Race season is upon us, and as with each spring, all eyes gravitate to Chamonix, France, to see who has made it into the varied occasions of the 2024 UTMB Mont-Blanc competition race week.
For a number of years, this week has been thought-about probably the most aggressive week of ultramarathon racing of the yr, and 2024 appears to be like to observe swimsuit.
On this article, we check out the highest girls within the 170-kilometer UTMB, the 145k TDS, and the 55k OCC as of proper now.
We nonetheless don’t have info on the highest runners for the 2024 CCC, however we are going to add them to this text as quickly as that info turns into accessible.
As with all race begin record, there shall be drops and additions of elites, and we’ll preserve the record up to date as issues change.
It’s also possible to discover the “favorites” in response to the race administration right here.
We’ve compiled an enormous record of the ladies who look to be aggressive in every of those races and listed them in alphabetical order together with a number of of their outcomes in recent times.
It’s also possible to take a look at the opposite half of the race at our 2024 UTMB Occasions males’s prime runners article.
Katharina Hartmuth operating to second place within the 2023 UTMB. Picture: iRunFar/Kirsten Kortebein
2024 UTMB Prime Ladies
We’ve divided this extremely deep record of expertise into three important classes, girls who’ve received a top-five UTMB end beneath their belt in recent times, those that have made a reputation for themselves in UTMB-style races, and those that have a powerful likelihood of ending close to the highest of the sphere.
Current UTMB Prime-5 Finishers
- Eszter Csillag (Hungary, lives in Hong Kong) – fifth 2022 UTMB; third 2023 Western States 100; 4th 2021 CCC
- Katharina Hartmuth (Germany) – 2nd 2023 UTMB; 2nd 2023 Path World Championships Lengthy Path; 1st 2023 Eiger Extremely-Path
- Marianne Hogan (Canada) – 2nd 2022 UTMB; third 2022 Western States 100; 2nd 2023 Extremely-Path Cape City 100k
- Blandine L’Hirondel (France) – third 2023 UTMB; 1st 2022 CCC; 1st 2021 OCC
- Maite Maiora (Spain) – fifth 2023 UTMB; 4th Istria 2023 110k; 4th 2023 Transgrancanaria Marathon
- Katie Schide (U.S., lives in France) – 1st 2022 UTMB; 1st 2023 Diagonale des Fous; 2nd 2023 OCC; 2nd 2023 Western States 100
- Fu-Zhao Xiang (China) – 4th 2023 & seventh 2022 UTMB; fifth 2023 Tarawera 100k
Headliner Ladies
- Hillary Allen (U.S.) – 14th 2022 UTMB; 2nd 2019 TDS; 1st 2019 Lavaredo Extremely Path 50k
- Claire Bannwarth (France) – sixteenth 2023 & twenty first 2022 UTMB; fifth 2023 Hardrock 100; third 2023 Extremely-Path Snowdonia 100 Mile
- Lucy Bartholomew (Australia) – tenth 2023 UTMB; 1st 2023 Tarawera 100 Mile; fifteenth 2019 Western States 100
- Manon Bohard Cailler (France) – third 2023 Path World Championships Lengthy Path; 1st 2021 TDS; 2nd Madeira Island Extremely-Path (MIUT)
- Ruth Croft (New Zealand) – 1st 2024 Tarawera 100k; 1st 2023 Extremely-Path Cape City 100k; 1st 2022 & 2nd 2021 Western States 100; 1st 2019 & 1st 2018 OCC
- Ragna Debats (The Netherlands, lives in Spain) – 1st 2022 Transgrancanaria; third 2021 Western States 100; 1st 2019 CCC
- Abby Corridor (U.S.) – 2023 sixth MIUT; third 2022 & 2nd 2021 CCC
- Emily Hawgood (South Africa) – sixth 2022 UTMB; 2nd 2023 CCC; fifth 2023 & fifth 2022 Western States 100
- Mari Klakegg Fenre (Norway) – seventh 2023 CCC; eighth 2023 Path World Championships Lengthy Path
- Helen Mino Faukner (U.S.) – third 2023 & thirteenth 2022 CCC; 1st 2023 Speedgoat 50k
- Ekaterina Mityaeva (Russia) – 4th 2019 UTMB; 4th 2021 TDS; third 2023 Extremely-Path Cape City 100k; 4th 2023 Mont-Blanc 90k
- Marta Molist (Spain) – 1st 2021 CCC; 1st 2022 Swiss Alps 50k; sixth 2021 Transgrancanaria Marathon
- Maryline Nakache (France) – sixth 2021 UTMB; 1st 2023 TDS; 2nd 2023 Lavaredo Extremely Path; fifth 2019 CCC
- Ida Nilsson (Sweden, lives in Norway) – seventh 2023 Western States 100; 1st 2023 Canyons 100 Mile; 2nd 2022 Path World Championships Lengthy Path; third 2018 CCC
