For the next cycling results before and after comparison:
Michael Pillman (L) ➡️ "Arya Elowen" (R)
Michael Pillman raced for many seasons in the men's cat 4s. When he moved to Boulder, he changed his name to Arya Elowen and started racing in the women's cat 4.
Michael Pillman started racing as a junior back in 2012. He continued racing into college.
No results to write home about.
Michael Pillman continues racing through 2021 with the men. No wins. No podiums.
(And to be clear, I'm not disparaging mid- to back-of-the-pack riders. There are many ways to have a fun and successful bike race. Riders can set and execute goals for a race that have nothing to do with the podium.)
In 2023, Pillman is racing as "Arya Elowen" in women's cat 4.
And look at that! He's on the podium in his first race.
In 2024, he takes more podiums and is even the women's state cat 4 criterium champion.
I need to find out who his coach is. This is quite an improvement!
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Killips says that his interest in events like the Arizona Trail Race was due to their co-ed leaderboards.
But these events all have separate male and female records. And Killips races in the "female" category.
This piece by Killips fails to mention that after taking the "overall co-ed record" (while registered as a female) on the Arizona Trail, he took the women's ITT record for the Tour Divide.
He was not fast enough to take the overall record on this one.
Remember when Kylie (Kyle) Small took the women's national cyclocross championship title for women's singlespeed after only ever winning a cat 4 men's race the previous season?
Check out "Chloë Spritz's" 2024 season.
The man can't stop winning women's cyclocross races! He's unstoppable!
Let's compare the results of another male before and after his transition to the women's category.
This guy used to race with males under the name Kyle Small (L).
Upon enrolling at @FLCSkyhawks, he changed his name to Kylie Small (R) and started racing with the women.
🧵👇
Here are some road and a few mountain bike race results taken from .
Kyle Small raced in men's 4 and 5 and in some junior age group races. His best results come in the men's 5, which is for complete beginners. bikereg.com
Now let's look at results for "Kylie" Small.
Small's results here are mostly from higher categories (collegiate A, P/1/2/3) than his men's results, but he's suddenly getting podiums and upgrade points! 🤯 bikereg.com
Looks like Lin started racing in college at @SJSU. He got one road podium and otherwise mid- to back-of-the-pack results. (These are reasonable results for a beginner and nothing to feel bad about.)
Btw DNP stands for "Did Not Place." Depending on the type of race and size of the field, sometimes officials only give placements to a certain number of riders.
Here are Henry Lin's results after switching to the women's category and racing as "Eva Lin."
Looks like he started winning after switching categories.