Saturday’s Canyons Endurance Runs by UTMB 100K in Auburn, Cali., noticed Quebec’s Marianne Hogan dashing to a gutsy second-place end, in 9:50:44, incomes a coveted Golden Ticket to this yr’s Western States 100 (2025). Emily Hawgood of Zimbabwe in the end claimed the ladies’s win in 9:46:44, whereas Italy’s Francesco Puppi dominated the boys’s discipline in 8:04:36.
The race
Almost 700 runners toed the road of this yr’s Canyons, which takes place on numerous parts of the Western States Path, acquainted to many runners as the situation of the Western States Endurance Run–the oldest and most iconic 100-miler within the U.S. The 100K race, which follows the China Wall trailhead alongside the American River to Auburn, includes greater than 3,750 metres of elevation achieve (and much more elevation loss) as runners descend into and out of the canyons alongside the course. With cooler temperatures and rain changing the same old California warmth, this yr circumstances favored sturdy, regular racers who might deal with the mud and slick descents.
Canyons contains a race line-up of three major occasions—a 100-miler, a 100K and a 50K. Whereas all three races draw aggressive fields, the 100K, as the ultimate Golden Ticket race earlier than WSER, is the marquee occasion.
Girls’s race
The ladies’s race was tight early, with Canada’s Jazmine Lowther buying and selling leads with Hawgood and Hogan via the midway mark. Within the late levels, Hawgood pulled away for good, breaking clear and operating solo into Auburn for the win. Hogan stayed sturdy for second, whereas U.S. runner Keely Henninger closed exhausting to spherical out the rostrum in 9:58:10. With Hawgood already certified for Western States, Hogan, Henninger and fourth-place Erin Clark (9:59:05) secured their Golden Tickets. Canmore, Alta.’s Arden Younger, who’s having a exceptional season, captured seventh place in 10:51:56, whereas Lowther finally pulled out with a DNF.
Hogan, who had handled accidents over the previous two years and bounced backwards and forwards between sturdy performances and compelled day without work, had opted to take a seat out of Tarawera by UTMB, held in New Zealand, in February, to be absolutely recovered earlier than Canyons, and her endurance clearly paid off. Recognized for a tenacious second-place end at WSER in 2022 (which she adopted, that summer season, with a second-place end at UTMB), followers shall be desirous to see what she will be able to lay down when she returns to Auburn in July.
Prime 10 ladies
Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe) 9:46:44
Marianne Hogan (Canada) 9:50:44
Keely Henninger (U.S.) 9:58:10
Erin Clark (U.S.) 9:59:05
Careth Arnold (U.S.) 10:05:58
Sarah Biehl (U.S.) 10:33:34
Arden Younger (Canada) 10:51:56
Abigail West (U.S.) 10:59:25
Madison Liechty (U.S.) 11:01:03
Anna Louden (U.S.) 11:06:10
Males’s race
On the boys’s aspect, American runner Jackson Cole set an aggressive early tempo, however it was Puppi who seized management by midway and by no means regarded again. Puppi, taking advantage of the cool circumstances, ran steadily via the hills to take the win with a giant hole, over second-place Hans Troyer; Puppi additionally set a brand new course file by greater than 40 minutes. Germany’s Hannes Namberger closed out the rostrum. Canadian contenders Reid Burrows and Cal Neff had been additional again, with each runners finally taking a DNF. Puppi declined his WSER Golden Ticket, whereas Troyer, Namberger and fifth-place finisher Ryan Montgomery accepted theirs.
Prime 10 males
Francesco Puppi (Italy) 8:04:36
Hans Troyer (U.S.) 8:27:00
Hannes Namberger (Germany) 8:32:17
Jeff Mogavero (U.S.) 8:38:01
Ryan Montgomery (U.S.) 8:45:13
Gavin Prior (U.S.) 8:48:54
Jupiter Carera Casas (Mexico) 8:57:23
Cody Lind (U.S.) 8:57:37
Rod Farvard (U.S.) 9:04:08
Eric LiPuma (U.S.) 9:08:24
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