It was a chilly and damp 2025 Canyons by UTMB 100k that noticed Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe) and Francesco Puppi (Italy) win the eleventh version of the race with occasions of 9:46:44 and eight:04:36, respectively. Beginning 10 minutes late, at 5:10 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, practically 700 racers braved a spring storm that rolled by means of the realm simply in time for the weekend’s festivities. After important modifications to the course in 2024, this yr’s route noticed solely a few slight variations.
The beginning, positioned at China Wall within the mid-foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada exterior of Auburn, acquired a forecast of rain and chilly for the occasion, leading to organizers requiring that racers carry their cold-weather package. For a lot of, the cooler temperatures have been seemingly welcome as the realm is thought for its intense warmth, particularly within the later miles of the race because the route developments downhill towards downtown Auburn. On condition that a lot of the racers made their approach alongside the route briefly sleeves and shorts all through the day, temperatures by no means appeared uncomfortably chilly. The course, with over 12,000 toes of climbing in 63 miles, makes use of components of the long-lasting Western States Path, together with visiting the historic Deadwood Cemetery twice earlier than happening to the Satan’s Thumb climb and Cal Avenue, which provides 20 miles of quick and runnable downhill — aside from the few uphill components.
The 2025 Canyons by UTMB 100k beginning in moist climate. Photograph: Jacob Banta
The race is the ultimate alternative for runners to earn a Golden Ticket to the 2025 Western States 100 in June. With three tickets on the road for each the women and men, each fields have been stuffed with these hoping to safe their likelihood to return to the realm in 9 weeks’ time to race the 100 miles from Olympic Valley to Auburn.
On the ladies’s facet, Jazmine Lowther (Canada), Marianne Hogan (Canada), and Hawgood have been all thought-about favorites for the win. Hawgood already had a ticket punched to the Western States 10-, compliments of her fourth-place end on the occasion in 2024, whereas the remainder of the ladies nonetheless had Golden Ticket stress on their shoulders..
For the boys, 2024 Western States 100 runner-up Rod Farvard was initially line, as have been Puppi, Hannes Namberger (Germany), and Jeff Mogavero. Among the many high males, Farvard and Mogavero already had their Western States 100 entries, Farvard from his top-10 end final yr and Mogavero from a Golden Ticket on the 2024 Javelina 100 Mile.
2025 Canyons by UTMB 100k Girls’s Race
A number of of the highest contenders within the girls’s race wasted no time attending to the entrance with Jazmine Lowther (Canada), Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe), Careth Arnold, Marianne Hogan (Canada), Keely Henninger, and Erin Clark all surging to the entrance for his or her first journey by Deadwood Cemetery, 17 kilometers into the race.
Whereas all the things was damp and heavy cloud cowl supplied safety from the solar, racers have been topic to rain initially and because the race progressed. From the cemetery, racers headed out on a humorous little lollipop loop, and returned to the Deadwood checkpoint for the second time after 29k of racing. Right here, Lowther maintained a small sub-one-minute hole on an always-smiling Hawgood, who appeared to benefit from the cool and cloudy situations. Behind them got here Arnold, Hogan, and Henninger, all inside a minute of one another.
Foresthill is at all times a taking place place on race weekends, and volunteers, crews, and spectators waited for racers on moist streets. Hawgood was the primary out of the canyon, 48k lined in 4:35. She held a slim 40-second lead on Hogan, who was an additional two minutes up on Lowther and Arnold. Henninger held on to her top-five place, with lower than a minute to Arnold.
Strive as she would possibly, Hawgood couldn’t shake an ever-consistent Hogan on the largely downhill part to the Cal 2 checkpoint, 61k raced and 5:45 on the clock, with Hogan hanging on, nonetheless simply 40 seconds again. Whereas Henninger and Arnold continued to carry sturdy about seven minutes off the lead, Lowther began to wrestle, dropping to sixth, now quarter-hour behind. In the meantime, Clark moved into the fifth place. Lowther would find yourself dropping on the checkpoint.
With particulars scarce about what occurred between the Cal 2 checkpoint at 61k and the Confluence at 95k, as timing splits weren’t obtainable from Driver’s Flat, a video from Tim Tollefson reveals Hogan and Hawgood working within reach of one another 74k.
Emily Hawgood successful the 2025 Canyons by UTMB 100k. Photograph: FinisherPix
Nevertheless it was a late-race surge by Hawgood that in the end carried her to victory, as she emerged on the Confluence checkpoint with 9:06 on the clock and 6k left to race with out anybody in sight. Hogan was about six minutes again, and Clark an additional two. Henninger and Arnold each continued to run sturdy to remain inside quarter-hour of Hawgood and within the high 5.
