CeCe Telfer is a Jamaican-American athlete who, in 2019, became the first openly transgender woman to win an NCAA title.
CeCe Telfer: Surgery| Before Transition| Record| 2021
Surgery:
To the athletes competing in that night’s NCAA Division II National Championships, it was sweltering, and strong breezes didn’t cool them, they provided an additional hindrance to the fierce competition on this Southeast Texas night.
As he stood among his athletes, Franklin Pierce University track coach Zach Emerson watched senior CeCé Telfer prepare for the two events she was scheduled to run, the 100 and 400 meter hurdles.
Before Transition:
Tamsyn Manou has expressed her concern after a transgender runner became the NCAA 400m women’s hurdles national champion recently.
CeCe Telfer, a transgender woman who was born a male called Craig, took out the title by over a second at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships for Frankland Pierce University on May 25.
Before her transition, Telfer was ranked outside the top 200 male runners in college athletics.
Record:
2021:
Transgender runner CeCe Telfer will not be allowed to compete in the women’s 400m hurdles at US Olympic trials because Telfer has not met the conditions World Athletics established in its eligibility regulations for certain women’s events.
Telfer competed for the men’s team at Division II Franklin Pierce, but took time off, then came back to compete for the women’s team. In 2019, Telfer won the NCAA title.
