Give the boy credit: he chose to win the event, rather than help the cause by tanking; that's a competitor, frilly dress notwithstanding

(Not actually a photo of Mr. Pepper, but this is funnier)

Trans athlete at center of Supreme Court Title IX case wins girls' track and field state championship

ACLU argued biological males don't have a competitive advantage, but Pepper-Jackson won by over two feet in shot put

Transgender athlete Becky Pepper-Jackson won a girls' state championship in West Virginia this week, before the U.S. Supreme Court could make a ruling on whether the state can ban Pepper-Jackson from competing against females.

Pepper-Jackson took first place for Bridgeport High School in the Class AAA state title with a personal best of 38 feet, 11.75 inches. The second-place winner, Paislee Babiczuk, of John Marshall, finished more than two feet shorter, only managing 36 feet 11 inches.

Pepper-Jackson's eligibility to compete in girls' competitions in West Virginia has been a point of high-stakes legal contention dating back to 2021, when the state passed a bill that prevents biological males from competing in girls' sports. Pepper-Jackson sued and successfully challenged the law, gaining entry into girls' competitions throughout high school, before the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.

Pepper-Jackson's attorneys at ACLU delivered oral arguments to the Supreme Court justices on Jan. 13. But with no ruling expected until June, Pepper-Jackson was left to continue competing throughout the athlete's high school season.

Pepper-Jackson has now earned state champion status in dominant fashion, after the athlete's own lawyers at the ACLU argued that males don't have a competitive advantage over females, with ACLU attorney Joshua Block arguing "if the evidence shows there are no relevant physiological differences between B.P.J. and other girls, then there's no basis to exclude her."

West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey, who is helping to lead the legal defense against Pepper-Jackson and the ACLU, sent a letter to the Supreme Court on Tuesday highlighting a trans athlete he simply referred to as B.P.J., and how the athlete's performance this season compares to female competitors.

"As a high school sophomore, Pepper-Jackson is not finishing 'near the back of the pack ...' but is instead defeating every— or nearly every — female in the state in these events. I would appreciate it if you could circulate this message to the members of the court," McCuskey wrote.

The attorneys representing the legal defense against Pepper-Jackson's lawsuit at the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) have also taken notice of what the track meet's results might mean for their argument.

"The developments from the state meet from this past weekend just underscore the fact that no amount of testosterone suppression or intervention can undo the very real differences that males have over women," ADF attorney Suzanne Beecher told Fox News Digital.

"It really cuts against the ACLU's argument."

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After the hearing, Fox News Digital asked Block what his definition of "sex" is. He declined to give a definition.