{ "sources": [ { "id": "hecheated-wa", "name": "HeCheated.org, Washington K-12 results", "url": "https://hecheated.org/high-school_results_Washington.html", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-23", "role": "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.", "licenseName": "All rights reserved by HeCheated; facts extracted and anonymized", "licenseUrl": null, "redistribution": "FactHub republishes only the factual fields needed to reproduce the counts, without names, schools or meet names.", "artifactId": null, "reliability": { "publisherKind": "advocacy", "interest": "aligned", "note": "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." } }, { "id": "hecheated-wa-athletes", "name": "HeCheated.org, Washington K-12 athletes", "url": "https://hecheated.org/high-school_athletes_Washington.html", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-23", "role": "HeCheated's list of the Washington athletes and the source it links for each, used to describe how athletes were identified.", "licenseName": "All rights reserved by HeCheated; cited, not copied", "licenseUrl": null, "redistribution": "Not redistributed; linked only.", "artifactId": null, "reliability": { "publisherKind": "advocacy", "interest": "aligned", "note": "Same publisher as the results table. Several athletes on the page have no linked source." } }, { "id": "dansereau-in-depth", "name": "Carol Dansereau, \"No Boys in Girls' Sports! 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A companion flyer the same day uses the pamphlet's 269, 156 and 74.", "licenseName": "All rights reserved; cited, not copied", "licenseUrl": null, "redistribution": "Not redistributed; linked only.", "artifactId": null, "reliability": { "publisherKind": "advocacy", "interest": "aligned", "note": "The author campaigns for IL26-638 and wrote a Yes flyer that repeats the pamphlet figures." } }, { "id": "wiaa-2023", "name": "WIAA, 2023 State 2A-3A-4A Track and Field Championships results", "url": "https://wiaa-dna4aga5arc0gyeb.westus2-01.azurewebsites.net/results/trackfield/22-23/2A3A4A.pdf", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-12", "role": "Official results used to check a 2023 state-meet relay entry.", "licenseName": "Public results", "licenseUrl": null, "redistribution": "Linked only.", "artifactId": null, "reliability": { "publisherKind": "government", "interest": "none", "note": "Official meet results from the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, the body that runs high-school championships." } }, { "id": "wiaa-2024", "name": "WIAA, 2024 State 2A-3A-4A Track and Field Championships results", "url": "https://wiaa-dna4aga5arc0gyeb.westus2-01.azurewebsites.net/results/trackfield/23-24/2A3A4A.pdf", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-12", "role": "Official results used to check the 2024 state-meet track entries.", "licenseName": "Public results", "licenseUrl": null, "redistribution": "Linked only.", "artifactId": null, "reliability": { "publisherKind": "government", "interest": "none", "note": "Official WIAA meet results." } }, { "id": "wiaa-2025", "name": "WIAA, 2025 State 2A-3A-4A Track and Field Championships results", "url": "https://wiaa-dna4aga5arc0gyeb.westus2-01.azurewebsites.net/results/trackfield/24-25/2A3A4A.pdf", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-12", "role": "Official results used to check the 2025 state-meet track entries.", "licenseName": "Public results", "licenseUrl": null, "redistribution": "Linked only.", "artifactId": null, "reliability": { "publisherKind": "government", "interest": "none", "note": "Official WIAA meet results." } }, { "id": "milesplit-wa", "name": "MileSplit Washington meet results", "url": "https://wa.milesplit.com/results", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-23", "role": "Independent results pages (the raw results linked from each sampled HeCheated row) used to check 12 regular-season entries.", "licenseName": "Public results", "licenseUrl": null, "redistribution": "Linked only.", "artifactId": null, "reliability": { "publisherKind": "industry", "interest": "none", "note": "Commercial results site that posts meet results supplied by timers and meet hosts." } }, { "id": "vp-2026", "name": "Washington Secretary of State, 2026 voters' pamphlet, IL26-638", "url": "https://www.sos.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2026-10/Voters%20Pamphlet%202026%20-%20Edition%2026%20-%20Stevens.pdf", "retrievedAt": "2026-10-23", "role": "The claim being traced: the Yes rebuttal's 269 placements, 74 firsts and 156 top-three finishes (page 22).", "licenseName": "Washington state public record", "licenseUrl": null, "redistribution": "Linked only.", "artifactId": null, "reliability": { "publisherKind": "government", "interest": "none", "note": "The Secretary of State prints each campaign's argument as submitted and is not responsible for its content." } } ], "tables": [ { "id": "entries", "title": "Event entries", "description": "One row per entry in HeCheated's Washington K-12 table, anonymized. 