After a really uncommon two-hour delay as a consequence of snow accumulation on the course, the Black Canyon 100K close to Phoenix, Ariz. obtained underway on Saturday, with a stacked discipline on each the lads’s and girls’s sides. 2020 winner Hayden Hawks confirmed the ultra-trail world he’s again on high on the first main North American occasion of 2024, crossing the end line in a speedy seven hours, half-hour and 18 seconds, a brand new course file by two and a half minutes.
Black Canyon 100K is the primary North American occasion within the new World Path Main Collection, which kicked off with the Hong Kong Extremely on Jan. 21. All three podium finishers on each the lads’s and girls’s sides obtained Golden Tickets into Western States 100, to be held in Olympic Valley, Calif. on June 29. The race traverses a point-to-point route on the Black Canyon Path, starting within the city of Mayer and descending towards Phoenix, with 1,581 metres of elevation acquire on a web downhill course.
This was Hawks’s first race after an injury-plagued 12 months in 2023 culminating in knee surgical procedure. Jupiter Carera Casas of Mexico took second in 7:39:56 and Chris Myers was third, in 7:43:02. “It was a really special occasion for me. Getting back from knee surgical procedure and with the ability to do what I like to do on the stage I do know I’m able to was unbelievable,” Hawks instructed Canadian Operating post-race. “I had an ideal day and am very joyful concerning the efficiency. That being stated, this was the semifinal for me and the championship is on the finish of June at Western States.”
Fernie, B.C.’s Ethan Peters was the highest Canadian, ending twenty eighth general (twenty seventh male) in 8:52:15, and Reid Burrows of New Brunswick was forty third general (thirty sixth male), in 9:31:38.
After quite a few adjustments of place, the equally shut ladies’s race was gained by Rachel Drake in 8:47:23; she was twenty fourth general and solely two minutes over Keely Henninger‘s 2023 course file of 8:45:30. Oregon-based Drake gained the 60K race at Black Canyon in 2021, and has a formidable path operating resume, most just lately taking fourth on the Kodiak Ultramarathons by UTMB in October. Becca Windell was second in 8:52:46, with Lauren Puretz rounding out the rostrum in 9:06:58.
“It was so onerous!” Drake instructed Canadian Operating after her 100K triumph.”Becca Windell and I ran onerous collectively for about 20 miles and it was unbelievable. I used to be operating scared the final 12 miles and am so grateful to her for making me get essentially the most out of myself.”
Vancouver’s Kat Drew was the highest Canadian lady, ending fifth in 9:15:20, with fellow Canadian Geneviève Asselin-Demers shut behind in sixth place (9:17:38), and Canmore’s Arden Younger in eleventh (9:46:37). “I cherished my expertise within the desert,” stated Asselin-Demers. (Anne-Marie Madden of Vancouver, who was third in 2022 and who gained the masters division on the California Worldwide Marathon in December, was thought-about a possible podium finisher, however didn’t begin as a consequence of damage.)
Males’s 100K high 10
- Hayden Hawks – 7:30:18
- Jupiter Carera Casas (Mexico) – 7:39:56
- Chris Myers – 7:43:02
- Craig Hunt – 7:46:39
- Stephen Kersh – 7:47:33
- Tracen Knopp – 7:48:04
- Eric LiPuma – 7:48:48
- Gabriel Kline – 7:51:28
- Nate Jewkes – 8:03:55
- Hans Troyer – 8:03:58
Girls’s 100K high 10
- Rachel Drake – 8:47:23
- Becca Windell – 8:52:46
- Lauren Puretz – 9:06:58
- Jenna Bensko – 9:11:18
- Kathryn Drew – 9:15:20
- Geneviève Asselin-Demers (Canada) – 9:17:38
- Tara Dower – 9:19:25
- Anna McKenna (Australia) – 9:28:24
- Riley Brady – 9:33:53
- Marci Klimek – 9:41:02
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Black Canyon 60K
The sector of elite athletes within the 60K race was nearly as deep because the 100K distance. Quick-course path operating star Eli Hemming led from begin to end, setting a brand new course file of 4:06:39 in what was solely the second extremely of his profession. Brad Miles took second in 4:35:14, and Brett Hornig was third in 4:41:22.
Elena Horton led a extremely aggressive ladies’s discipline, successful (and inserting seventh general) in 4:57:19, solely two minutes shy of Mimmi Kotka’s 2023 course file (Georgia Porter and 2023 100K champ Keely Henninger ran intently to complete in 5:00:06 and 5:04:37, respectively.
B.C.’s Jenny Quilty was the highest Canadian and fourth lady in 5:05:39. Quilty ran in second place for a lot of the race: “I went out means too onerous,” she stated post-race. “My quads left me about 10 minutes in the past.”
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