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Hayden Hawks is second in the balloting for the men’s World UltraRunner of the Year. The former Southern Utah University track star won Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix (CCC) 101k in the Alps. This was a highlight in a year that also saw a close third-place finish at Western States 100 and a course-record win at Black Canyon 100k in Arizona. Hawks lives in Canyon City, Utah, with his wife, Ashley, and their two children.

Courtney Dauwalter is second for the women in the World UltraRunner of the Year voting. Dauwalter won five ultras in five different countries on three continents, setting course records at both Hardrock 100 and Mt. Fuji 100. In any other year, this would likely have been more than good enough to earn top honors, but 2024 was an unusual year. There was very little head-to-head competition—of the 11 women who received votes for World UROY, seven of them were undefeated in 2024. Dauwalter lives in Leadville, Colorado, with her husband, Kevin Schmidt.

Jasmin Paris was voted third in the 2024 World UltraRunner of the Year balloting. Paris ran only one race during the year, but it was a doozy. She was the first woman (and only the 20th runner in the event’s 38-year history) to complete all five laps of the Barkley Marathons and finish under the 60-hour cutoff. She finished in a dead sprint with only 99 seconds to spare. Paris is a veterinarian and is a senior lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. She lives in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland, with her husband, Konrad Rawlik, and their two children.

Vincent Bouillard is third in the 2024 World UltraRunner of the Year voting for the men. Bouillard won UTMB in a major upset, breaking 20 hours in his first UTMB attempt and only his second 100-miler (he won Kodiak by UTMB in Southern California in 2023). He was also the first unsponsored runner to win UTMB in 20 years. In his only other 2024 race, Bouillard placed fifth at the 94k La Maxi Race. He works full time as a senior manager in product engineering for HOKA and won UTMB wearing a pair of shoes that he helped develop. He lives in Annecy, France, with his wife, Kamilah

In February 2018, David Green met his “canine soulmate” in the form of a black and tan mut in need of medical care, while traversing Brazil’s Caminho da Fe.

This week’s UltraRunning Magazine race calendar includes 26 ultramarathon races across North America. In this week’s What’s Up in Ultra, we hit the trails in Hawaii, Florida, North Carolina and …