The friend tried to revive Wilson but nothing could be done and told police that Wilson, originally from Vermont, was only visiting Austin and staying with her. Wilson was a rising star in gravel cycling, set to participate as a favorite contender in the Gravel Locos competition in Texas just days after her death. She had won or performed successfully in many competitions, with VeloNews magazine describing her after her death as the most victorious American woman in her sport.
S. Junior Championships in 2013, but her career ended due to injuries; after graduating from university, she switched sports and quickly rose to the top as a gravel cyclist, coming from a sports family where her father Eric Wilson was a national team-level alpine skier and her aunt Laura Wilson participated in two Olympics as a cross-country skier. Just weeks before her death, she won a cycling competition in California overwhelmingly.
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The friend said Wilson knew only herself and Colin Strickland, a 35-year-old cyclist and local entrepreneur from Austin, with whom Wilson had dated the previous fall and kept in touch later, including going out to eat and swimming on her death day, though Strickland claimed nothing physical had happened between them. Police interviewed Strickland, who appeared shocked and surprised by Wilson's fate, and he lived with Kaitlin Armstrong, 34, described in a documentary as his on-off girlfriend. Armstrong, who worked as a yoga teacher and real estate agent, came voluntarily to the police station for questioning, where police told her that Strickland had claimed she got angry when he dated Wilson.
After the tragedy, Wilson's close ones established a foundation in her name that raises money for sports activities and education, among other things, and the Gravel Locos event posted a social media update describing her as a role model and compassionate person. A Netflix documentary revisits Wilson's tragic case, with interviewees appearing in it describing the victim as shy but friendly.