Sophie Cunningham commends Washington state girls who walked off cross country race over male teammate

WNBA star Sophie Cunningham praised the Washington state high school girls who walked out of a cross-country race in protest of a transgender teammate.

"Good work girls," Cunningham wrote in a comment on an XX-XY Athletics Instagram post about the protest.

The three-word message echoed her earlier defense of teenage fans caught in a confrontation at a Seattle Storm game after showing support for her stance on women’s sports.

RALLY PLANNED TO SUPPORT WASHINGTON GIRLS WHO REFUSED TO RACE AGAINST TRANSGENDER TEAMMATE IN CROSS COUNTRY About a dozen Camas High School runners walked off the course Oct.

13 during a meet against Battle Ground.

Their teammate had begun the season competing in boys’ races before switching to girls’ competition.

The dispute has drawn national attention and prompted plans for an Oct.

21 rally supporting the runners .

Cunningham has previously argued that girls’ and women’s sports should be separated by sex.

In a July ESPN profile , she described her position as protecting opportunities for girls while rejecting accusations that she hated transgender people.

Later that month, two teenage supporters attended a Fever-Storm game at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena wearing XX-XY Athletics shirts and carrying a sign thanking Cunningham for speaking up for girls.

The teenagers alleged that Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton confronted them and used profanity.

The WNBA subsequently fined Keaton an undisclosed amount and suspended her from attending Seattle’s next five home games.

Cunningham then reposted OutKick’s reporting of the Seattle controversy in July, writing "Bravo to those girls for standing up for what they believe," on X.