Anthony Villarreal rose from the Sanger High track and field program to become the top distance runner for William Jessup University, only to be kicked out, he says, because he is gay.
But the private Christian college east of Sacramento disputed that Friday and stated it has a nondiscrimination policy, even when it comes to sexual orientation.
Villarreal, after revealing his story in a first-person account on outsports.com, detailed in a Friday interview with The Bee his frustrations over an abrupt dismissal that cost him his senior year.
Continued at Fresno Bee & Out Sports.
