Race Results
Mountain Team Member Michele Yates Wins USA 50 Mile Trail Championships
Mar 4th
The USA 50 Mile Trail Championships was hosted by Nueces and race directors Joe and Joyce Prusaitis. Their races always have a festive and social atmosphere, from the day before the race until the morning after the race. Friends gather from all over to discuss apprehensions or excitement of the coming challenge beforehand, then reassemble post-race to share their experiences of the day. This race day began with a light frost and temperatures in the mid-30s, but warmed throughout the day into the mid-60s. The course consists of three 16.67 mile loops over hilly and very rocky terrain. Joe is often More >
USMRT Athletes Win USA 100k Trail Champs
Jan 18th
US Mountain Running Team members Sage Canaday and Michele Yates (formerly Suszek) took top honors at the USA 100k Trail Champs in Bandera, TX. Here is the full press release from the race director:
A multitude of runners on a day with a multitude of weather changes make for an epic event guaranteed to leave some lasting memories. At 7:30am 882 trail runners fade into the damp & misty morning. With the ground dripping wet and saturated with moisture, the gooey mud quickly becomes the main issue.
With a stellar field of runners in for the USA 100km Trail Championships as well More >
Kerri Lyons and Cody Moat win the USA Trail Marathon Championships
Nov 6th
Story by Jason Bryant:
Saturday morning in Moab came crisp and cool. But with the sun rising over the desert landscape, the temperatures heat up quickly as did the racing at Moab Trail Marathon. The Moab Trail Marathon was serving as the USA Trail Marathon Championships which attracted a highly competitive field on both the men’s and women’s sides. Toeing the line were US mountain team members, previous male and female trail/mountain champions, fast roadies(2:14 marathon guy, 35 minute 10K gal), hardened mountain goats, and a Spartan Racing World Champion. Yes, you could say it was quite the mix of competitors. Question More >
2012 NACAC Mountain Running Championship Results
Jul 21st
The 9th NACAC Mountain Running Championships was hosted at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, Canada, on a rain-soaked morning. While the weather forecast called for clearing skies, temperatures were in the upper 50s at the start with humidity at 94% amid cloud-filled overcast skies. The conditions at the finish line some 1100 meters up the mountain, were slightly cooler with rain showers filling puddles of water around the finish area, while mist rolled off the trees.
The 11 kilometer course included a variety of terrain from significant ascents to a few steep and technical descents, rocky hillsides with grades up to 40%, and some single More >
Max King Named USATF Athlete of the Week
Sep 28th
Max on the Podium at the World Championships in Albania
For the second time in three weeks, a member of the 2011 US Mountain Running Team has the honor of being named USATF Athlete of the Week. Two weeks ago it was Kasie Enman and this week, it was Max King after his incredible double win at the USATF 50km Trail Championships followed by the XTERRA Trail Championships the next day.
Read the whole USATF release here
Max King wins 50km Trail Champs, then wins XTERRA Champs the next day
Sep 25th
2011 World Mountain Running Champion, Max King, of Bend, OR, added two more titles to his incredible year, with back to back wins at the USA Trail 50km Championships in Bend, Oregon on Saturday, followed by a win at the XTERRA National Championships on Sunday in Ogden, Utah. The races started exactly 24 hours apart, with Bend getting on a plane to Salt Lake City, UT at 2PM on Saturday.
At the XTERRA race, King bested a field of top national and international runners with a time of 1:17:59 on the 21km mountain course in Ogden, UT.
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USA Wins Double Gold at World Mountain Running Championships
Sep 11th
USA Wins Double Gold at World Mountain Running Championships
Max King and Kasie Enman Crowned World Champions in Tirana, Albania
Tirana, Albania – September 11 – The USA set the bar at the 27th World Mountain Running Championships held today, September 11, in Tirana, Albania, showcased by the gold-medal performances of Huntingdon, Vermont’s Kasie Enman and Bend, Oregon’s Max King.
“In my nine years as team leader, I’ve never been more proud of our athletes than I am today,” said Richard Bolt, “Kasie and Max’s performances blew me away. They made winning a World Championship look easy.”
“This is the first time I have represented More >
Tommy Manning’s Race Report from Pikes Peak Ascent
Aug 25th
Tommy at the Finish. Photo courtesy of Nancy Hobbs
Tommy finished second this year at the Ascent, mirroring his second place finish at the Mt. Washington Road Race. His time this year at both races were personal bests, good signs as Tommy heads to Albania in a few weeks.
Here is Tommy’s Race Report from the Ascent:
From the gun I pretty quickly put myself into fourth place behind Mario Macias, Josh Eberly, and Simon Gutierrez. The race did not go out as fast this year as last year’s international field (the World Mountain Running Long Distance Challenge) took it out. By the More >
Results from Sierre-Zinal
Aug 14th
Megan Lund was 4th
Brandy Erholtz was 14th
Max King was 20th
Glen Randall was the top American male, finishing in 8th place.
Full results are here
Erholtz 4th, Gutierrez 13th at SAAB Harakiri Berglauf race
Jul 31st
Just 36 seconds off her winning time of 2010, Brandy Erholtz finished a strong fourth today at the SAAB Harakiri Berglauf in Mayrhofen, Austria. Erholtz finished in a time of 1:05:02.
Simon Gutierrez, back in Europe racing after his strong showing at the 2011 Mt. Washington Road race, finished 13th in a time of 56:28.
See complete results here