“They are hearing word that I was assigned male at birth and that is enough for them to ban any athlete they want to,” Schreiner said.
A transgender collegiate athlete who dominated his female opponents in track and field expressed grievances on Saturday after Boston University notified him that he would not be allowed to compete in its invitational meet under the women's sporting category, citing President Donald Trump's executive order. Sadie Schreiner, born Camden Schreiner, said barring him from the competition sets a "scary precedent" for the future of women's sports.
"Today I should be on the track at Boston Universities Valentine Invitational, instead I've been barred by the university from competing without any consultation," Schreiner wrote on Instagram with an attached video voicing frustrations.
Schreiner was recently removed from the Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) women's track and field roster after the NCAA updated its rules to reflect changes made by the Trump administration. This includes barring transgender males from competing against women. While the two-time All-American can still compete as an unattached athlete, Schreiner said he received an email from BU prohibiting him from competing in its Valentine Invitational Meet just 24 hours before the competition.
"They're not looking at my passport or my birth certificate, they're not even calling me before banning me," Schreiner said in an Instagram video. "They are hearing word that I was assigned male at birth and that is enough for them to ban any athlete they want to."
The revised NCAA regulations took effect on February 6. While the new rules prohibit transgender biological males from participating in women's sporting competitions, trans athletes are still permitted to train with a team that aligns with their gender identity.
Boston University wrote in its email to Schreiner that its college must comply with the executive order even if it "does not align with our previous practices."
Schreiner claimed Boston University took a "drastic" measure to ban him and concluded in the video that the decision "sets a really scary precedent for how the future of women's athletics are going to work."
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