A male transgender-identifying runner competed at the Maine Class C state championship girls' cross-country meet this past weekend.
Soren Stark-Chessa, a junior at Maine Coast Waldorf School, finished third (19:08.82) out of 81 runners on the girls' side. Stark-Chessa ran the course about 30 seconds behind Teanne Ewings (18:38.95), a senior at Houlton High School who won the state title.
