Transgender Athlete Sues Princeton Over Women's Track Disqualification

Sadie Schreiner, a transgender female athlete, has filed a lawsuit against Princeton University and associated officials after being removed from the women's 200-meter race at the Larry Ellis Invitational in May 2025. Schreiner alleges that Princeton and the event's timing officials discriminated against her based on her gender identity, violating New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression. The athlete was informed only 15 minutes before the race that her name was removed from the official competitor list, and despite offering to undergo physical tests and presenting government identification recognizing her as female, she was barred from competing. This incident followed the NCAA's policy changes and President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order that bans transgender women from participating in female sports at all levels. Schreiner’s attorney, Susie Cirilli, condemned the defendants’ actions as intolerable and beyond decency, and the lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for the emotional and physical harm caused. Princeton and Leone Timing have not publicly commented on the allegations.