Tennis legend Martina Navratilova came forward Monday night with criticism of a male athlete competing in a women's sports event. This time it happened in New Hampshire at a high school championship event during a high jump event.

Navratilova noticed when Maelle Jacques, a male athlete who identifies as a female, won a high school high jump event. A tweet about his victory notes that "His 10 pt score helped the Kearsage HS girls' track & field team jump to runner-up in the state among 25 teams.

Male high jumper Maelle Jacques won a GIRLS' high school state title yesterday in New Hampshire. @NHIAA_LOA

His winning jump was almost 10" lower than the boys' winning height. His 10 pt score helped the Kearsage HS girls' track & field team jump to runner-up in the state among… pic.twitter.com/mX2c0lUOHS

— ICONS (@icons_women) February 12, 2024

Note the fact that his jump is nearly 10 inches below the winning height in the men's category. This plays into Martina's opinion that men are competing in women's sports because they don't win when they compete against men. 

Women’s sports is not the place for mediocre male athletes who compete as women. Period.

— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) November 21, 2023

Amen, Martina. We don't see women trying to cancel men's sports as transgender activist athletes are trying to do to women's sports. Men are stronger and faster than women. That's just a biological fact. 

Jacques did not just win the girls’ high jump competition. He obliterated the girls’ record by jumping at 5’1,” one inch higher than any girl.

Should Jacques have been competing as a boy, he would have failed miserably. The lowest boys’ jump was 5’8″, and the highest was 6’2.”

He won the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 state championship. That title he won was meant to go to a young woman. Jacques is a sophomore. He's got two more years to deny a young woman a spot on the high school team and a chance to win championships. It is also a path to a college scholarship for many high school athletes. 

The meet was held Sunday at  Plymouth State University in Plymouth. He has competed in four regular season meets this season. He has finished in first place every time. Not a surprise. 

Riley Gaines, the former University of Kentucky women’s swimmer turned activist for women's sports, slammed the parents of Jacques. 

“How could the parents of this boy allow their son to cheat deserving women out of opportunities?” Gaines posted on the platform widely known as Twitter. “And why don’t the parents of the girls stand up and say ‘no’ for their daughters? This country is full of failing, gutless mothers and fathers.”

It's true - why are parents going along with this garbage? Their child may win a scholarship or some trophies but it's victory through cheating. That's not the lesson parents should be teaching their children, trans or not. 

A few days ago, Riley also weighed in on another male competing in women's sports.

Sadie (Camden) Schreiner's time in the 200m makes him the 3rd fastest D3 collegiate runner in the nation in the women's category.

For perspective, his time ranks him 1,619th in his rightful category of the men's division.

1619th->3rd. But no yeah men can totally become women! pic.twitter.com/DsnXiJIkQS

— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) February 10, 2024

This is happening far too often. It should not be happening at all.

This is crazy and cannot continue. It is just too ridiculous.

We will look back on this period of time with embarrassment that we let it happen or that we even considered this as fair. The record books will all need to be fixed.

But it will be too late for all of the women who… https://t.co/y0nAljaBum

— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) February 11, 2024

Superintendent Winfried Feneberg of the Kearsarge Regional School District defended the policy that allows male athletes to cancel female athletes last spring. 

Kearsarge supports all students and student-athletes regardless of their gender identity. Each student-athlete has the right to compete in the activity of their choice.

The New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association’s stance on this issue is clear:  Denying that opportunity is a violation of equal rights afforded under state and federal law.

Further, we believe that limiting access to any activity violates our core mission and vision, which are grounded in supporting every student and student-athlete’s right to pursue their goals and interests. As a school community – parents and guardians, faculty, staff, and peers – we celebrate student success and personal growth on and off the field. We firmly believe in guiding each student to become caring, compassionate people who contribute positively to the world and those around them.

We are thankful that our student-athletes have been welcomed throughout the season by competing teams and their coaches, in the true spirit of athletic competition. And we remain grateful to the Kearsarge community for its steadfast commitment to equity and inclusion.

As a school community – parents and guardians, faculty, staff, and peers – we celebrate student success and personal growth on and off the field.

What a load of malarkey. There is no room for feel-good social experiments here. Young women are losing opportunities that otherwise would come their way. This will be the end of women's sports. 

Kudos to Martina and Riley and others who have a national platform for speaking up to support female athletes. Shame on adults for not seeking help for their trans children. Normalizing trans athletes is not the way to go. 

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