A transgender athlete told her booing critics to “get a life” after dominating the girls’ Washington state track high school championship for the second year in a row — prompting the runner-up to receive praise from the crowd and Riley Gaines.

Verónica Garcia, 17, won the Class 2A 400-meter dash by nearly a second at Mount Tahoma High School on Saturday — a year after becoming the state’s first trans athlete to win a state title, according to the Seattle Times .

The East Valley High School athlete had been heckled throughout the day and faced open criticism from attendees and competitors. 5

At the warm-up for the race, a man near the starting blocks wore a shirt that read, “Save women’s sports” — and yelled “Let’s go girls!” and “girls’ race!” repeatedly, according to the outlet.

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