Trans track athlete Sadie Schreiner has filed a lawsuit against Princeton, alleging discrimination after she was removed the women's 200-meter run at the Larry Ellison Invitational in May.
Schreiner qualified to compete in the event as an unattached athlete not representing any school or club. However, 15 minutes before the start of the race, she was removed from the list of participants because she is transgender.
Trans track athlete Sadie Schreiner has filed a lawsuit against Princeton, alleging discrimination after she was removed the women's 200-meter run at the Larry Ellison Invitational in May.
Schreiner qualified to compete in the event as an unattached athlete not representing any school or club. However, 15 minutes before the start of the race, she was removed from the list of participants because she is transgender.
According to the Princeton Alumni Weekly, Schreiner contends that the university violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of several protected characteristics.
“We stand by the allegations in the pleading,” Susan Cirilli, Schreiner’s attorney, told PAW. “As stated in the complaint, gender identity and expression is a protected status under NJLAD.”
Director of athletics John Mack and director of track operations Kimberly Keenan-Kirkpatrick were also named as defendants in the lawsuit.
Schreiner, who attended high school in nearby Hillsborough, New Jersey, earned Division III All-America honors as a sprinter at Rochester Institute of Technology in 2024 but was barred from team events in 2025 when the NCAA adopted new guidelines that prohibit athletes “assigned male at birth” from competing for women’s teams.
