Dad banned from school grounds after protesting trans runner competing against his daughter

Did he recover from an injury? Train himself back into shape? No.Midway through the season, he decided he was going to start running as a girl.Under the rules of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), which governs high school sports in the state, such a switch is permitted.

This is what allowed Mihailoff to also finish second among 195 girls in a Sept.26 race in Portland.WASHINGTON OFFICIALS WON'T BUDGE ON TRANS ATHLETE POLICY AFTER GIRL FILES SCOTUS APPEAL FOR ALLEGED ASSAULTBut as you might imagine, not everybody competing against Mihailoff is on board with all this.

Last month, two girls and a father decided to protest — which ultimately led to the dad being served a criminal trespass notice.Charlie Garrett (Left) and Sierra Retzlaff (right) are cross country runners for Skyview High in Vancouver, Washington.  (Courtesy B.H.)Sierra Retzlaff and Charlie Garrett are cross country runners for Skyview High in Vancouver, WA.A week before their meet against Camas, the two girls found out that they would be racing against a boy.

After some discussion, they decided that they were going to make a statement.How? By walking up to the starting line with body paint reading "keep women in women's sports" ...

and walking off once the race began.This prompted mixed reactions.Retzlaff said that she has received a lot of support but has also had friends that started ignoring her.

One man that absolutely had her back, however, was her father — Joel Retzlaff.Sierra Retzlaff, a cross country runner for Skyview High in Vancouver, Washington, poses with a sign alongside her father, Joel Retzlaff.(Peggy Retzlaff)Retzlaff and his wife brought two signs to the Sept.

15 meet.The first read: "It will never be OK for a XY to steal an opportunity from a XX."The second read: "Please only XX competing with XX, XY competing with XY.

Keep it fair."FEMALE ATHLETES, WOMEN'S SPORTS ADVOCATES SPEAK ON CAPITOL HILL AS TRANS ATHLETE ISSUE HOVERS OVER MIDTERMSBut WIAA...