Reaching the end in downtown Auburn, it was Emily Hawgood coming away with the win with a time of 9:46:44. Marianne Hogan completed second in 9:50:44, holding off a surging Keely Henninger, who completed third with a time of 9:58:10.
Erin Clark and Careth Arnold completed fourth and fifth with occasions of 9:59:05 and 10:05:58, respectively.
With Hawgood already having her entrance to the Western States 100 sorted, Hogan, Henninger, and Clark eagerly accepted the Golden Tickets.
2025 Canyons by UTMB 100k Girls’s Outcomes
- Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe) – 9:46:44
- Marianne Hogan (Canada) – 9:50:44
- Keely Henninger – 9:58:10
- Erin Clark – 9:59:05
- Careth Arnold – 10:05:58
- Sarah Biehl – 10:33:34
- Arden Younger (Canada) – 10:51:56
- Abigail West – 10:59:25
- Madison Liechty – 11:01:03
- Anna Louden – 11:06:10
Marianne Hogan taking second on the 2025 Canyons by UTMB 100k. Photograph: FinisherPix
2025 Canyons by UTMB 100k Males’s Race
With the standard California warmth not a problem, Jackson Cole set the quick early tempo on the descent from China Wall to Deadwood Cemetery over the primary 17 kilometers of the race, reaching the checkpoint within the lead forward of a carefully chasing area. By the second time by means of Deadwood, Cole had eeked out a three-minute benefit on a chase group consisting of Anthony Costales, Hans Troyer, Francesco Puppi (Italy), and Jupiter Carera Casas (Mexico). Trailing an additional minute again have been Rod Farvard, Hannes Namberger (Germany), and Jeff Mogavero.
An extended descent right into a canyon and subsequent climb as much as the famed Foresthill checkpoint noticed Puppi transfer into the lead after 48k lined in 3:51. He led the chase duo of Cole and Troyer by 4 minutes with Namberger and Carera Casas working in no-man’s land one other two and 4 minutes again, respectively.
Puppi was first to the Cal 2 checkpoint after the lengthy and wonderful Cal Avenue downhill, now with a six-minute hole on Troyer. With 61k raced, Cole had dropped again to hitch Namberger one other three minutes again, whereas Carera Casas continued to run in fifth, one other six minutes again. Extra firepower sat within the high 10, together with Michael Dimuantes (Australia), Gavin Prior, Ryan Montgomery, Farvard, and Anthony Lee.
With timing splits not popping out from Driver’s Flat at 76k, it was an extended await spectators to see who would emerge on the Confluence, simply 6k from the end at 95k. In the end, it was Puppi that got here by means of in 7:31 forward of Troyer, who was adopted by Namberger with 7:57 elapsed. Cole would name it quits someplace between Cal 2 and the Confluence, whereas Mogavero moved up into fourth at Confluence with 8:02 on the clock. Montgomery additionally made a second-half surge to maneuver into fifth, one other six minutes again. Prior chased three minutes again, whereas Cody Lind and Carera Casas ran collectively in seventh and eighth.
Francesco Puppi successful the 2025 Canyons by UTMB 100k. Photograph: FinisherPix
After main from comparatively early on within the race, Francesco Puppi celebrated a dominant win with a time of 8:04:36. Hans Troyer completed second in 8:27:00, and Hannes Namberger rounded out the highest three in 8:32:17.
Jeff Mogavero held on for fourth with a time of 8:38:01, and Ryan Montgomery completed fifth in 8:45:13.
Puppi turned down his Golden Ticket, and Mogavero already had one, so Troyer, Namberger, and Montgomery collected them for the boys.
[Editor’s Note: Ryan Montgomery identifies as non-binary, and competes in the men’s category.]
2025 Canyons by UTMB 100k Males’s Outcomes
- Francesco Puppi (Italy) – 8:04:36
- Hans Troyer – 8:27:00
- Hannes Namberger (Germany) – 8:32:17
- Jeff Mogavero – 8:38:01
- Ryan Montgomery – 8:45:13
- Gavin Prior – 8:48:54
- Jupiter Carera Casas (Mexico) – 8:57:23
- Cody Lind – 8:57:37
- Rod Farvard – 9:04:08
- Eric LiPuma – 9:08:24
Hans Troyer taking second on the 2025 Canyons by UTMB 100k. Photograph: Jacob Banta
