There is an athlete competing this fall in women’s cross country on a division one team who once was on a male cross country team at the division one level with PB’s of 3:50 in the 1500 and 14:38 in the 5000m.
This is going to shake some things up and force the NCAA to examine how it will handle this new occurrence. I can’t see how this athlete won’t be the favorite at the NCAA championships.
I fear for women’s sports in the NCAA.
Editor's note: The athlete in question appears to be Montana athlete June Eastwood. She competed on the men's track team for 3 years as Jonathan Eastwood, amassing PBs 1:55.23, 3:50.19 and 14:38.80. We changed the title of the thread to reflect this and we've decided to require to registration to post on this topic.
We imagine it's not easy to transition and ask that you please be respectful of June Eastwood the person even if you, like us, vehemently don't respect her decision to compete in D1 sports as a woman.
The reality is the NCAA's rules on transgender participation are sorely lacking. In June the NCAA confirmed in writing to us the following, "The NCAA does not have a maximum testosterone level for its current policy. The current policy is being reviewed by our membership."
There also is no independent verification of T suppression. So as long as one had a note from a medical professional saying they had undergone one year of testosterone suppression - even if they were in fact flushing the pills down the toilet - that person would be eligible to compete. But one could take one birth control pill every six months and technically be meeting the rules. It's a travesty.
First transgender athlete June Eastwood to compete in women’s DI XC this fall, has pbs of 1:55/3:50/14:38
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A storm is coming wrote:
There is an athlete competing this fall in women’s cross country on a division one team who once was on a male cross country team at the division one level with PB’s of 3:50 in the 1500 and 14:38 in the 5000m.
This is going to shake some things up and force the NCAA to examine how it will handle this new occurrence. I can’t see how this athlete won’t be the favorite at the NCAA championships.
I fear for women’s sports in the NCAA.
If true that would signal the start to the end of competitive Women’s running in the United States high school and college. May take a few years to flush out the current athletes but few will be willing to work hard knowing some mid-pack chump can just claim womanhood and take everything. -
Why not just say who this is and what team they will be running for?
I don't fear for women's sports nearly as much as I do for this person's longterm mental health given the suicide rates associated with transgenders. -
I honestly hope he dominates every race just so something is done about this ridiculousness.
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University of Montana
come on already.... wrote:
Why not just say who this is and what team they will be running for?
I don't fear for women's sports nearly as much as I do for this person's longterm mental health given the suicide rates associated with transgenders. -
A storm is coming wrote:
University of Montana
come on already.... wrote:
Why not just say who this is and what team they will be running for?
I don't fear for women's sports nearly as much as I do for this person's longterm mental health given the suicide rates associated with transgenders.
Given how fast he was do you have any guesses how fast she'll be? Also do you know how long ago the 3:50 and 14:38 were ran? -
June Eastwood. Last competed as Jonathan in 2018 track and field.
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A storm is coming wrote:
University of Montana
come on already.... wrote:
Why not just say who this is and what team they will be running for?
I don't fear for women's sports nearly as much as I do for this person's longterm mental health given the suicide rates associated with transgenders.
I see a June Eastwood on the women's 2019 roster, and a Jonathan Eastwood on prior years' men's rosters. -
A TFFRS check makes it awefully easy to crack this case. I really hope this isn’t a joke. 1:55m 800 to boot. It will be very sad, but looks like limited eligibility left unless they let the clock start over again after the transition.
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Career Bests (as of July 2018)
Cross Country: 6k (19:03); 8k (24:16); 5m (25:28); 10k (33:00)
Indoor: 800m (adj: 1:57.22); Mile (adj: 4:13.76), 3,000m (adj: 8:23.70), 5,000m (14:38.80)
Outdoor: 800m (adj: 1:54.90); 1,500m (3:50.19); 5,000m (14:46.73) -
https://gogriz.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4426
“Has two younger sisters, Autumn and Sydney ... A women’s, gender and sexuality studies major.”
The bravery. -
Old identity: Jonathan Eastwood http://archive.is/OXSph
New identity: June Eastwood https://gogriz.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5219
He is... surprise... doing a women’s, gender and sexuality studies major. -
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A storm is coming wrote:
University of Montana
come on already.... wrote:
Why not just say who this is and what team they will be running for?
I don't fear for women's sports nearly as much as I do for this person's longterm mental health given the suicide rates associated with transgenders.
I see a June Eastwood on the women's 2019 roster, and a Jonathan Eastwood on prior years' men's rosters.
Women’s studies...
https://gogriz.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5219 -
Well grab your popcorn, this will be a wild ride. I fell terrible for all the girls that have worked their life’s for a shot at the crown, they may as well pack it in now.
Nobody except maybe this site will stand up for the XXs. -
A storm is coming wrote:
There is an athlete competing this fall in women’s cross country on a division one team who once was on a male cross country team at the division one level with PB’s of 3:50 in the 1500 and 14:38 in the 5000m.
This is going to shake some things up and force the NCAA to examine how it will handle this new occurrence. I can’t see how this athlete won’t be the favorite at the NCAA championships.
I fear for women’s sports in the NCAA.
I can’t wait to see a strong American woman take it to Obiri, Hassan, Tirop and Klauststrophooven in Tokyo
You go girl! -
Triple crown at NCAAs?
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Rojo/Wejo/Letsrun,
This should probably be one of those threads for registered users only.
Eastwood last competed during outdoor season of track as Jonathan, running 3:50 and 14:46 at the Bryan Clay Invite that season.
I wonder how long June has been transitioning and if the reduced testosterone level guidelines have been followed. If I'm remembering correctly the testosterone levels have to be reduced down to the upper normal level for females for at least 12 months? Can someone verify that or correct that?
I can understand Eastwood loves running. If I transitioned I'd want to keep competing too, but have to imagine it would feel really hollow beating women that were born as women. Would June be allowed to compete in the men's division while identifying as a woman given Montana has a team for both genders? I believe in high school a girl can only compete on the boys team if there is no girls team for that sport. -
Laughable if true.
Dear Junethan,
Live your life however you want, nobody is unsympathetic, but don't harm others in the process.
On behalf of,
Biological (XX) Female athletes with no boy related advantages.
PS. Competing as a dude/former dude against typical females is almost certainly "causing harm". Being open minded, I'm willing to entertain counter arguments, so, if you have any, by all means make them. -
Meant to say last competed during outdoor track 2018, so it's been over a year now.
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come on already.... wrote:
A storm is coming wrote:
University of Montana
come on already.... wrote:
Why not just say who this is and what team they will be running for?
I don't fear for women's sports nearly as much as I do for this person's longterm mental health given the suicide rates associated with transgenders.
Given how fast he was do you have any guesses how fast she'll be? Also do you know how long ago the 3:50 and 14:38 were ran?
3:53 was run May 2018. A 14:46 5000m from April 2018. An 8:42 3000m from Feb 2018 and 14:38 5k from Jan 2018, 1:55 800 from 2016 (this Athlete could shut Semenya up about what’s fair.....).
