Two Maine high school girls spoke out Monday about competing against transgender athletes, describing "crushing disappointment" and urging officials to protect their opportunities as their attorney announced plans for a federal civil rights complaint.

Reagan Wilson, a junior at Fryeburg Academy, and Morgan Clark, a junior and varsity soccer captain at Windham High School, addressed a news conference at the Maine State House in Augusta alongside advocates seeking a statewide vote on sex-based eligibility rules.

"Many girls and women are discovering the crushing disappointment that comes from being beaten in their own sports by males who should have never been allowed to compete in the first place," Wilson said.

TRANSGENDER ATHLETES HAVE TAKEN 2,293 CHAMPIONSHIP SPOTS FROM BIOLOGICAL WOMEN, NEW RESEARCH FINDS Wilson, who said she has competed in swimming, cross-country, indoor and outdoor track, soccer and softball, described facing transgender competitors across multiple seasons.

"During my cross-country season, I competed against a biological male in many of my races.

Most recently, I competed against a male playing on an all-girls soccer team," she said.

"This is unacceptable and has deprived me and so many other girls of equal opportunity to compete and win." Clark, who said she has played soccer in Maine since she was 4, described the issue moving from something she encountered online to something affecting her own team.

COLORADO SCHOOL PARENTS SOUND ALARM AFTER DAUGHTERS WERE CUT FROM VOLLEYBALL TEAM WHILE TRANS ATHLETE PLAYS "Last year, this sort of thing was something I only saw online, but now it’s something that I’m seeing in my own field," Clark said.

"If it can happen to me, it can happen to you." Clark pointed to an October tie against a team whose results had improved substantially over the previous season.

"In October, our team tied against a team we’ve easily outranked in past years, a team with a male athlete," she said.

Windham played South Portland to a 1-1 draw on Oct.

The Portland Press Herald reported that South Portland finished the previous season 3-9-2 and 14th in the regional Heal point standings.

A draft complaint provided to OutKick identifies a transgender player on South Portland’s girls’ soccer team as the focus of the athletes’ allegations.

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