The lottery for the 2023 Western States 100 happened on Saturday, December 3, 2022, in California. With 7,169 entrants with a mixed 41,392 tickets within the pot, gaining entrance into the 2023 occasion is statistically inconceivable for many of these 7,000-plus hopefuls.
The Western States 100 is a 100-mile occasion touring east to west in California’s Sierra Nevada, working the size of the enduring Western States Path. This race is exclusive in that it provides considerably extra downhill than uphill, with its 22,000 ft of descent and 18,000 ft of climb.
The occasion usually begins 369 runners, with one thing like one-third of them gaining entrance by way of non-lottery means — a lot of the aggressive a part of the sector is chosen by varied non-lotto means, in reality.
On this article, we share the quick runners who’ve an entry into the 2023 Western States 100 both by non-lotto means or the lotto itself. We’ll maintain updating this text as extra quick runners acquire entry into the 2023 occasion.
Right here’s a hyperlink to the 2023 Western States 100 entrants listing.
The beginning of the 2022 Western States 100. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Males’s Prime-10 Returnees for the 2023 Western States 100
The highest 10 runners within the 2022 race have been invited to return for 2023. All however seventh place, Vincent Viet (France), have taken their place.
- Adam Peterman – 15:13:48 (pre-race and post-race interviews)
- Hayden Hawks – 15:47:27 (post-race interview)
- Arlen Glick – 15:56:17 (pre-race and post-race interviews)
- Tyler Inexperienced – 15:57:10 (pre-race interview)
- Drew Holmen – 16:09:00 (pre-race interview)
- Ludovic Pommeret (France) – 16:20:02
Vincent Viet (France) – 16:28:22- Alex Nichols – 16:28:34
- Cody Lind – 16:29:38 (post-race interview)
- Scott Traer – 16:35:23
Adam Peterman at mile 30 of the 2022 Western States 100, on his technique to successful the boys’s race. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Girls’s Prime-10 Returnees for the 2023 Western States 100
As with the boys, 2022’s top-10 ladies have been invited to race once more in 2023. Neither of the highest two, Ruth Croft (New Zealand) and Ailsa MacDonald (Canada), have taken up their locations, which leaves the ladies’s race wanting fairly open.
Ruth Croft (New Zealand)– 17:21:30 (pre-race and post-race interviews)Ailsa MacDonald (Canada)– 17:46:46 (post-race interview)- Marianne Hogan (Canada) – 18:05:48 (pre-race and post-race interviews)
- Luzia Buehler (Switzerland) – 18:08:32 (pre-race interview)
- Emily Hawgood (Zimbabwe, lives within the U.S.) – 18:16:02 (pre-race interview)
- Leah Yingling – 18:32:31
- Taylor Nowlin – 18:46:42
- Camille Herron – 18:51:54 (post-race interview)
- Katie Asmuth – 19:30:26 (pre-race interview)
- Camille Bruyas (France) – 19:34:24 (pre-race interview)
Third-place girl Marianne Hogan runs by Dusty Corners at mile 38 of the 2022 Western States 100. She is planning to race in 2023. Photograph: iRunFar/Meghan Hicks
Quick Runners With Computerized Entry to the 2023 Western States 100
Yearly, a variety of runners acquire entry previous to the lotto by way of one of many different pre-lottery auto-entry strategies. A couple of quick runners popped up on this a part of the choice course of. In parentheses following their itemizing, we share the means by which every of those automated entrants obtained their entry.
Males
- Rod Farvard – twenty third 2022 UTMB; 4th 2022 Canyons by UTMB 100k (Sponsor)
Girls
- Stefanie Flippin – 1st 2020 Tunnel Hill 100 Mile (BIPOC)
- Mandie Holmes – 4th 2020 Javelina 100 Mile; fifth 2020 Sean O’Brien 100k; 14th 2017 Western States 100 (Race Admin)
- Heather Jackson – fifth 2022 Javelina 100 Mile (Sponsor)
- Kaci Lickteig – sixth 2014, 2nd 2015, 1st 2016, third 2019, tenth 2021, & 18th 2022 Western States 100; 4th 2022 Javelina 100 Mile
Kaci Lickteig after ending in third on the 2019 Western States 100. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Prime Lottery Entrants for the 2023 Western States 100
Males
- Reed Breuer – 1st 2021 Rio Del Lago 100 Mile; 1st 2021 American River 50 Mile
- Scott Hawker (New Zealand) – 2nd 2021 CCC; third 2019 UTMB
- Tomokazu Ihara (Japan) – third 2022 & 4th 2019 Shinetsu 5 Mountains Path 100 Mile; 4th 2020 & 2019 HURT 100 Mile
- Ryan Kaiser – 1st 2022 Mountain Lakes 100 Mile; eleventh 2015 Western States 100
- Coree Woltering – sixth 2021 Coldwater Rumble 100 Mile; ninth 2020 Means Too Cool 50k
Scott Hawker taking third on the 2019 UTMB, being escorted by his daughter Sienna. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Prime Waitlist Entrants for the 2023 Western States 100
Males
- Michael McKnight – 2nd 2022 Cocodona 250 Mile (69th on waitlist)
Hoka Golden Ticket Races Entrants for the 2023 Western States 100
For 2023, there are seven Golden Ticket Races, every awarding spots on the 2023 Western States 100 to the highest two women and men. If both the highest two have already secured a spot within the occasion by way of one other means, or in the event that they select to say no the provide, the ticket passes to the following putting finisher so far as fourth place.
Right here’s who’s gotten these Golden Tickets to this point:
Males
- Mathieu Blanchard (France) (UTMB)
- Tom Evans (U.Okay.) (UTMB)
- Dakota Jones (Javelina 100 Mile)
- Jonathan Rea (Javelina 100 Mile)
Mathieu Blanchard ending second on the 2022 UTMB. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
Girls
- Riley Brady (Javelina 100 Mile) (They’re entered within the nonbinary gender class, and shall be competing within the ladies’s awards class per the entrants’ listing and the race’s nonbinary entrant coverage.)
- Eszter Csillag (Hungary, lives in Hong Kong) (UTMB)
- Katie Schide (UTMB)
- Devon Yanko (Javelina 100 Mile)
Katie Schide, 2022 UTMB champion. Photograph: iRunFar/Bryon Powell
- August 26, 2022 – UTMB (France, Switzerland, Italy)
- October 29, 2022 – Javelina 100 Mile (Arizona, U.S.)
- December 9, 2022 – Doi Inthanon by UTMB 100 Mile (Thailand)
- January 7, 2023 – Bandera 100k (Texas, U.S.)
- February 11, 2023 – Tarawera by UTMB 102k (New Zealand)
- February 18, 2023 – Black Canyon 100k (Arizona, U.S.)
- April 28, 2023 – Canyons by UTMB 100k (California, U.S.)
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- Was this your fortunate 12 months for gaining entry into the 2023 Western States 100?
- Or do you could have entry into one other ultramarathon of your choice?
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