FactHub checks of sampled entries

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

Curated data tables

FactHub checks of sampled entries

Each sampled entry, the source checked and the result. Names were checked privately and are not published.

Unit of observation: One checked entry

wa_girls_event_verification.csv text/csv · 2.5 KB (2,527 bytes)

All 18 rows 9 columns Download the file

All 18 rows

check_id	row_id	athlete_code	date	event	place_listed_by_tally	source_checked	result	note
v01	263	B	2025-05-31	400m (state final)	1st	WIAA official results PDF 2025 2A-3A-4A state meet	match	State final: 1st.
v02	264	B	2025-05-31	4x400 (state final)	3rd	WIAA official results PDF 2025 2A-3A-4A state meet	match (team)	The athlete's school placed 3rd; WIAA finals list schools only.
v03	212	B	2024-05-25	400m (state final)	1st	WIAA official results PDF 2024 2A-3A-4A state meet	match	State final: 1st.
v04	214	B	2024-05-25	4x400 (state final)	5th	WIAA official results PDF 2024 2A-3A-4A state meet	match (team)	The athlete's school placed 5th; WIAA finals list schools only.
v05	213	C	2024-05-25	4x400 (state final)	11th	WIAA official results PDF 2024 2A-3A-4A state meet	match (team)	The athlete's school placed 11th; WIAA finals list schools only.
v06	90	C	2023-05-27	4x400 (state final)	5th	WIAA official results PDF 2023 2A-3A-4A state meet	match (team)	The athlete's school placed 5th; WIAA finals list schools only.
v07	279	K	2026-09-29	5k cross country (dual meet)	1st/46	MileSplit raw results linked by the tally	match	Not in the pamphlet count (dated after it was written).
v08	237	A	2025-03-22	4x800 (invitational)	DQ	MileSplit raw results linked by the tally	match	Relay listed as disqualified; the athlete is named among its legs.
v09	217	B	2024-09-18	5k cross country (dual meet)	2nd	MileSplit raw results linked by the tally	match	—
v10	185	B	2024-05-08	1600m (dual meet)	1st	MileSplit raw results linked by the tally	match	—
v11	170	A	2024-04-25	800m (dual meet)	8th	MileSplit raw results linked by the tally	match	—
v12	140	B	2024-04-13	1600m (invitational)	1st	MileSplit raw results linked by the tally	match	—
v13	125	B	2024-03-13	3200m (tri-meet)	4th	MileSplit raw results linked by the tally	partial	Results list the athlete's place as X (exhibition or non-scoring); the time was 4th fastest. The tally lists 4th.
v14	108	A	2023-09-30	5k cross country (invitational)	18th/171	MileSplit raw results linked by the tally	match	—
v15	88	D	2023-05-20	long jump (middle-school invitational)	15th	MileSplit raw results linked by the tally	match	—
v16	60	D	2023-05-04	100m (middle-school league meet)	6th	MileSplit raw results linked by the tally	match	—
v17	41	A	2023-04-15	1600m (invitational)	22nd	MileSplit raw results linked by the tally	match	—
v18	23	C	2023-03-16	4x400 (invitational)	3rd	MileSplit raw results linked by the tally	match (team)	The athlete's school placed 3rd; relay legs are not listed for that team.

9 field definitions

Field	Type	Meaning	Units	Value type
check_id	string	Check id.	—	derived
row_id	integer	row_id in the entries table.	—	derived
athlete_code	string	Athlete letter.	—	derived
date	date	Meet date.	—	derived
event	string	Event and meet type.	—	derived
place_listed_by_tally	string	Place HeCheated lists.	—	derived
source_checked	string	WIAA official results PDF or the MileSplit raw results page HeCheated links.	—	derived
result	string	match; match (team) when only the school's relay placing could be confirmed; partial.	—	observed
note	string	What was found.	—	derived

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.

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.