Fire extinguisher celebration costs 16-year-old California state track title 

High school sprinter Clara Adams is clearly fast, but according to California high school officials

she needs to slow down during her celebrations. Adams won the 400 meter state championship

Saturday, but moments after the race, she was disqualified. She had a fire extinguisher. She put out the fire. Hold on

Videos circulating online shows Adams spraying a fire extinguisher on her track shoes in

celebration. She does it alone on the track's infield and is immediately corralled by meet

officials. She got the fire extinguisher from her father, who was also her coach

I told Clara, you're on fire. She didn't do it in front of her opponents. She wasn't disrespecting

anyone, David Adams said. California Interscholastic Federation officials did not find it amusing

They stripped the 16-year-old Adams of her 400-meter title for an unsportsmanlike act

and did not allow her to run in the 200-meter race later that day

Her qualifying time was second in that event. The celebration by the North Salinas sophomore was an attempt to pay homage to Olympic gold medal winner Maurice Green

who famously did it after a meet in 2004. The wind. They're on fire

Adams said I feel robbed but she has a bright future in the sport She been improving as a runner for the last couple years At a meet earlier this year in Arcadia California she won the 200 meters and finished second in the 400

At the time, she told Youth Runner magazine she was looking forward to the state championships

I just know I can go sub-24 now, especially the time of the year that it is

I have like six weeks or a little more until state. So it's like I have time to improve, and that's very encouraging for me

Some parents and track fans are calling out the perceived hypocrisy of the California Interscholastic Federation for allowing trans athlete

A.B. Hernandez to compete in the same state championship meet. Hernandez won gold in both the girls' high jump and triple jump

and won silver in the long jump. She shared the podium after a rule change allowed more athletes to medal

in events Hernandez qualified in. President Trump has threatened to pull federal funding from California unless it bars trans female athletes from competing on girls teams

The calls for Adams medal to be reinstated are growing, including from Olympian Maurice Green

There's also a petition with over 2,500 signatures circulating that demands the same

California high school officials have yet to respond. For Straight Arrow News, I'm Chris Francis