- Fiona Porte (France) – 2nd 2023 TDS; 1st 2023 Lavaredo Extremely Path; third 2022 Les Templiers 80k
- Anne-Lise Rousset (France) – 2nd 2023 Hardrock 100; 2nd 2022 Diagonale des Fous; 4th 2018 CCC
- Aroa Sio (Spain) – eighth 2022 UTMB; third 2023 Canyons 100k; third 2023 Tarawera 100k
- Katarzyna Solińska (Poland) – sixth 2023 & 18th 2022 UTMB; fifth 2021 CCC
- Sabrina Stanley (U.S.) – ninth 2023 UTMB; 2nd 2023 Extremely-Path Snowdonia 100 Mile; 1st 2021 & 2018 Hardrock 100; 1st 2019 Diagonale des Fous
- Claudia Tremps (Spain) – ninth 2021 UTMB; 2nd 2024 Transgrancanaria; 2nd 2022 TDS
- Martina Valmassoi (Italy) – 4th 2023 Path World Championships Lengthy Path; 1st 2023 Transvulcania; 1st 2022 TDS
- Leah Yingling (U.S.) – eighth 2023 UTMB; ninth 2023 & sixth 2022 Western States 100
Extra Prime Ladies
- Amanda Basham (U.S.) – nineteenth 2023 UTMB; eighth 2023 Tarawera 100k; 2nd 2019 CCC; 4th 2018 Western States 100
- Addie Bracy (U.S.) – fifth 2023 Canyons 100k; third 2023 Speedgoat 50k; 1st 2021 Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile
- Naomi Model (South Africa) – 2nd 2023 Extremely-Path Cape City 100 Mile; fifteenth 2019 UTMB
- Alyssa Clark (U.S.) – 1st 2023 Canyons 100 Mile; 1st 2021 Ouray 100 Mile; seventh 2019 Eiger Extremely-Path 101k
- Eleanor Davis (U.Okay.) – 2nd 2023 Eiger Extremely-Path 50k; eighth 2022 OCC
- Lindsey Dwyer (U.S.) – fifth 2023 Canyons 100 Mile
- Esther Fellhofer (Austria) – 1st 2023 Path 100 Andorra 105k; 1st 2022 Eiger Extremely-Path 155 Mile; third 2022 Lavaredo Extremely Path
- Nancy Jiang (New Zealand) – 1st 2023 Tarawera 100k; eighth 2019 & fifth 2018 OCC
- Fiona Pascall (U.Okay.) – third 2023 Extremely-Path Snowdonia 50k; 1st Arc of Attrition 100k
- Emma Stuart (Eire) – third 2024 Transgrancanaria; third 2023 Lavaredo Extremely Path; 1st 2023 Extremely-Path Snowdonia 100 Mile
- Yuan-Yuan Wu (China) – third 2024 Anta Hong Kong 100k; third 2023 Doi Inthanon 100 Mile
Eszter Csillag (Hungary) completed fifth at UTMB in 2022. Picture: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
2024 OCC Prime Ladies
We’ve separated the record of prime girls into two classes for the 55k OCC, these with a race-proven resume of adverse mountainous races, and people with loads of different sturdy outcomes who we expect have the potential to combine it up on the prime.
Headliner Ladies
- Sunmaya Budha (Nepal) – 2nd 2022 CCC; tenth 2022 Path World Championships Lengthy Path
- Rachel Drake (U.S.) – sixth 2023 OCC; 1st 2024 Black Canyon 100k; 4th 2023 Kodiak Extremely Marathons 50k
- Caitlin Fielder (New Zealand) – 4th 2023 OCC; 1st 2024 Tarawera 50k; 2nd 2023 Extremely-Path Cape City 50k
- Yngvild Kaspersen (Norway) – 1st 2023 CCC; 2nd 2022 Transvulcania; 2nd 2021 MIUT 85k
- Oihana Kortazar (Spain) – third 2023 & sixth 2022 Marathon du Mont-Blanc; seventh 2023 Path World Championships Quick Path
- Toni McCann (South Africa) – 1st 2023 & fifth 2022 OCC; 1st 2023 Extremely-Path Cape City 50k
- Dani Moreno (U.S.) – 1st 2023 Kodiak Extremely Marathons 50k; 1st 2023 Eiger Extremely-Path 35k; third 2022 OCC; third 2022 Marathon du Mont-Blanc
- Daniela Oemus (Germany) – fifth 2023 OCC; sixth 2023 Marathon du Mont-Blanc; sixth 2023 Path Operating Championships Quick Path; 1st 2023 Zegama Marathon
- Judith Wyder (Switzerland) – 2nd 2023 Pikes Peak Ascent; 2nd 2023 Path World Championships Quick Path; 2nd 2019 Sierre-Zinal
- Miao Yao (China) – third 2023 OCC; 1st 2018 CCC; 2nd 2018 Lavaredo Extremely Path
Extra Prime Ladies
- Valérie Arsenault (Canada) – third 2023 JFK 50 Mile; 4th 2023 Speedgoat 50k
- Kate Avery (U.Okay.) – 2nd 2024 & third 2023 Tarawera 50k; sixth 2022 ETC
- Elisa Desco (Italy) – 2022 Giir di Mont; fifth 2021 OCC; seventh 2019 Sierre-Zinal [From 2010 to 2012, Elisa Desco served a two-year doping ban from the IAAF after she tested positive for EPO at the 2009 World Mountain Running Championships.]
