How the 269 entries finished

What this dataset measures

The Yes argument in the 2026 voters' pamphlet cites "at least 269 placements by male athletes competing in girls' interscholastic categories, including 74 firsts and 156 top-three finishes" without naming a source. The same three figures, with three later September 2026 entries added, appear on HeCheated.org's Washington K-12 results page, which a Yes-side writer cited for them. Every row on that page is included so readers can see exactly what the 269 counts.

Geography

Washington, United States

Unit of observation

One event entry: one athlete in one event (or one team result) at one meet, as listed by HeCheated.org.

Update cadence

One-time release for the November 3, 2026 election.

Curator

FactHub Research Team

Supporting files

Source snapshots, manifests, quality reports, documentation, and other materials used to produce or review this release.

• build_placements.js Transformation manifest · text/javascript · 3.9 KB (3,995 bytes)

  Node.js script that extracts the table from a saved copy of the HeCheated page, removes names, schools, meet names and classifications, and writes the entries table.

• analyses.js Transformation manifest · text/javascript · 3 KB (3,099 bytes)

  Node.js script that computes the saved analyses from the entries table.

• wa_girls_event_placements_records.json Documentation · application/json · 37.1 KB (37,965 bytes)

  This dataset's sources, table definitions, saved analyses and limitations as structured JSON.

Saved analyses

Sources

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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 and reproducibility

Reproducible: build_placements.js reads a saved copy of the HeCheated.org Washington results page (retrieved 2026-10-23), drops names, schools, meet names and race classifications, assigns athlete letters and writes the entries table; analyses.js computes the saved analyses from that table. Rerunning both on the same page reproduces the files exactly. The page changes as HeCheated adds entries, so a later copy may differ; the three rows dated September 2026 are the only rows added after the pamphlet text was written.

• HeCheated.org is an advocacy site that opposes male-born athletes in female categories. It identifies athletes as male from public sources (news reports, the athletes' own statements, name changes, photos and other records); several Washington athletes have no linked source on its athlete page. FactHub did not verify any athlete's sex or identity.
• The tally is not complete: HeCheated says many results and unnamed athletes are missing. It is also not a sample, so its totals cannot be scaled up.
• HeCheated's "total events" counts every event an athlete entered, including 4th place or lower, last place, disqualifications and entries with no place listed; only did-not-start entries are excluded. The pamphlet calls these "placements".
• Relay and team entries count as one entry for the male-born athlete on the team; the other team members are girls. Relay results list schools, so FactHub could confirm team placings but not always who ran.
• Girls' ultimate (16 entries) is organized by a nonprofit league rather than WIAA, and four of those entries are national invitationals held outside Washington. One entry is a 1977 gymnastics meet.
• Finish groups are FactHub's classification: first place and top three follow HeCheated's own counting rules (a "2nd of 2" counts as top three); other places use the number HeCheated lists.
• FactHub checked 18 entries (the six WIAA 2A-4A state-meet track entries in WIAA files, and a systematic sample of 12 MileSplit-linked entries); the rest are as HeCheated lists them.