10/19/2006 Kutztown, PA 200602348- During the Boys race of the High School Cross Country meet at Kutztown University Thursday afternoon. The Gov. Mifflin Girls and the Tulpehocken Boy’s teams won the meet. Photo by Ben Hasty A biologically male runner in West Virginia must be allowed to compete as part of a girls’ cross-country team, a judge ruled Thursday, despite West Virginia’s recently passed ban on biological males competing in women’s sports.
The judge issued a preliminary injunction against the ban, allowing middle schooler, Becky Pepper-Jackson, to “sign up for and participate in school athletics in the same way as her girl classmates” while the ban is litigated, according to a report from the Daily Caller . The injunction allows Pepper-Jackson to try out for the girls’ cross-country team, though there is no guarantee that Pepper-Jackson will make the squad.
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