Caroline Hill, a former women’s sprinter at Rochester Institute of Technology, recently shared her experience of competing with transgender teammate Sadie Schreiner. Hill had initially turned down Division I scholarships to compete at RIT and set program records in the 200-meter and 300-meter events early in her collegiate career. However, Schreiner went on to break these records, leaving Hill feeling uncomfortable about sharing a locker room with her.
Even after Schreiner was ruled ineligible to compete due to changes in the NCAA’s transgender policy, Hill claimed that Schreiner continued to use the women’s locker room and train with the team for an additional month. RIT has refrained from commenting on Hill’s allegations.
Hill is the first of Schreiner’s former teammates to speak out about the situation. She expressed concerns about being paired up as “workout buddies” with Schreiner and feeling that the situation was unfair. Despite raising her objections to the coach and administrators, Hill felt that her concerns were dismissed.
Schreiner went on to break Hill’s program records in the 200-meter and 300-meter events. Hill described feeling shocked and uncomfortable sharing locker room spaces with Schreiner, despite the latter never changing in the women’s locker room.
After President Trump’s executive order aimed at maintaining the integrity of women’s sports, the NCAA changed its policy to only allow biological females to compete as women. However, Hill claimed that the coaches did not inform the female athletes that Schreiner would no longer be competing with them.
RIT stated that they continue to follow the NCAA policy regarding transgender student-athletes. The situation at RIT highlights the complexities surrounding transgender athletes in collegiate sports and the impact it can have on other team members.
Sadie will not be participating in the upcoming meet,” Hill claimed that this change did not prevent Schreiner from being present in the locker room or at practice. “He continued to change with us and utilize our coaches, facilities, and resources during practice, even though the rules had changed,” Hill said. “He kept training with us, although we were not training partners, he was always there at the same time as I was, about a month after the rule change.” Schreiner’s attorney, Susie Cirilli of Cirilli LLC, declined to comment on Hill’s statements at this time.
Subsequently, Schreiner decided to compete in non-NCAA sanctioned events. Schreiner participated in the USA Track & Field Open Masters Championships on March 1 in New York, where he won the women’s 400-meter dash and 200-meter dash events.
Weeks later, Schreiner posted an Instagram video indicating that the USATF event in Maine may have been his last organized track meet in the U.S. “I very likely just ran what will be my last meet in the United States,” Schreiner said. “I will find a way to keep competing, but I doubt that will be in the United States.” Schreiner explained that the USATF changed its policy on transgender eligibility from the IOC guidelines to the World Athletics guidelines, which prohibit athletes who have undergone male puberty from competing as women.
In July, Schreiner filed a lawsuit against Princeton University after being excluded from a women’s race on May 3. The lawsuit alleges that Schreiner was told 15 minutes before the race that he could not participate, despite being unattached to a university or club.
Meanwhile, Hill, who graduated from RIT with a degree in graphic design, is now publicly involved in the Gaines vs. NCAA lawsuit. Hill expressed that fear of retaliation had prevented her from speaking out against the situation earlier, but she now feels empowered to advocate for the protection of women’s sports.
Hill is requesting RIT to apologize to her and reinstate her as the program record-holder for the 200- and 300-meter.
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