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Names were checked privately and are not published.", "artifactId": "verification-csv", "unitOfObservation": "One checked entry", "fields": [ { "name": "check_id", "type": "string", "description": "Check id.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [] }, { "name": "row_id", "type": "integer", "description": "row_id in the entries table.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [ "hecheated-wa" ] }, { "name": "athlete_code", "type": "string", "description": "Athlete letter.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [ "hecheated-wa" ] }, { "name": "date", "type": "date", "description": "Meet date.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [ "hecheated-wa" ] }, { "name": "event", "type": "string", "description": "Event and meet type.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [ "hecheated-wa" ] }, { "name": "place_listed_by_tally", "type": "string", "description": "Place HeCheated lists.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [ "hecheated-wa" ] }, { "name": "source_checked", "type": "string", "description": "WIAA official results PDF or the MileSplit raw results page HeCheated links.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [ "wiaa-2023", "wiaa-2024", "wiaa-2025", "milesplit-wa" ] }, { "name": "result", "type": "string", "description": "match; match (team) when only the school's relay placing could be confirmed; partial.", "units": null, "nullable": false, "valueType": "observed", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [ "wiaa-2023", "wiaa-2024", "wiaa-2025", "milesplit-wa" ] }, { "name": "note", "type": "string", "description": "What was found.", "units": null, "nullable": true, "valueType": "derived", "derivation": null, "sourceIds": [] } ] } ], "analyses": [ { "id": "headline", "title": "The pamphlet's 269, 74 and 156 reproduced", "question": "Does the HeCheated table reproduce the pamphlet's 269 placements, 74 firsts and 156 top-three finishes?", "operation": "Count counted entries, first places and top-three finishes, with and without the three September 2026 rows.", "parameters": { "filter": "counted_event = true" }, "scope": "All rows", "resultShape": "table", "structuredResult": [ { "tally": "Pamphlet-era snapshot (rows dated before Sept 2026)", "events": 269, "firsts": 74, "top_three": 156, "athletes": 10 }, { "tally": "HeCheated page as retrieved 2026-10-23", "events": 272, "firsts": 75, "top_three": 158, "athletes": 11 } ], "displayResult": "Without the three September 2026 rows: 269 entries, 74 firsts, 156 top three, 10 athletes, exactly the pamphlet figures. As retrieved: 272, 75, 158, 11 athletes.", "methodologicalNotes": [ "HeCheated leaves did-not-start entries out of its event total and counts \"2nd of 2\" and similar results as top three." ], "limitations": [ "Rests on HeCheated.org's list of athletes and results; FactHub did not independently confirm each athlete's sex, and the list may miss athletes and meets." ], "executedAt": "2026-10-23T19:00:00Z" }, { "id": "by-athlete", "title": "Entries by athlete", "question": "How many athletes account for the 269 entries, and how are they spread?", "operation": "Group pamphlet-count entries by athlete code.", "scope": "in_pamphlet_count and counted_event", "resultShape": "table", "structuredResult": [ { "athlete": "Athlete A", "level": "High School", "sports": "Cross Country / Track and Field", "years": "2022, 2023, 2024, 2025", "events": 65, "firsts": 8, "top_three": 26, "athletes": 1, "not_top_three": 39 }, { "athlete": "Athlete B", "level": "High School", "sports": "Cross Country / Track and Field", "years": "2023, 2024, 2025", "events": 64, "firsts": 36, "top_three": 53, "athletes": 1, "not_top_three": 11 }, { "athlete": "Athlete C", "level": "High School", "sports": "Track and Field / Cross Country", "years": "2023, 2024", "events": 54, "firsts": 6, "top_three": 22, "athletes": 1, "not_top_three": 32 }, { "athlete": "Athlete D", "level": "Middle School", "sports": "Track and Field", "years": "2023, 2024", "events": 43, "firsts": 18, "top_three": 30, "athletes": 1, "not_top_three": 13 }, { "athlete": "Athlete E", "level": "High School", "sports": "Ultimate Frisbee", "years": "2023, 2024, 2025, 2026", "events": 16, "firsts": 1, "top_three": 6, "athletes": 1, "not_top_three": 10 }, { "athlete": "Athlete F", "level": "Middle School / High School", "sports": "Cross Country", "years": "2022, 2023, 2025", "events": 12, "firsts": 3, "top_three": 6, "athletes": 1, "not_top_three": 6 }, { "athlete": "Athlete G", "level": "High School", "sports": "Track and Field", "years": "2022", "events": 8, "firsts": 0, "top_three": 8, "athletes": 1, "not_top_three": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete H", "level": "High School", "sports": "Wrestling", "years": "2025, 2026", "events": 5, "firsts": 0, "top_three": 3, "athletes": 1, "not_top_three": 2 }, { "athlete": "Athlete I", "level": "High School", "sports": "Gymnastics", "years": "1977", "events": 1, "firsts": 1, "top_three": 1, "athletes": 1, "not_top_three": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete J", "level": "Middle School", "sports": "Track and Field", "years": "2023", "events": 1, "firsts": 1, "top_three": 1, "athletes": 1, "not_top_three": 0 } ], "displayResult": "Ten athletes; one accounts for 36 of the 74 first places and two account for 54 (73%). One entry is from 1977.", "limitations": [ "Rests on HeCheated.org's list of athletes and results; FactHub did not independently confirm each athlete's sex, and the list may miss athletes and meets.", "Athlete D competed in middle school; athlete E played girls' ultimate in a non-WIAA league." ], "executedAt": "2026-10-23T19:00:00Z" }, { "id": "by-athlete-finish", "title": "Entries by athlete and finish", "question": "For each athlete, how many entries were wins, other top-three finishes, or lower?", "operation": "Count pamphlet-count entries by athlete code and finish group.", "scope": "in_pamphlet_count and counted_event", "resultShape": "table", "structuredResult": [ { "athlete": "Athlete A", "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 8 }, { "athlete": "Athlete A", "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 18 }, { "athlete": "Athlete A", "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 21 }, { "athlete": "Athlete A", "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 17 }, { "athlete": "Athlete A", "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 1 }, { "athlete": "Athlete B", "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 36 }, { "athlete": "Athlete B", "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 17 }, { "athlete": "Athlete B", "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 9 }, { "athlete": "Athlete B", "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 2 }, { "athlete": "Athlete B", "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete C", "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 6 }, { "athlete": "Athlete C", "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 16 }, { "athlete": "Athlete C", "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 18 }, { "athlete": "Athlete C", "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 14 }, { "athlete": "Athlete C", "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete D", "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 18 }, { "athlete": "Athlete D", "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 12 }, { "athlete": "Athlete D", "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 9 }, { "athlete": "Athlete D", "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 3 }, { "athlete": "Athlete D", "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 1 }, { "athlete": "Athlete E", "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 1 }, { "athlete": "Athlete E", "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 5 }, { "athlete": "Athlete E", "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 6 }, { "athlete": "Athlete E", "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 1 }, { "athlete": "Athlete E", "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 3 }, { "athlete": "Athlete F", "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 3 }, { "athlete": "Athlete F", "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 3 }, { "athlete": "Athlete F", "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 6 }, { "athlete": "Athlete F", "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete F", "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete G", "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete G", "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 8 }, { "athlete": "Athlete G", "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete G", "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete G", "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete H", "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete H", "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 3 }, { "athlete": "Athlete H", "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 2 }, { "athlete": "Athlete H", "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete H", "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete I", "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 1 }, { "athlete": "Athlete I", "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete I", "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete I", "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete I", "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete J", "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 1 }, { "athlete": "Athlete J", "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete J", "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete J", "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 0 }, { "athlete": "Athlete J", "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 0 } ], "displayResult": "Ten athletes, 269 entries. Athlete B: 36 wins in 64 entries; athletes A and C finished 4th or lower in most of their entries.", "limitations": [ "Rests on HeCheated.org's list of athletes and results; FactHub did not independently confirm each athlete's sex, and the list may miss athletes and meets." ], "executedAt": "2026-10-23T19:00:00Z" }, { "id": "by-meet-finish", "title": "Entries by meet type and finish", "question": "At what kinds of meets were the 269 entries, and how did they finish?", "operation": "Count pamphlet-count entries by meet group and finish group.", "scope": "in_pamphlet_count and counted_event", "resultShape": "table", "structuredResult": [ { "meet_group": "Regular-season meet", "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 61 }, { "meet_group": "Regular-season meet", "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 63 }, { "meet_group": "Regular-season meet", "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 42 }, { "meet_group": "Regular-season meet", "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 22 }, { "meet_group": "Regular-season meet", "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 5 }, { "meet_group": "District, regional or league championship", "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 10 }, { "meet_group": "District, regional or league championship", "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 14 }, { "meet_group": "District, regional or league championship", "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 22 }, { "meet_group": "District, regional or league championship", "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 5 }, { "meet_group": "District, regional or league championship", "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 0 }, { "meet_group": "State championship", "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 2 }, { "meet_group": "State championship", "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 3 }, { "meet_group": "State championship", "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 2 }, { "meet_group": "State championship", "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 6 }, { "meet_group": "State championship", "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 0 }, { "meet_group": "National invitational (out of state)", "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 0 }, { "meet_group": "National invitational (out of state)", "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 1 }, { "meet_group": "National invitational (out of state)", "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 2 }, { "meet_group": "National invitational (out of state)", "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 1 }, { "meet_group": "National invitational (out of state)", "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 0 }, { "meet_group": "Other or unclassified", "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 1 }, { "meet_group": "Other or unclassified", "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 1 }, { "meet_group": "Other or unclassified", "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 3 }, { "meet_group": "Other or unclassified", "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 3 }, { "meet_group": "Other or unclassified", "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 0 } ], "displayResult": "193 of 269 entries (72%) were at regular-season meets, 51 at district, regional or league championships, 13 at state championships, 4 at out-of-state national invitationals and 8 other.", "limitations": [ "Rests on HeCheated.org's list of athletes and results; FactHub did not independently confirm each athlete's sex, and the list may miss athletes and meets.", "Meet categories are HeCheated's; it notes that league, district and regional names vary and some meets may be categorized inaccurately." ], "executedAt": "2026-10-23T19:00:00Z" }, { "id": "meet-totals", "title": "Totals by meet type", "question": "How many entries, wins and top-three finishes came at each kind of meet?", "operation": "Totals by meet group.", "scope": "in_pamphlet_count and counted_event", "resultShape": "table", "structuredResult": [ { "meet_group": "Regular-season meet", "events": 193, "firsts": 61, "top_three": 124, "athletes": 10 }, { "meet_group": "District, regional or league championship", "events": 51, "firsts": 10, "top_three": 24, "athletes": 8 }, { "meet_group": "State championship", "events": 13, "firsts": 2, "top_three": 5, "athletes": 4 }, { "meet_group": "National invitational (out of state)", "events": 4, "firsts": 0, "top_three": 1, "athletes": 1 }, { "meet_group": "Other or unclassified", "events": 8, "firsts": 1, "top_three": 2, "athletes": 2 } ], "displayResult": "Regular-season meets: 193 entries, 61 wins, 124 top three. State championships: 13 entries, 2 wins, 5 top three.", "limitations": [ "Rests on HeCheated.org's list of athletes and results; FactHub did not independently confirm each athlete's sex, and the list may miss athletes and meets." ], "executedAt": "2026-10-23T19:00:00Z" }, { "id": "finish-distribution", "title": "How the 269 entries finished", "question": "How many of the 269 \"placements\" were wins, other top-three finishes, or lower?", "operation": "Count pamphlet-count entries by finish group.", "scope": "in_pamphlet_count and