Julia (formerly "Jeff") Arnold won the girls' Class A shot put title Sunday at the NYSPHSAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, posting a winning throw of 39 feet, 9.25 inches.The second-place finisher managed 37 feet, 4.75 inches — more than two feet short of the championship mark.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEA female athlete prepares to throw a shot put ball in a stadium.
(Wavebreakmedia / Getty Images)The state title is the latest victory in what has been a nearly spotless spring campaign for Arnold.Just weeks earlier, the senior swept both the shot put and discus competitions at the Section III Class A-1 Championships, recording a personal-best throw of 42 feet, 5.5 inches in the shot put and 132 feet in the discus.
Across 10 shot put events this season, Arnold finished first nine times.By the time the state championships arrived, Arnold had already climbed to No.1 in New York's girls' shot put rankings and No.
2 in girls' discus.AB HERNANDEZ CLOSES HIGH SCHOOL CAREER WITH 2 CALIFORNIA STATE TITLES AMID ONGOING CONTROVERSYProtesters opposing transgender athletes competing in women's sports gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan.13, 2026, as two cases about transgender girls' participation in girls' and women's sports teams are heard inside.
(Heather Diehl/Getty Images)Currently, New York state allows athletes to compete based on gender identity rather than biological sex.That policy remains at odds with President Donald Trump's February 2025 executive order, "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports," which directed federal agencies to interpret Title IX protections on the basis of biological sex.Sadie Schreiner puts a transgender flag in her hair before heading to the awards stand after finishing third in the 200-meter finals at the NCAA Division III outdoor track and field championships at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach, S.C.(Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images)CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX...