Female runner says athletic governing bodies are ‘turning a blind eye’ to ‘injustices’ in women’s sports

"They used to call me 'the fastest girl in Connecticut.' But I couldn't outrun an injustice," Mitchell begins.

Mitchell outlines how leading ups to her junior year of high school, she made it to the state championships every one of those years. This changes in her junior year though, when she lost four of the state titles she previously earned to "males who identified as females"

"They give awards based on who wins—typically the person with the strongest muscles, the greatest lung power, the fastest speed—not based on how a person identifies. At the end of the race, it's about biology, not gender identity. And no amount of testosterone suppression can change a male's innate physical advantages, like bone structure and muscle mass," wrote Mitchell.

Mitchell notes that female athletes make "a ton of sacrifices to compete," including endless work towards shaving times, "and giving up what many would consider the 'normal’ teenage life" in order to gain a competing edge.

She said that in the end, the extensive work is worth it to know that an athlete stands a chance to compete against fellow female athletes, but that this work would not be enough to compete against those that are not biologically female.

"It's demoralizing to see all that effort and sacrifice as futile, where we are punished for a biological reality we can't do anything about," she wrote.

Mitchell noted that this is what's occurring across the country.

"With the permission of coaches and administrators, as well as those in leadership at the National Collegiate Athletic Association, some male athletes have been pushing their way onto women's sports teams and playing fields. With their physical advantages, they've been taking the positions, the wins, and the opportunities so many women and girls have worked so hard—often their entire life—to obtain," wrote Mitchell.

When protesting this, women are accused of hatred and bigotry, Mitchell said. She added that she has personally been accused of being a "sore loser" and a "hater."

"But the issue is fairness. And the people who should be protecting us and defending our rights are letting us down, time after time," wrote Mitchell.

Mitchell continued on to list those that have let down female athletes,s tarting with the International Olympic Committee, which released guidelines in November that opened the door for biological males to compete in women's sports.

The next came the NCAA, which release guidelines earlier this month, letting each sport set their own rules on transgender competitors.

She then lists USA Track & Field, which says in their guidelines that they defer to IOC rules on transgender athletes.

"The baton just keeps getting passed round and round and round," Mitchell noted.

"Everyone in leadership seems to want someone else to take responsibility. Many of them are understandably scared that a minority of loud activists are going to take aim at their sport, their school, or them personally. So, they're throwing female athletes under the bus, hoping we will eventually be quiet and all the commotion will eventually go away," she wrote.

"If it does, women's sports will become a thing of the past," she added.

Mitchell continued on to say that if the women's sports continue to allow biologically male athletes to compete, they will "dominate" those competitions they enter, and "Eventually, nearly all the titles, all the scholarships, and all the opportunities to compete, earn scholarships and endorsements, and one day maybe even coach will go to the ones with the anatomical edge."

"That's just biological reality, and the leaders of sport are deliberately turning a blind eye to it," she said.