Utah investigates winning student-athlete's gender after parents of second, third-place finishers submit complaints

A student-athlete at a Utah high school was investigated over her gender after she placed first at a state-level competition, a spokesperson for the Utah High School Activities Association confirmed to CBS News on Thursday. Officials confirmed the student has been listed as female since her enrollment in kindergarten.

Spokesperson Dave Spatafore confirmed the investigation, which occurred after the parents of girls who won second and third place submitted a complaint through the UHSAA questioning whether the winner was assigned female at birth. UHSAA officials confirmed the female athlete was eligible by checking student records from her current year all the way back to kindergarten. 

Spatafore said the association investigates every complaint they receive. "Parents were concerned there wasn't a level playing field," he said.