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Jim Walmsley is ranked 7th in the 2024 UROY voting. His only ultra finish this year was at Western States, where he won while posting the second-fastest time in the 51-year history of the race, behind only his own course record. He was leading at UTMB when he aggravated a knee injury and was forced to drop. Walmsley has won UROY six times, more than any other man. He lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, with his wife, Jessica Brazeau.
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Mary Denholm comes in 7th among the women for 2024. She won the Leadville Trail 100, posting the second-fastest time in race history, behind only Ann Trason’s 1994 course record. She also won the Leadville Silver Rush 50 and placed second at the JFK 50. An attorney by training, she is now a full-time run coach at Lift Run Perform. She is originally from Maryland and now lives in Erie, Colorado.
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This week’s ultramarathon race calendar includes Bandera, HAROC (Hanging Rock Challenge), Avalon Benefit, and Frozen Gnome.
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The Snowdrop ULTRA 55 Hour Race and Relay in Missouri City, Texas, is a fundraiser for the Snowdrop Foundation, which supports pediatric cancer research and provides college scholarships to pediatric cancer survivors.
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Ultrarunning is a sport of contrasts—an intersection of solitude and community, simplicity and spectacle. Nowhere is this duality more vivid than in the Old Dominion 100 and the Western States 100.
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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.