On Sunday, I outed myself: I am Track Athlete A in a major lawsuit, Gaines v. NCAA, that aims to win justice for women in college sports .

For two years, I’ve lived in the shadows, watching my records, my opportunities, my dignity and my voice stripped away — not by happenstance, but by design, as colleges applied rules allowing male athletes into women’s sports .

My university, the Rochester Institute of Technology, and my own coaches applauded as a man competed on our women’s team, erased my records and those of other women, and was ushered into our locker room. 5

He didn’t just steal medals — he stole the experiences we female athletes were promised: a safe and supportive environment, privacy, unity and leaders we could trust.

I felt small. Erased.

Federal law was supposed

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