I applaud Kessa Benner’s decision to speak out on the unfairness of her having to compete against a biological male in her athletic event (“My dream of a state pole vaulting championship was unfairly shattered,” March 21). And she is correct.
A similar opinion piece recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal, written by Minna Svärd, who, in 2019, lost in the NCAA Division II 400-meter hurdles championship to an individual who had competed for his school’s men’s track team in the two seasons previous.
As Ms. Svärd succinctly put it, she became “… the first collegiate woman to be told her victory was worth less than a man’s feelings.”
Michael Smith
Wells
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