FactHub reusable chart
Most of the 269 entries came at regular-season meets; 13 were at state championships
Stacked bars: the 269 entries in Washington girls' school events that HeCheated.org attributes to male-born athletes, by type of meet and finish.
Credit: FactHub Research Team, from HeCheated.org's Washington K-12 table
Node: chart:wa-girls-event-entries-by-meet-type
Hover over the chart or focus a point to inspect its values.
What this chart asks
At what kinds of meets did the Yes campaign's 269 placements happen, and how did they finish?
Why it is shown this way
- Stacked bars show where the entries happened (bar height) and how they finished (segments), so readers can see that most wins came at regular-season meets and few at championships.
- Meet types are grouped from HeCheated's own categories; the grouping rule is in the dataset.
Data and accessibility
Download chart data · Open accessible table · Download PNG · Download SVG
Dataset wa-i638-girls-event-placements,
analysis by-meet-finish
Sources
This chart draws on the sources of the dataset versions it visualizes.
Washington girls' school events entered by male-born athletes, as tallied by HeCheated.org (anonymized)
-
HeCheated.org, Washington K-12 results
Source of every entry: the table embedded in the page, with HeCheated's summary of 272 events, 75 first places and 158 top-three finishes as of retrieval.
Retrieved October 23, 2026. All rights reserved by HeCheated; facts extracted and anonymized. FactHub republishes only the factual fields needed to reproduce the counts, without names, schools or meet names.
Reliability: Advocacy group. Has a stake in this finding. HeCheated.org says it provides data on males in female competition and campaigns against their inclusion. Each row links to a results page (MileSplit, Athletic.net, news or social media); athlete identification is its own.
-
HeCheated.org, Washington K-12 athletes
HeCheated's list of the Washington athletes and the source it links for each, used to describe how athletes were identified.
Retrieved October 23, 2026. All rights reserved by HeCheated; cited, not copied. Not redistributed; linked only.
Reliability: Advocacy group. Has a stake in this finding. Same publisher as the results table. Several athletes on the page have no linked source.
-
Carol Dansereau, "No Boys in Girls' Sports! (In-depth article.)", Substack, 2026-10-08
Provenance of the count: it gives 272 events, 158 top-three and 75 first places and cites the HeCheated Washington page (footnote 5, dated August 2026). A companion flyer the same day uses the pamphlet's 269, 156 and 74.
Retrieved October 23, 2026. All rights reserved; cited, not copied. Not redistributed; linked only.
Reliability: Advocacy group. Has a stake in this finding. The author campaigns for IL26-638 and wrote a Yes flyer that repeats the pamphlet figures.
-
WIAA, 2023 State 2A-3A-4A Track and Field Championships results
Official results used to check a 2023 state-meet relay entry.
Retrieved October 12, 2026. Public results. Linked only.
Reliability: Government. Official meet results from the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, the body that runs high-school championships.
-
WIAA, 2024 State 2A-3A-4A Track and Field Championships results
Official results used to check the 2024 state-meet track entries.
Retrieved October 12, 2026. Public results. Linked only.
Reliability: Government. Official WIAA meet results.
-
WIAA, 2025 State 2A-3A-4A Track and Field Championships results
Official results used to check the 2025 state-meet track entries.
Retrieved October 12, 2026. Public results. Linked only.
Reliability: Government. Official WIAA meet results.
-
MileSplit Washington meet results
Independent results pages (the raw results linked from each sampled HeCheated row) used to check 12 regular-season entries.
Retrieved October 23, 2026. Public results. Linked only.
Reliability: Industry. Commercial results site that posts meet results supplied by timers and meet hosts.
-
Washington Secretary of State, 2026 voters' pamphlet, IL26-638
The claim being traced: the Yes rebuttal's 269 placements, 74 firsts and 156 top-three finishes (page 22).
Retrieved October 23, 2026. Washington state public record. Linked only.
Reliability: Government. The Secretary of State prints each campaign's argument as submitted and is not responsible for its content.
Limitations
- Rests on HeCheated.org's advocacy tally; FactHub did not confirm each athlete's sex, and the tally may miss athletes and meets.
- HeCheated notes that league, district and regional meet names vary and some may be categorized inaccurately.
- Regular-season meets include dual meets, invitationals and league meets, which can be small: a dual meet may have two teams.