Male Student Takes Two Girls’ Medals In Mass. State Track and Field Championships

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Women’s sports advocacy groups are expressing outrage after a male student was found to be competing in girls’ track and field for Chelsea High School in Massachusetts. Lilly Serrano captured two podium finishes at Thursday’s Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 3 Indoor Track and Field Championships last week.

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Serrano, who has competed in girls’ athletics since at least 2024, has earned multiple podium finishes in recent seasons. Earlier this month at the Greater Boston League Championship, Serrano placed first in both the 55-meter dash and the high jump, and third in the 500-meter race. On February 12, Serrano took third in the 55-meter dash and seventh in the 300-meter race at the state championships, earning a medal and podium position in both events.

Serrano, 17, currently ranks first on the Chelsea High School team in the 200-, 300-, and 400-meter races, as well as the high jump and 55-meter dash for the 2026 indoor season. Serrano is also ranked as the second best “female” runner in Massachusetts in the 200 meter Division 3 category.

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In a statement to Reduxx, HeCheated, an independent platform that tracks male participation in female sports, noted that Massachusetts had been a particular concern for those monitoring fairness in girls sports.

“We have about 83 state titles on record stolen [from girls] by boys so far and 32 of those are from Massachusetts,” a representative noted.

“Girls’ sports have never truly existed in Massachusetts,” HeCheated said, arguing that the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) has a long history of policies that failed to fully protect the female category.

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