counted_event", "resultShape": "table", "structuredResult": [ { "finish_group": "1st", "entries": 74 }, { "finish_group": "2nd-3rd", "entries": 82 }, { "finish_group": "4th-10th", "entries": 71 }, { "finish_group": "11th or lower", "entries": 37 }, { "finish_group": "DQ or no place listed", "entries": 5 } ], "displayResult": "74 first, 82 second or third, 71 fourth to tenth, 37 eleventh or lower, 5 disqualified or no place listed: 113 of the 269 were not top-three finishes.", "limitations": [ "Rests on HeCheated.org's list of athletes and results; FactHub did not independently confirm each athlete's sex, and the list may miss athletes and meets." ], "executedAt": "2026-10-23T19:00:00Z" }, { "id": "scope-sensitivity", "title": "The count under narrower definitions", "question": "How much do the totals change if entries outside Washington, outside WIAA sports, before 2022, or in relays are left out?", "operation": "Recount entries, wins and top-three finishes under each filter.", "scope": "in_pamphlet_count and counted_event", "resultShape": "table", "structuredResult": [ { "scope": "As counted (pamphlet snapshot)", "events": 269, "firsts": 74, "top_three": 156, "athletes": 10 }, { "scope": "Without the 1977 entry", "events": 268, "firsts": 73, "top_three": 155, "athletes": 9 }, { "scope": "Only meets held in Washington", "events": 265, "firsts": 74, "top_three": 155, "athletes": 10 }, { "scope": "Without girls' ultimate (non-WIAA league)", "events": 253, "firsts": 73, "top_three": 150, "athletes": 9 }, { "scope": "Without relays and team results", "events": 201, "firsts": 56, "top_three": 114, "athletes": 9 }, { "scope": "Washington meets, 2022 or later, WIAA sports, individual events only", "events": 200, "firsts": 55, "top_three": 113, "athletes": 8 }, { "scope": "High school only", "events": 215, "firsts": 52, "top_three": 120, "athletes": 8 }, { "scope": "Postseason only (district, regional, league or state championships)", "events": 64, "firsts": 12, "top_three": 29, "athletes": 8 }, { "scope": "WIAA state meets only", "events": 11, "firsts": 2, "top_three": 3, "athletes": 3 } ], "displayResult": "Washington meets from 2022, WIAA sports, individual events only: 200 entries, 55 wins, 113 top three by 8 athletes. WIAA state meets only: 11 entries, 2 wins, 3 top three.", "limitations": [ "Rests on HeCheated.org's list of athletes and results; FactHub did not independently confirm each athlete's sex, and the list may miss athletes and meets." ], "executedAt": "2026-10-23T19:00:00Z" }, { "id": "by-year-level", "title": "Entries by year and school level", "question": "How are the entries spread across years and between high school and middle school?", "operation": "Count by year and level.", "scope": "in_pamphlet_count and counted_event", "resultShape": "table", "structuredResult": [ { "year": 1977, "level": "High School", "events": 1, "firsts": 1, "top_three": 1, "athletes": 1 }, { "year": 2022, "level": "High School", "events": 16, "firsts": 2, "top_three": 13, "athletes": 2 }, { "year": 2022, "level": "Middle School", "events": 4, "firsts": 0, "top_three": 1, "athletes": 1 }, { "year": 2023, "level": "High School", "events": 70, "firsts": 5, "top_three": 26, "athletes": 4 }, { "year": 2023, "level": "Middle School", "events": 30, "firsts": 9, "top_three": 17, "athletes": 3 }, { "year": 2024, "level": "High School", "events": 84, "firsts": 27, "top_three": 49, "athletes": 4 }, { "year": 2024, "level": "Middle School", "events": 20, "firsts": 13, "top_three": 18, "athletes": 1 }, { "year": 2025, "level": "High School", "events": 37, "firsts": 16, "top_three": 27, "athletes": 5 }, { "year": 2026, "level": "High School", "events": 7, "firsts": 1, "top_three": 4, "athletes": 2 } ], "displayResult": "215 high-school and 54 middle-school entries; 2024 had the most (104).", "limitations": [ "Rests on HeCheated.org's list of athletes and results; FactHub did not independently confirm each athlete's sex, and the list may miss athletes and meets." ], "executedAt": "2026-10-23T19:00:00Z" }, { "id": "verification-summary", "title": "Sample check against official and independent results", "question": "Do sampled entries match the official or independent results they come from?", "operation": "Check 18 entries: the six WIAA state-meet track entries in the 2A-3A-4A meet PDFs and a systematic sample of 12 MileSplit-linked entries (every 17th).", "scope": "verification table", "resultShape": "table", "structuredResult": [ { "result": "match", "checks": 12 }, { "result": "match (team)", "checks": 5 }, { "result": "partial", "checks": 1 } ], "displayResult": "17 of 18 checked entries match the results page (5 at team level for relays); one 3200m entry listed as 4th was scored as an exhibition (\"X\") in the results.", "limitations": [ "A sample of 18 out of 272; entries linked to Instagram, FloWrestling or Athletic.net pages were not sampled. One other 2023 state-meet entry is in a separate WIAA file that was not checked." ], "executedAt": "2026-10-23T19:00:00Z" } ], "limitations": [ "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." ] }