Pete Kostelnick
Pete Kostelnick checks in as the number 9 runner of the year. Kostelnick, a financial analyst from Lincoln, Nebraska, won the Badwater 135 Mile in July after a sub-20 hour finish at Western States three weeks earlier. He set a new record for running across the country, running from San Francisco to New York City in 42 days, six hours and 30 minutes. Though not officially a part of the voting (only actual races are included in the voting data), the superb effort was no doubt influential in many voters thinking.
2016 Race Results
| Race | Time | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 Desert Solstice | 163.68 | 1 |
| 2015 Desert Solstice | 14:08:12 | 2 |
| Badwater | 21:56:32 | 1 |
| Western States | 19:55:44 | 29 |
Darcy Piceu
Darcy Piceu is ranked ninth in the women’s voting. Interestingly, she was also ninth last year. A school therapist by profession, Piceu won the Bigfoot 120 Mile and the Wasatch Front 100 Mile in Utah just a month apart. She also won the Jemez Mountain 50 Mile. Piceu lives in Boulder, Colorado with her 8-year-old daughter Sophia.
2016 Race Results
| Race | Time | Place | Gender Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorge Waterfalls | 11:15:09 | 22 | 5 |
| Jemez Mountain | 10:32:05 | 9 | 1 |
| Wasatch Front | 23:15:25 | 12 | 1 |
| Bigfoot | 30:57:09 | 1 | 1 |
| Tushar Trail | 13:03:49 | 2 | 1 |