Western States 100

Besides keeping up with the Olympic Track and Field Trials, another great running event took place over the weekend: Western States 100.

Course records were set at the Western States 100 Endurance Run. Runners were met with cooler temperatures and rain mixed with hail during the day Saturday. With the cooler temperatures, six runners finished under 16 hours for the first time.

Timothy Olson won the men's race with a new record of 14:46:44. The old record, 15:07:04, was set by Geoff Roes in 2010. Finishing behind Olson was Ryan Sands in second with a time of 15:03:56 and Nick Clark was third (15:44:09). Dave Mackey finished in fourth (15:53:36) and set a new Masters Course record.

Ellie Greenwood won the women's race in 16:47:19 and set a new course record. Greenwood broke Ann Trason's 18-year old course record by 50 minutes. Overall, Greenwood placed 14th. Rory Bosio finished second in 18:08:06. With that time, Bosio set a record in the women's 18-29 age group. Aliza Lapierre finished 10 minutes behind Bosio in third place (18:18:29).

Men's Top 10
Timothy Olson – 14:46:44 (Course Record)
Ryan Sandes – 15:03:56
Nick Clark – 15:44:09
Dave Mackey – 15:53:36 (Masters Course Record)
Ian Sharman – 15:54:38
Zeke Tiernan – 15:57:59
Dylan Bowman – 16:03:24
Jorge Maravilla – 16:05:30
Joe Uhan – 16:13:14
Neal Gorman – 16:18:40

Women's Top 10
Ellie Greenwood – 16:47:19 (Course Record)
Rory Bosio – 18:08:06
Aliza Lapierre – 18:18:29
Krissy Moehl – 18:29:15
Nikki Kimball – 18:31:39
Lizzy Hawker – 18:32:20
Tina Lewis – 19:09:49
Amy Sproston – 19:11:02
Ashley Nordell – 19:26:30
Meghan Arbogast – 19:45:24

Photo Credits:
Tim Olson (Emma Garrard)
Ellie Greenwood (runbritian.com)