Earlier this year, two Oregon high school girls, Reese Eckard and Alexa Anderson, took a bold stand at the state track and field championships by stepping off the podium.

The Oregon high school track and field stars were not going to share a podium with a transgender athlete during the girls’ high jump medal ceremony.

Anderson and Sherwood High School’s Reese Eckard finished in third and fourth place as they stood on the ground, while Ida B. Wells High School transgender student Liaa Rose was on the podium after coming in fifth place.

Months after their decision, the two young ladies are now being presented with the Most Valuable Patriot Award at FOX Nation’s Patriot Awards.

‘In that moment, I had an opportunity to stand up for what I believed in. I knew I couldn’t just act like this w

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