I was following the competitive Javelina Jundred 100-mile ultramarathon race yesterday, which is a Golden Ticket race (the Top Two Men and Top Two Women earn automatic entry into the Western States 100).
During the race coverage online, it was reported that females Heather Jackson, Devon Yanko, Nicole Bitter, Kaci Lickteig, and Kathryn Drew were racing fairly close together around miles 40-60. However, there was a non-binary category runner by the name of Riley Brady that was also very close to them. Leaderboard graphics for the top-10 women did not include Riley Brady during that time in the race.
At the finish line, Devon Yanko won as first female. However, Riley Brady finished 9 minutes later and was announced as the "first non-binary runner" on the race's Instagram story. However, a bit later in the official race results it now has Brady listed as the "second Female."
If it wasn't clear that Brady was competing in the women's race, that likely would have impacted how Nicole Bitter ran -- was she even aware that she was racing Brady?
Can gender change mid race? The race also had a non-binary division that one could sign up to compete in at registration; which category was Brady registered to compete in? Will Brady get the auto entry and golden ticket into Western States 100 now instead of Nicole Bitter?