- Anna-Stiina Erkkilä (Finland) – tenth 2023 OCC; seventeenth 2023 Sierre-Zinal; seventh 2023 Marathon du Mont Blanc
- Candice Fertin (France) – seventh 2023 & seventh 2021 OCC; 1st 2022 MCC; ninth 2023 Les Templiers
- Julia Font (Spain) – third 2023 ETC; seventh 2022 Transgrancanaria Marathon
- Bailey Kowalczyk (U.S.) – 2nd 2023 Kodiak Extremely Marathons 50k; fifth 2022 Sierre-Zinal; third 2021 Damaged Arrow Skyrace 26k
- Ikram Rharsalla (Spain) – twelfth 2023 OCC; 1st 2022 ETC, 1st 2022 Transvulcania 45k
- Kim Schreiber (Germany) – thirteenth 2023 & eleventh 2022 OCC; 4th 2023 Istria 42k
- Louise Serban-Penhoat (France) – eighth 2023 OCC; tenth 2023 Path World Championships Quick Path
- EmKay Sullivan (U.S.) – ninth 2023 Path World Championships Quick Path; third 2023 Canyons 50k; ninth 2022 Marathon du Mont-Blanc; 2nd 2021 Damaged Arrow Skyrace 26k
- Anna Tarasova (Spain) – 1st 2023 Path 100 Andorra 50k; seventh 2023 Transgrancanaria Marathon
Toni McCann wanting completely shocked to win the 2023 OCC. Picture: UTMB
2024 TDS Prime Ladies
Once more, we’ve cut up this group of prime girls into two classes, those that have mountain racing resumes that time towards a prime end within the 145k TDS, and some extra who we expect will even run close to the entrance of the sphere.
Headliner Ladies
- Elisabeth Borgersen (Norway) – sixth 2019 & seventh 2018 TDS; twenty second 2023 UTMB; fifth 2022 MIUT; sixth 2019 Mont Blanc 90k
- Anna Carlsson (Sweden) – third 2022 Diagonale des Fous; 4th 2019 TDS
- Elisabetta Negra (Italy) – third 2023 MIUT 60k; 4th 2019 Tor de Géants
- Jocelyne Pauly (France) – 4th 2022 & third 2018 UTMB; third 2023 Eiger Extremely-Path 101k; seventeenth 2023 Path World Championships Lengthy Path
- Ariane Wilhem (Switzerland) – 1st 2022 Transgrancanaria Superior; seventeenth 2021 Marathon du Mont-Blanc
- Wen-Fei Xie (China) – 1st 2023 Swiss Alps 100 Mile, 4th 2023 Doi Inthanon 100 Mile, 1st 2023 Golden 100 Hong Kong 100k
Extra Prime Ladies
- Morgane Cretton (France) – eleventh 2021 TDS; 1st 2023 Swiss Alps 50k; sixth 2018 OCC
- Marie Dohin (France) – fifth 2021 TDS; 2nd 2023 Endurance Path des Templiers 100k
- Ingrid Lid (Norway) – seventh 2023 TDS
Anna Carlsson racing in Val d’Aran. Picture courtesy of Anna Carlsson.
Name for Feedback
- With a large open subject this yr for UTMB, who do you suppose will come out on prime?
- Will the dearth of a dominant returning champion for UTMB have an effect on the race technique of the others?
- Okay, that’s a whole lot of girls and plenty of race outcomes! See an error? Tell us within the feedback!
Blandine L’Hirondel ending third at UTMB in 2023. Picture: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
