Herron had moved back to seventh position but still looked good.Įmily Hawgood runs past mile 61 before Foresthill during the 2022 Western States 100. Stelmach followed about 90 seconds back in third, a minute clear of Henninger in fourth.
At the finish line, Hawgood remarked that she and Croft ran together for so long that they felt like it was a weekend-long run and not a race, a great experience for her. Hogan led the field into Duncan Canyon, mile 24, just 20 seconds clear of Stelmach in second, and then Hawgood, Henninger, and Croft.īy Robinson Flat, mile 30, Hawgood and Croft had moved up to share the lead, and they continued to run together through mile 38, which they passed just under course record pace. The race had yet to space out at Lyon Ridge at mile 10, with Stelmach, Herron, and Hogan coming in together, closely followed by Henninger, Hawgood, Asmuth, and Pell.īy Red Star Ridge at mile 15, Croft had begun to make her presence felt and climbed up the field to fourth position. Hawgood followed along in ninth position, followed by Switzerland’s Luzia Buehler ( pre-race interview) in 10th. They were followed by Keely Henninger, Poland’s Dominika Stelmach, Katie Asmuth ( pre-race interview), Canada’s Marianne Hogan ( pre-race and post-race interviews), Lindsey Hagen, and Bruyas, all within a couple of seconds of each other. Herron was first to the top of the Escarpment, the race’s high point at mile 3.5, with Ellie Pell hot on her heels. Outside of the returning top runners, this year’s start list also featured 100-mile world record holder Camille Herron ( post-race interview), former podium finisher Lucy Bartholomew of Australia, and second-place woman at last year’s UTMB, France’s Camille Bruyas ( pre-race interview). Six of last year’s top 10 made the final starting list, including hot favorite and previous second-place finisher, New Zealand’s Ruth Croft ( pre-race and post-race interviews) and last year’s seventh-place woman Emily Hawgood (pre-race interview), a Zimbabwean living in the U.S., who was believed to be capable of ruffling some feathers on her second attempt. Last year’s winner Beth Pascall was absent from the start list for 2022, but there was still plenty of talent toeing the line. Photo: iRunFar/Bryon Powell 2022 Western States 100 Women’s Race The start of the 2022 Western States 100 on June 25 in Olympic Valley, California. If you like what we’re doing, here are the ways you can help support iRunFar. Thanks also to BUFF® and Squirrel’s Nut Butter for their support of our Western States coverage.
In doing so, she ran the third-best time in the race’s 49-year history.Ī special thanks to HOKA for making our coverage of the Western States 100 possible! The heat wasn’t enough to slow down Adam Peterman ( post-race interview), who decisively won his first 100 miler in a superb 15:13:48, or Ruth Croft ( post-race interview), who returned following a second-place finish last year to take the win in 17:21:30, shaving 12 minutes off her previous time. on Saturday, June 25, 2022.Īfter unusually chilly and wet weather in the days beforehand, normal service resumed on race day with another scorcher of a day for this year’s race. Roughly 380 runners from 32 countries began their journey from Olympic Valley to Auburn, California, at 5 a.m. Thanks to HOKA for sponsoring iRunFar’s coverage of the 2022 Western States 100.Īfter the COVID-19-pandemic-year cancellation of 2020, followed by a year of travel restrictions, which reduced the numbers of overseas runners, the 2022 Western States 100 was back to being a truly international celebration of ultrarunning.
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