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Harry Subertas was ranked 8th among the men for 2024. Subertas ran four 200+ mile races in 2024, winning both the Tahoe 200 and the Cocodona 250. Originally from Lithuania, he moved to the US at age 18 to attend college. In addition to ultras, Subertas is a mountaineer and environmental scientist. He lives in Haines, Alaska.
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Leah Yingling is the 8th-ranked woman for 2024. Her year included wins at the Quad Rock 50-mile and the Swiss Alps 50k. She also posted 400 miles in her first 6-day run and had strong 100-mile runs at both Run Rabbit Run and Western States. Yingling works as a biomedical engineer for a medical device company. Originally from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, she now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband, Mike McMonagle.
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Hannah Allgood is the 9th ranked woman for 2024. She excelled on a wide variety of terrain, winning the rugged Eiger 101k in Switzerland, and placing a strong second at the flat, fast Javelina Jundred 100-miler in Arizona. A physical therapist, she lives in Colorado Springs with her husband, Gil.
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Ben Dhiman checks in at #9 for the men in the 2024 UROY voting. Dhiman won the Madeira Island Ultra Trail 125k in Portugal, placed second at the Trail Andorra 100k and third at the famed Diagonale des Fous 176k on Réunion Island. Originally from Ohio, he currently lives in Soues in the French Pyrenees with his family.
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Marianne Hogan is the 10th ranked woman in the UROY voting for 2024. After an injury plagued her in 2023, Hogan returned to racing with a 6th-place showing at the Transvulcania 125k in the Canary Islands and then won the Swiss Canyon Trail 111k. She finished a strong third at UTMB to wrap her competitive season. A former triathlete, Hogan was born, raised and still lives in Montréal, Québec.
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Ihor Verys checks in at 10th in the men’s UROY voting. He ran his first ultra in 2021 yet won the Barkley Marathons less than three years later—on his first attempt. He also won the HURT 100 in Hawaii at the beginning of 2024. Born and raised in Chornomorsk, Ukraine, Verys moved to Canada at 21 to attend graduate school. He currently lives in Chilliwack, British Columbia.