

Bracy ran strong through the halfway point, but said by the 60-mile mark at the Twin Lakes inbound aid station she started feeling the same symptoms of rhabdomyolysis that put her in the hospital in February and she eventually dropped out at 70 miles.Īlisyn Hummelberg, 30, of Estes Park, Colorado, turned in a strong race in her debut 100-miler to take second in 21:58:59, while Lindsey Herman, 24, of Gunnison, Colorado, did the same to secure third in 22:50:41. The women’s race figured to be a battle between Gallagher and Addie Bracy, the 2018 Leadville runner-up who was coming off a win at the Speedgoat 50K in July. The famed out-and-back course challenges runners with over 15,000 feet of net gain, topping out at 12,532 feet across Hope Pass. The race included more than 700 runners ranging in age from 18 to 72 years old, representing all 50 states and 30 countries. Running the Leadville 100 for the first time since she won it in 2016, the Boulder, Colorado, resident turned in a strong encore by covering the course in 19:37:57 to win with a two-hour margin. Claire Gallagher wins the Leadville 100 Trail Race 2022 (Photo: Courtesy Leadville Trail Series) Clare Gallagher Wins Second Leadville 100Ĭlare Gallagher returned to the race that made her a breakout star and showed she’s still one of the world’s best women ultrarunners. With recent wins at the Sir Walter Miler (4:21.89) on August 5 in North Carolina, the Fleet Feet Liberty Mile (4:28) in Pittsburgh on July 22, and the 1,500-meter win on the track (4:01.12) on July 15 in Los Angeles - not to mention a strong third-place effort and a new road mile PR (4:20) at the Guardian Mile (4:20.95) in Cleveland on July 22 - Hiltz has built a lot of momentum heading into the Fifth Avenue Mile on September 11 in New York City.

Third place, in the meantime, went to American Marielle Hall who crossed at 36:44, followed by Ednah Kurgat (36:49) and Biruktayit Eshetu Degefa (36:53) of Ethiopia.Īlso in Falmouth, Nikki Hiltz continued a strong summer of mile racing by winning the women’s division of the Falmouth Elite Mile in 4:28.93 over Kaela Edwards (4:30.55) and Carina Viljoen (4:31.69). runner to win the ASICS Falmouth Road Race since Magdalena Lewy-Boulet ran 36:58 for victory in 2011.Įdna Kiplagat, a Kenyan athlete who has lived and trained in Boulder, Colorado, since 2010, who won in 2021 and is a two-time World Athletics Championships Marathon champion (20), Boston Marathon champion (2017), TCS London Marathon winner (2014), and TCS New York City Marathon (2010) conqueror, had to settle for second place in 36:28. The American made a decisive move with about 1 mile left in the 10K race to win comfortably in a time of 36:14. She ran with a small pack early in the contest before she and defending champion Edna Kiplagat broke away to turn the competition into a two-runner battle for the title. Get access to everything we publish when youĭ’Amato Wins 50th Annual Falmouth Road RaceĪmerican marathon record-holder Keira D’Amato dropped down to a shorter distance and won the 50th running of the ASICS Falmouth Road Race 2022 on Sunday in stunning fashion.
