(LIFEZETTE) — A male won the all-state honors in girls’ high school track and field — and his female competitors are saying he had a disqualifying advantage.

Haines High School senior Nattaphon “Ice” Wangyot, a biological male who self-identifies as female, is the first trans woman in Alaskan history to compete against females in a girls’ track and field state championship, according to local reporters.

Wangyot qualified for finals at the 2016 Alaska State Track Championships after winning fifth place in the 100-meter dash and third place in the 200-meter dash, competing against girls as young as 14 years old.

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