Former champion track star Caroline Hill has called for a "line to be drawn" after her records were "erased" by a transgender athlete.
In a UK-first broadcast on GB News, Ms Hill described it as “shocking” to have her records revoked over a “biological difference".
Ms Hill, a former track athlete at Rochester Institute of Technology, claims the current rules led to the loss of her records and competitive opportunities to a "biological male".
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Caroline Hill has declared a 'line needs to be drawn' after having her records beaten by a biological male
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Having now graduated from university, Ms Hill is pressing ahead as a now public member of the Gaines v. NCAA lawsuit, speaking out to address what she views as an issue of fairness in women's sports.
Detailing her ordeal, Hill told GB News: "In my second year of school, I had some success in track and field, which was awesome, but then we had a male student who was transitioning to become a female-identifying athlete competing on our women's team.
"And so the beginning of that second year, the athlete broke some records right away. It was definitely a biological difference that was evident to all, and so that was shocking."
Calling for a "line to be drawn" on biological males competing in women's sports, Ms Hill added: "And in my opinion, there needs to be a line drawn in when it comes to competitive sports."
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Caroline Hill held several of the college's records before the trans athlete joined the team
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Noting that the athlete was at the beginning of their transition to female and had been on hormone treatment for only "a year", she explained: "As far as I know, the athlete was taking some hormonal medications to transition. But biologically, I know the athlete had competed as a male in high school.
"And so when the athlete started competing with us, he had been on hormones for one year, and that was the rule at the time."
Expressing her frustration at her records being taken away by the trans athlete, Ms Hill pointed out that to achieve such records with ease is "unheard of".
She stated: "The records I had broken, most of them were decades old. And when you break a record, it's usually by a very small margin. And these records were beaten by multiple seconds, which in track and field is unheard of. And so after that happened, that was when I sort of realised the administration, the coaches aren't going to do anything about this or aren't going to address the issue.
"I kind of just had to go along with it. And knowing that the administration and my coaches were supporting this athlete, I was definitely afraid to speak up because I was training with my team, with my coaches every single day. I wanted to focus on my competition, on my training, so it was a really tough spot to be in."
Marshi Smith told GB News that US policy on transgender athletes is 'largely cosmetic'
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Weighing in on the ordeal from a legal perspective, co-founder of the Independent Council on Women's Sports Marshi Smith told GB News that there needs to be "long standing legal wins for female athletes" in order to have "long term success and uphold the rights of women".
Mrs Smith explained: "Supporting athletes like Caroline is crucial right now in the state, as well as Riley Gaines and almost three dozen female athletes in college sports that are fighting. The highest court in your land has ruled in favour of women, and we anticipate the same in America, but we need to get there first.
"We have the administration's strong support, which is great. But what happens in three years when someone else is sitting in the Oval Office? We need long standing legal wins for female athletes in order to have long term success and uphold the rights of women."
GB News has reached out to Rochester Institute of Technology for comment.