A transgender athlete and Oregon high school student is going viral after flying past the competition Saturday in a blowout win during a filmed heat of a varsity track event.

McDaniel High School sophomore Aayden Gallagher, the transgender student-athlete, ultimately came in second place in the Girls 200 Meter Varsity at the Sherwood Need for Speed Classic.

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