"It was just like a, 'Is this person following NCAA protocol?' Which, we are, so that was the check," she said.

Eastwood said she began medically transitioning to a female at the end of her junior year. But her social transition, she said, began in the winter of her sophomore year.

She ran the entire junior season on the men's roster but was open with her teammates about her looming transition.

"It's a tricky situation that has benefits on both sides and there's also issues on both sides that need to be addressed," UM track and field coach Brian Schweyen said. "We've just been trying to address those as we go and make sure that everyone is as comfortable as they can be and that it is as fair as possible for everyone involved."

The biggest hurdle, Eastwood said, was getting ready to compete again — as June Eastwood.

"In that first couple of months, some of the most significant changes happen so it was like waiting for most of those significant changes to stop happening so I could just figure out where I was," she said.

Throughout the process, Eastwood said her male and female teammates have been completely accepting.