Freeport High senior Kessa Benner recently penned an op-ed for the Portland Press-Herald deriding her loss to transgender athlete Katie Spencer of Greely High at the Maine girls’ indoor track state championships last month.
Benner was the runner-up in the pole vault, jumping 10 feet, as Spencer vaulted six inches higher to win the state title.
Additionally, Spencer’s team won the team state title with 73 points, besting Freeport by one point. Spencer’s victory provided Greely with 10 points, two more than Benner earned, meaning the single event propelled Greely High to victory.
