At Saturday’s Western States 100 (WSER), it was solely runners who efficiently managed the relentless warmth and dirt of the Sierra Nevada who hit the ultimate lap at Placer Excessive—with Canada’s Marianne Hogan among the many quickest, taking third behind a dominant win by American runner Abby Corridor. On the lads’s facet, Utah-based Caleb Olson delivered the second-fastest time in race historical past, holding off a deep subject that included the 2011 champion and trail-running GOAT Kilian Jornet.
Hogan runs again to the highest
Hogan clocked 16:50:58 on the end line in Auburn, Calif., after working steadily all through the race and transferring up late within the day to overhaul Sweden’s Ida Nilsson. She reclaimed the identical spot she earned in 2022, when she ran her first WSER simply months after getting back from a devastating leg harm. Hogan’s time this 12 months was greater than an hour quicker than her 2022 end.
This time, Hogan’s robust efficiency wasn’t a shock. She kicked off the race wanting assured, having spent extra time coaching on the course and fine-tuning her fuelling plan by the previous years of expertise. In a ladies’s race that was quick and aggressive from the beginning, Hogan’s regular technique paid off when different runners began to unravel.
Up entrance, it was Abby Corridor’s day. After a couple of powerful seasons and a last-minute Golden Ticket roll-down that put her on the beginning checklist, Corridor ran with function from the gun. She was first to the Escarpment at mile 4, slipped again barely mid-race, however surged into the lead across the 100K mark, and didn’t look again. Corridor crossed the legendary end line in 16:37:16—the fourth quickest ladies’s time ever. China’s Fuzhao Xiang repeated her runner-up end from final 12 months, coming in just below 10 minutes again. Xiang proved she is aware of methods to battle this course, as soon as once more working a destructive break up as she moved up by the sphere within the second half of the race to say second.
Prime ladies
1. Abby Corridor (U.S) 16:37:16
2. Fuzhao Xiang (China) 16:47:09
3. Marianne Hogan (Canada) 16:50:58
4. Ida Nilsson (Sweden) 17:00:48
5. Fiona Pascall (U.Ok.) 17:21:52
6. Hau Ha 17:23:47
7. Hannah Allgood — 17:39:02
8. Caitlin Fielder 17:47:26
9. Keely Henninger 17:57:24
10. Emily Hawgood 18:11:05
Caleb Olson captures the win
The lads’s race was each bit as compelling, with all eyes on a wide-open males’s subject that featured Spanish trail-running legend Kilian Jornet. The lead pack took off scorching and didn’t let up for hours, staying inside course-record-view for a lot of the day. Utah-based Olson, 29, ran the efficiency of his life, battling fellow American Chris Myers for a lot of the race. Olson hit the end in 14:11:25—simply two minutes shy of Jim Walmsley’s legendary course file. Olson’s win improved on a stellar efficiency final 12 months, when he claimed fifth within the quickest debut in race historical past. He was greeted on the end by his spouse, Morgan, and seven-week-old son.
Myers held on for second in 14:17:39, and never far behind, Jornet rounded the observe in third, then, coming dwelling to an enormous ovation. The Catalan legend hadn’t raced WSER since successful it in 2011, however he confirmed up able to run laborious—and did simply that, clocking 14:19:22. Lower than 9 minutes separated the lads’s podium. “The fantastic thing about stepping exterior your consolation zone is that nothing’s assured. What an unbelievable depth from begin to end, working one hour and quarter-hour quicker than I did right here to win 14 years in the past, however right this moment even that wasn’t sufficient,” Jornet shared on Instagram post-race. “Congratulations to Caleb and Chris for an incredible efficiency, and to everybody who pushed the bounds on the market.”
Prime males
1. Caleb Olson (U.S.) 14:11:25
2. Chris Myers (U.S.) 14:17:39
3. Kilian Jornet (Spain) 14:19:22
4. Jeff Mogavero (U.S.) 14:30:11
5. Daniel Jones (New Zealand) 14:36:17
6. Seth Ruhling 14:59:36
7. Ryan Montgomery 15:54:29
8. Hans Troyer 16:06:52
9. Peter Frano 16:10:44
10. Kai Hiroki 16:22:46
On the time of publication, WSER was ongoing. To take a look at the total outcomes, head right here, or tune into the ultimate hours of the livestream right here.
