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Sophie Cunningham continues to speak out against transgender athletes competing in girls’ sports.
This time, the Indiana Fever guard showed her support for 13 members of the Camas High School girls cross-country team in Washington who walked off the course rather than compete alongside a transgender teammate.
Refuse to pretend https://t.co/PoQEACENoZ
— XX-XY Athletics (@xx_xyathletics) October 14, 2026
The runners linked arms, walked for the beginning of the race and then exited the course. Some had painted, “Keep women in women’s sports” on their bodies.
The protest centered on Logan Mihailoff, who began the season competing on Camas’ boys junior varsity team before later moving to the girls division.
On Sept. 5, Mihailoff finished 76th in a boys JV race. Three weeks later, Mihailoff placed second out of 195 runners in the girls junior/senior JV race at the Nike Portland XC Invitational.
Cunningham responded to an XX-XY Athletics Instagram post about the protest with a simple message:
“Good work girls.”
The current Washington Interscholastic Activities Association policy allows students to compete in athletics consistent with their gender identity. The Camas School District has said it will continue following those rules while also working with athletes and families who have raised concerns.
Just following orders.
Sorry, not good enough.— XX-XY Athletics (@xx_xyathletics) October 16, 2026
Washington voters will also weigh in on the issue Nov. 3.
Initiative 638 would prohibit students it defines as biologically male from competing in certain K-12 athletic activities designated for female students and would require verification of biological sex by a health care provider.
Cunningham has made her position on the issue clear before, being a strong voice in the pushback against biological men attempting to infiltrate women’s sports.
Now, she is backing the Camas runners who decided to take action for their beliefs.
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