrote of their initial refusal, and also informed us that the women's sport advocate Riley Gaines had chimed in.

Bob wrote at that time:

Lo and behold, we did see more of it Saturday night when two Oregon girls bravely took a stand and refused to stay on the podium when a male athlete was awarded a medal.
A pair of girls' track and field athletes did not stand on the medal podium alongside a transgender athlete for high jump at the Oregon state championship on Saturday night.
Footage obtained by Fox News Digital showed the two high school seniors, Reese Eckard of Sherwood High School and Alexa Anderson of Tigard High School, step down from their respective spots on the podium next to a trans athlete who represented Ida B. Wells High School.
Eckard, in fourth place, and Anderson, in third, each finished ahead of the trans athlete, who tied for fifth place. But the two females faced the opposite direction as the other competitors received their medals from officials.

Here you can see the act itself:

Watch this.

Two female athletes in Oregon refused to stand on the podium because a boy was awarded a place.

Girls have had enough.
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— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) May 31, 2025

We're starting to see more of this, more pushback against allowing boys and men in girls' and women's sports, and all we can say about that is "It's about time."

It doesn't matter, mind you, what the prevalence of this is. It doesn't matter if it's one man angling for a spot on a women's sports team by claiming to be a woman, or a thousand. This is a thing that is wrong in essence. Men and boys have and always will have significant physical advantages over women and girls. Those differences exist from birth. This is not subject for debate.

Alexa Anderson and Reese Eckard deserve this honor. Every girl and woman who stands up against this stupidity deserves all the recognition and support we can give them. That's the only way we'll finally bring an end to this once and for all.

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